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Re: [CentOS] Creating an alternitive install CD for CentOS 5.2 (w/patched mkinitrd)
by Jason Pyeron 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Robert Heller > Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 15:46 > To: CentOS mailing list > Cc: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Creating an alternitive install CD for CentOS > 5.2 (w/patched mkinitrd) > > At Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:47:50 -0400 CentOS mailing list > <centos(a)centos.org> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Robert Heller > <heller(a)deepsoft.com> wrote: > > ..... > > > > > I was unsure of the specific options above -- After installing > > > revisor and poked around in the source code and found > what I needed, > > > but my test install failed -- it complained that there > was a problem > > > with mkinitrd -- could not open it or find it -- guessing > I need to > > > rebuild the repro database. > > > > > > > > >> > > >> ... reboot, lather, rinse and repeat .... :-) :=) > > >> > > >> You may find "re-generating" the CentOS CDs/DVD quite > easy at times > > >> and very frustrating and complex at others ...... > > > > > > Yeah, it appears so. B I just hope I don't have to rebuild all 6 > > > CDs, since I don't have the DVD nor do I have a DVD-R > drive either, > > > so doing things with a single DVD is not an option. > > > > > > > Last time I added a DVD burner to my Build system, it cost > $29 (USD) > > and this was for a very good, reliable unit. Not worth my time and > > immense hassle to do otherwise .... > > > > As for ... > > > > > could not open it or find it -- guessing I need to > rebuild the repro > > > database. > > > > What about: > > > > >> First of all, if you replace an RPM, you'll need to do > createrepro. > > > > What isn't clear?? As "need to" means **MUST**.... <hmmmm>. > > Why did you even make an attempt without the createrepro command?? > > Two to three minutes of your time wasn't worth it (but > taking our time > > is, of course) :-):-) ... > > I did not even know about the createrepro command! > > > > > While I believe your bug reports, I install CentOS on RAID + LVM > > everyday without any problems, private kernel patches, etc. -- as a > > counter-example. > > Did you *specificly* install CentOS 5.2 (as opposed to 5.1 or 4.7? Do > you want the URLs of of the CentOS 5.2 & RHEL 5.2 bug reports? Did > you install onto bare partitions and then migrate to RAID and/or LVM > later? > Note this is *software RAID*, not hardware RAID. > > > > > Now, let's see if we understand the situation clearly: > > > > 1. This is a "one-time" conversion (will "throw the CD > away when done") ... > > > > 2. You're migrating a system from Ubuntu to CentOS > (e.g., a different > > version / patch level of LVM + RAID) and *hope* to keep data > > consistency and reliability ... > > > > 3. You have a backup of this precious data, yes / no?? > If no, eegaddss.... > > > > 4. So, why not just do a wipe + fresh install and > reload the data??? > > I want the option of falling back to the existing (working) Ubuntu > system, in case there are problems with the CentOS setup. Right now, > this is for a small (and relatively > impoverished) small town library. Is the library a 501c3? > The original setup (done by someone else who does not have the time, > etc. to deal with it) uses LTSP and diskless thin clients. While this > works, there are some performance issues. Because the LTSP uses the > 'PC's as pretty much bare X Terminals, this means all of the real > 'work' > is done on the server itself. With several people working, often kids > and teens playing Flash games and maybe one or two people using Open > Office, the server litterally runs out of RAM and starts swapping, > which slows everything down. I want to set up a slighter thicker > clients using NFS mounted file systems in hopes that this will work > better. > > There is a backup process in place, but it has not been working > lately, since there seems to be a problem with sshd on the external > server. > Even if it was working it might be problematical to restore it anyway > because of the rather funcky internet connection we have (HughesNet > satelite dishes -- nothing better is available here in the wilds of > Western Mass). > > The main reason for moving from Ubuntu to CentOS is that I am much > more familar / confortable with RedHat flavored systems. > Ubuntu seems to have more 'magical' things going on, which I could > not figure out. I think Ubuntu tries to be overly 'helpful', which > might be nice for some users and probably makes more sense for home > desktop users, but was just frustating for someone trying to do some > 'outside of the box' things. Trying to get this straight, is this for the server or a client? What are the disk specs for the machine? Why would you not just buy additional storage, even if you accomplish this install/upgrade over the old version you will most likely not be able to go back. > > > > > Now how much time have you spent on this "project" so far?? > I believe > > the above would be done 2 to 3x times over by now .... > > > > Plus, you've found out that it is a lot more than "just a mkisofs > > command with a few arguments" (and that you have to follow > > instructions precisely or things just don't WORK(tm)). > > > > Hmmmm.... > > > > -rak- > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS(a)centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > > -- > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows > heller(a)deepsoft.com -- > http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ > > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.

