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Converting a LiveCD iso to pxeboot
by Patrice Guay 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

The latest livecd-tools[1] includes a new tool to convert a LiveCD iso image so that it can be booted over the network using PXELINUX. The way it works is to bundle the complete ISO image inside the initrd. The kernel and (bloated) initrd are downloaded using PXE in the normal way, and the init script finds and loopback-mounts the ISO image and booting continues as normal. This script has been added to the latest livecd-tools release from Fedora and seems compatible with the livecd-tools used to create the CentOS 5.1 LiveCD. [1] https://projects.centos.org/trac/livecd/browser/trunk/i386/RPMS/livecd-tool… Regards, -- Patrice Guay

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QA Coordinator
by Tim Verhoeven 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

Hello everyone, As most of you will probably know there was a CentOS developers day last Friday (before the FOSDEM event). One of the things discussed during that day was the need/use for a QA coordinator. I think the best way to describe the job role is that this person should be between the developers and the QA team and make sure that QA testing is efficient and on time (as best as we can get). Also the coordinator is the single point of contact for the developers to talk to the QA team and the other way around. I am the "lucky" person that will try to be this QA coordinator from now on. So I would like to make the following arrangements : Towards the developers. Let me know as soon as possible when there is something in the pipeline that will need to tested by the QA team. The sooner as I know the sooner that I get can the testers mobilized and ready. For the members of the QA team. If you are still interested in testing then make sure you are added to the QA Team page on the wiki (http://wiki.centos.org/QaTeam). During testing document all your findings on the wiki so we can keep track of things. I will try to make a test plan and some sort of schedule on the wiki for each release that needs to go through QA as soon that I'm aware that a release is coming for testing, so everybody knows when there is a need for testing. Alright, that is it for know I think. Let me know if you have any questions, comments, things I forgot, ... Regards, Tim Your friendly neighborhood QA coordinator -- Tim Verhoeven - tim.verhoeven.be(a)gmail.com - 0479 / 88 11 83 Hoping the problem magically goes away by ignoring it is the "microsoft approach to programming" and should never be allowed. (Linus Torvalds)

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2 problems running CentOS 5.1 + kernel-vm in VMware Fusion
by Leonardo Vilela Pinheiro 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Hi, Inside VMware Fusion, I've started using: - CentOS 5.1 x86_64 - kernel-vm-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm from http://people.centos.org/~tru/kernel-vm/5/RPMS/x86_64/ - kmod-open-vm-tools-0-0.20080123.2.6.18_53.1.13.el5vm.x86_64.rpm from http://people.centos.org/~hughesjr/open-vm-tools/5/x86_64/ Sometimes (most times) I get this error during boot: "The VMware Tools poweron script did not run successfully in this virtual machine - If you have configured a custom poweron script in this virtual machine, please inspect it for errors; otherwise, please submit a support request." A screenshot of this error can be seen in: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2228546/VMware-Fusion-error-running-CentOS-51-ker… I don't know if this error is happening in VMware under Linux or Windows. When I try to suspend the virtual machine (clicking on "Suspend Guest"), I get the error that can be seen in: http://www.scribd.com/doc/2232883/VMware-Fusion-running-CentOS-51-kernelvm-… If I may help debugging something, please tell me what to show you. -- Leonardo

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Modifying CentOS label's.
by Ivan Gonzalez 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hello everyone! Well i want to create my own distribution (base system only 1 cd) based on CentOS 5.1 but i can't find what to do to modify all the text's that say CentOS while anaconda is installing. I fonud this script: http://osdir.com/ml/linux.centos.devel/2006-08/msg00119.html But i don't know the path where it should be running... Is there something like this to personalize my distro or some other tool that can change all CentOS label's?? I really appreciate your help. Hope someone can help me. Ivan. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Dovecot with MySQL support in centosplus
by Lubomir Kundrak 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hi, I see there is postfix with mysql support in centosplus. Would it be possible to add dovecot-mysql there? I'd volunteer to maintain it if needed. I guess it can't go to fedora epel, as the package is already part of RHEL. -- Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team)

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rpmRepo Web Apps Filesystem Directory
by Jean-Marc LIGER 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Dear Sirs, Another disappointing question for me is the desigend Web Apps directory. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard recommends /srv/www but only one of the big, SuSE, uses it. Debian uses /var/www. Mandriva uses both /var/www and /usr/share. Red Hat used /var/www and now /usr/share. CentOS uses /usr/share and RPMForge uses /var/www. So my question is, what will be the future Web Apps directory for rpmRepo ? Be sure, I don't want to annoy anyone, I really want the best for CentOS that we use every day in our production environment. And this Filesystem Web Directory question is poisonning me for a while, when I want to mix up packages, but also to make the good choice for my own ones. Best Regards, Jean-Marc Liger - Sorbonne University Networks

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