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a long long time ago
i can still remember
when my laptop could connect elsewhere

and i tell you all there was a day
the network card i threw away
had a purpose – and worked for you and me….

But 18 years completely wasted
with each address we’ve aggregated
the tables overflowing
the traffic just stopped flowing….

And now we’re bearing all the scars
and all my traceroutes showing stars…
the packets would travel faster in cars…
the day….the routers died

Chorus (ALL!!!!!)

So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55
Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will die
IPv6 just makes me let out a sigh
But I spose we’d better give it a try
I suppose we’d better give it a try

Now did you write an RFC
That dictated how we all should be
Did we listen like we should that day

Now were you back at RIPE fifty-four
Where we heard the same things months before
And the people knew they’d have to change their ways….

And we – knew that all the ISPs
Could be – future proof for centuries

But that was then not now
Spent too much time playing WoW

ooh there was time we sat on IRC
Making jokes on how this day would be
Now there’s no more use for TCP
The day the routers died…

Chorus (chime in now)

So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55
Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will die
IPv6 just makes me let out a sigh
But I spose we’d better give it a try
I suppose we’d better give it a try

I remember those old days I mourn
Sitting in my room, downloading porn
Yeah that’s how it used to be….

When the packets flowed from A to B
via routers that could talk IP
There was data..that could be exchanged between you and me….

Oh but – I could see you all ignore
The fact – we’d fill up IPv4

But we all lost the nerve
And we got what we deserved!

And while…we threw our network kit away
And wished we’d heard the things they say
Put all our lives in disarray

The day…the routers died…

Chorus (those silent will be shot)

So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55
Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will die
IPv6 just makes me let out a sigh
But I spose we’d better give it a try
I suppose we’d better give it a try

Saw a man with whom I used to peer
Asked him to rescue my career
He just sighed and turned away..

I went down to the net cafe
that I used to visit everyday
But the man there said I might as well just leave…

And now we’ve all lost our purpose..
my cisco shares completely worthless…

No future meetings for me
At the Hotel Krasnapolsky

and the men that make us push and push
Like Geoff Huston and Randy Bush
Should’ve listened to what they told us….
The day…the routers….died

Chorus (time to lose your voice)

So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55
Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will die
IPv6 just makes me let out a sigh
But I spose we’d better give it a try
I suppose we’d better give it a try

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Sorry my polish readers, but I waste almost day to figure this out, so maybe this post will help more users if it will be in English.

I got couple of Proliants. Two DL380 G5 which are fully functional with BSDs, and three DL140 G3 that has a problems.

After booting it up from CD, both Net and Open BSD hangs just after initial kernel load. FreeBSD, CentOS even Windows works smooth. I tried diffrent branches – 4.0_STABLE, newest current, some old too. Nothing changed. Then I left it in “hang mode” ;) and went for dinner. After come back both NetBSD and OpenBSD welcomes me with it installers! Yay! I rebooted once again and waits. NetBSD hangs as before, then after about 5 minutes, it booted with green kernel messages and hangs again on pckbc0 at isa0, and after another minutes it continued straight to installer. With OpenBSD was the same, only time changed – 15 minutes dough. I installed both, and didn’t noticed any odd behavior. After install and boot from hard disk, both hangs again, then let me logged in, and work just fine.

Here comes sources for help :) Recompilation of kernel with no pckbc0 support completly solved problem. I was almost sure that with no pckbc0 I will not be able to use ps2 keyboard nor usb keyboard on console, but both works. So flawless success :) I think problem is in controler of keyboard in DL140 that is bridged with PS2 and USB connection.

So conclusion is if You want use BSD on DL140 G3, chose FreeBSD, or arm yourself with patient and sources for Your system :)

P.S. NetBSD on DL140 G3 with SMP support works like a charm :)

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PamiÄ™tacie dyskietki ZIP? Swego czasu dość popularne, jednak nie przyjęły siÄ™ jako popularne noÅ›niki danych. Zdarza siÄ™ czasem, że w starych komputerach sÄ… używane. Dzisiaj trafiÅ‚em taki komputer z którego musiaÅ‚em coÅ› zgrać wÅ‚aÅ›nie na ZIPa w tym komputerze. Operacja absolutnie normalna, niczym kopiowanie na pendrive’a, jednak finaÅ‚ operacji byÅ‚ dość zaskakujÄ…cy :)

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Note to myself.

Thanks to morr from #netbsd.pl who pointed me to this.

How many times You forgot to notice after installing package what was in MESSAGE file?

How many MESSAGES information You miss while upgreading lots of packages?

Of course You can always revive it by pkg_info -D package_name, but there is simply yet brilliant way to have MESSAGE info in mail.

Just add to /etc/mk.conf

PKGSRC_MESSAGE_RECIPIENTS?=login or mail adress

and when package have something to say in MESSAGE You have it on Your mail :)

Read /usr/pkgsrc/mk/defaults/mk.conf for details.

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Oho, okazuje siÄ™, że dzisiaj – 8 stycznia jest dzieÅ„ sprzÄ…tania biurka!

Był już post o tym nieczęstym wydarzeniu w życiu mojego biurka. Minęły 4 miesiące i 5 dni. Moje biurko wygląda w dniu dzisiejszym tak:

Wygląda na to, że kwalifikuję się na dzisiejsze święto, z drugiej strony porównując obydwa zdjęcia widzę, że mój bałagan pojawia się w bardzo podobny sposób. Zadziwiająco poukładany chaos ;)

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