cool
http://blolpics.com/33595 hmm
is the os reinstall something  i can do or support?
if it is botched, you'll probably have to call support. if it is fully functioning and you're "make installworld"'ing, then you can do it by yourself.
sbp_: you can always reinstall teh OS yourself.
sbp_: http://support.arpnetworks.com/faqs/vps/re-install-or-change-os
cool.
but not instantly
must wait 5 days for gary
!!!
sbp_: what?  you can do it *yourself*
I just gave you the link with the instructions.  did you read them?
instructions to email support?
or am i missing it
maybe the custom partitions link
let me check that
do I really need to repaste the link,  it's only 10 lines above.
04:22 <jpalmer> sbp_: http://support.arpnetworks.com/faqs/vps/re-install-or-change-os
yep
thanks
:)
sbp - I typically wipe the disk Garry gives me, and install my own.  Takes all of 20 minutes.
right on
just gotta figure out an f12 alternative in osx
then ill be on my way
on a MBP,  you have to hit function, and f12
"alternative"?
"hold" function, not just hit it
it's a modifer, not a prefi
prefix
yah f12 was bringing up say... calculator and all the apps
yeah,  hold function,  then press f12.
ok let me try again
;d
luckily, you have about a 10 second window
ugg,  ddns on BIND is pissing me off.
dyndns?
yea
every time I looked, it seemed ... trikcy
tricky too
I have nsupdate working on the localhost.   but when I try to have a remote host do it,  I get a "REFUSED" response. and nothing in the logs (even in debug mode) shows *why*
are you listening on * for the control port?
default is localhost
I'm pretty sure, but let me double check.
... allow-update { localhost; };
be sure your allow-update is wide enough
I have allow-update listing 2 keys.
the localhost key,  and the remote host key
"key"?
looks like that should be an address, not a key
.. allow-update defines a match list e.g. IP address(es) that are allowed to submit dynamic updates for 'master' zones i.e it enables Dynamic DNS (DDNS).
ahh ... I see "key" under match-list
the key is usually named something that matches the host using the key,  so I can understand the confusion at first glance
but yes, I'm using keys in allow-update
so then it's about whether or not you're listening on *
instead of localhost
and also if you have any firewall rules
I am,   normal queries succeed
is named logging refused?
you have both tcp and udp 53 open?
udp only
please enable tcp
oh,  I wonder if nsupdate is using tcp.  let me look
doesn't matter
one day, things will break mysteriously if tcp is refused
actually, you may have hit that day :)
nope, it's udp
well, that's still one thing to fix
so is the named reporting refused?
as in, is it getting all the way there?
I've run named for years with only udp allowed at the firewall
yes,  just "denied"
nsupdate shows REFUSED    bind shows denied.  no furhter explanation on either side.
jpalmer - see above
"one day"
I hear the dnssec stuff pushed many packets over the limit
so anyone who wasn't permitting tcp got a big surprise a couple of months ago
for testing,  I just enabled tcp.  no change in behavior.
you're sending the right private key?
yes.
odd
sorry if this is a stupid question jpalmer: but if in osx and a windows keyboard how can i f21
f12
sbp_: I repeated myself with the link,  I'm not good at repeating myself.  scroll up.
it trys to boot from hdd everytime i do anything
press the key marked "f12" :)
it boots to hdd tho
are you sure you have a bootable cd?
no
what is installed?
what os?
freebsd
so you probably have a freebsd 8.1 disk?
that should work fine from f12
its 8.1 yah
it says boot:
hmm.  that sounds like it gets all the way to stage1 without the stage0 selection
or whatever those stages are called
as in, you're already bootted from the hard drive, but the next stage isn't there
i can hit enter, but then it just boots my old install
I don't have a machine I can play with
unfortunately. :)
or I'd try it for you
when I hit F12, it asks me quickly where to boot
that's still in the bios
(in virtual box)
so your F12 isn't making it all the way
yah i think i might try on windows or something
wait... why aren't you using the native keyboard?
well its a pieced machine
mac mini
windows keyboard
ahh... go into the preferences for keyboard
select "f1 is really f1"
or whatever it's called
then f12 will stop bringing up expose
or widgets
or whatever it is
ok
keyboard pref pane... "keyboard" subpane
see "use all F1, F2 as standard function keys"
did that help?
I guess we'll never know. :)
root
oops :)
wrong window.  good thing I didn't automatucally type my password too :)
i dont have that option
but 100 reboots and keep pressing the same three ctrl/win/alt keys + f12 did
not knowning which one really needs pressed
Uh wait
what are you pressing ctrl/win/alt for?
cause f12 wont do anything besides boot from hdd
but one of those 3 plus f12 will
on a windows keyboard but osx
but you're booting using the web console, or the "b" command on the virtual console, right?
"power down"... wait a bit... "power on"
no chicken of the vnc
it just got done installing
so one of those f12 combinations let me pick 3 for cd
uh ... we're talking across each other here.
you use chicken of the VNC to *see* the console
but you have to use another connection (or the web interface) to powerdown/powerup
oh well i just reinstalled via it
lol
yah
i power it down
then hurry up and get vnc ready
boot
ok - I was thinking you were trying to use the win key for that
login via vnc
yah now i just gotta find the network settings in an old email and ill be golden
;d
the net settings are also on your web page
cool
founde em.. thanks