Creating a swap file in FreeBSD

1. Make sure the virtual disk driver (md(4)) is present in the kernel configuration file. It is included in the GENERIC kernel.

device md # Memory "disks"

2. Create a swap file (/usr/swap0):

# dd if=/dev/zero …

Not long ago I was this handsome, self-confident guy standing firmly on both legs.

A small observation: with a broken arm you still have three limbs left for getting around. You can walk on two legs and carry a cup of tea in your hand, for example.

But …

Dynamo (Kyiv) - Spartak (Moscow) - 4:1 Congratulations, fellow countrymen!

Got a shock. Reinstalled Windows — the virus I’d caught was being found and cleaned poorly, and I didn’t feel bad about wiping it. Installed onto the same partition as before, and almost lost FreeBSD — on boot it stops at mounting root and …

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To fully replace the desktop from Windows to BSD, I’m missing Bluetooth and a carddealer reader. And if MyPhoneExplorer runs under Wine, my joy will know no bounds :)

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On the evening of July 1st, fans of chatting in virtual space were unable to connect to ICQ. The unusual problem affected the QIP and Adium (OS X) clients. Upon connecting to the network, users were greeted with a message demanding that they update …

OpenVPN is working! Forwarded the SSH port on the router and redid all the settings following the recommendations of this guy And voilà!

Firefox startup time in FreeBSD: 1:24.9, including the OS and KDE boot time