FreeBSD Articles

Below are some articles I've written about FreeBSD, my OS of choice on servers.

Filesystem Stuff

Filesystem Tools

A collection of scripts that I have authored to make the management of huge file trees a lot easier.

 

Disks and Filesystem Layout

How I go about setting up hard drives and filesystems. Includes things like using fdisk, bsdlabel, newfs, and some other utilities.

 

Making a UFS DVD

Describes how to make a DVD with a UFS filesystem on it, and why someone would bother doing so.

Networking Stuff

Gigabit Ethernet Tuning

Describes how I went from 133MBit/s to over 600MBit/s with my two gigabit cards.

 

Home DNS Server

A cut-and-paste config that can be used to get a BIND 9 DNS server going in FreeBSD 5, and probably FreeBSD 6 as well.

Admin Stuff

Fun With Symlinks

An introduction to symlink technology.

 

The Z Shell

The best shell ever.

 

Commands

A bunch of miscellaneous commands that I use.

 

Cleaning Ports

How to clean the whole ports tree before the weekend comes.

 

Other Articles

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