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Compiling dynamips on Apple w/PowerPC

June 27th, 2007 by rutger

Things to do:

1) Install darwinports (now called MacPorts).

2) run ’sudo port -d selfupdate’

3) run ’sudo port install libpcap’. This will install the pcap library in /opt/local/lib.

4) download ‘libelf’ package and build from source (./configure –prefix=/usr/local).

5) in the dynamips source tree, run configure. After that, change the Makefile to use the ‘nojit’ architecture and change the line PCAP_LIB to ‘PCAP_LIB=-L/opt/local/lib -lpcap’.

6) build dynamips!

Intel PRO/1000 MT in PowerMac G5 DP

June 26th, 2007 by rutger

Today I tried installing an Intel PRO/1000 dual port PCI-X adapter in my PowerMac G5 (dual)… it works without a problem! The card supports 64-bit 133MHz operation, which is provided by slot 4 (the top PCI-X slot) in my Mac. I just configured Jumbo frames (9000 bytes) and Ethernet Link Aggregation on it ;-)

The nice thing about this card is that it provides two additional gigabit ethernet ports, which is nice as my PowerMac only has one. Later PowerMac’s (and Mac Pro’s btw) have two ports standard.

It be found at any regular PC dealer for about €130 / $150…

Argh, defecte HD

June 24th, 2007 by rutger

Jahoor, het is weer zover. Een van de disks in m’n externe Maxtor Onetouch is stervende. Althans, als ik de SMART popup moet geloven die ik kreeg. En dat is mooi kl***, want waar zet ik even 550GB aan data neer?

zucht…

Create signed email messages using Apple Mail

June 21st, 2007 by rutger

I found this excellent tutorial on how to request a free personal email certificate to Thawte, and use it together with Mac OSX Mail … works perfectly on 10.4.9…

see: http://www.joar.com/certificates/

If you have the certificate of the receiver of your email in your Keychain, even encryption becomes an option.