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Creating an alternitive install CD for CentOS 5.2 (w/ patched mkinitrd)
by Robert Heller 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

I need to be able to install CentOS 5.2 on a machine with software RAID (and LVM) setup. I discovered (the hard way!) that there is a bug in the mkinitrd package that causes it to enter an endless loop when there are /dev/mapper/ devices present during the install process. There is a patch to mkinitrd, which I applied and created a new rpm for mkinitrd with this patch applied. I'd like to now create a alternitive install CD, but I am not sure of the exact mkisofs command line to properly create a bootable CD. I am also not sure if I need to update any of the files the installer uses to install the system -- is it enough to just drop the alternitive mkinitrd rpm? Do I need to rebuild any of the other files on the CD? -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 49, Issue 4
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:0315 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2009:0325 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 18:51:01 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0315 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) firefox - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090307165101.GK23300(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0315 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0315.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: updates/s390/RPMS/firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.centos.s390.rpm s390x: updates/s390x/RPMS/firefox-3.0.7-1.el4.centos.s390x.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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samsung sata disk pb
by David Amiel 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

Hi there, I'm running a centos 5.2 (with a centos 5.3 kernel) on a box with a samsung 1To green edition, and this disk looks a bit slow to me and it's not recognized by hdparm : # hdparm -iI /dev/sda /dev/sda: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Invalid argument # hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 2252 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1125.57 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 94 MB in 3.05 seconds = 30.81 MB/sec I've got a samsung 640go on my desktop running ubuntu (kernel 2.6.27-11), hdparm -iI is working and benchmark is a lot better : $ sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 2392 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1196.00 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 226 MB in 3.02 seconds = 74.81 MB/sec the green HD is a 5400rpm, though the other one is 7400rpm, but a factor 2 in performance between them looks very strange to me. As the green 1 To disk is not identified by hdparm I think it's not configured properly. Any hint to make my 1To disk flying like the other one ? :) cheers, David

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I have a test system that hangs hard...
by Robert Moskowitz 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

I have a test system: Centos 5.2 on an OQO, that has been hanging hard. I have to unplug it and pull the battery so I can then cold start it. This last time all I did was open a terminal window and SU to root, then start the lastest build of SIP Communicator (which uses JRE 1.6.0_10). I was not even making a test phone call at the time. Oh, and the system only runs IPv6, no v4 addressing. So how do I find out what is causing the hard lockups?

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Re: [CentOS] Hardware compatibility IM-945GC Intel Atom Mini-ITX]
by David Amiel 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

Le Lun 2 mars 2009 23:39, Jason Pyeron a écrit : > Can this MB be used with Centos 4 (or 5)? > > For reference: > http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ms_9832 > > > I don't think we can use this new MB since the Realtek 8111C does not seem > to be > supported (well) > > http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/8111c-nic-revision-ep45-27089- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I'm using Cents 5 on an Intel atom D945GCLF MB which has the same network card and it's working fine : - with Centos 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 : you've to erase the R8169 kernel module and manually install realtek drivers ( http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=7&PFid… ) - with upcoming Centos 5.3 : nothing to do, the driver is included in the kernel ( 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5 ) David Amiel - > - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - > - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - > - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - > - - > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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Please test kmod packages for CentOS-4
by Akemi Yagi 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

Hello, There are currently 3 kmod packages in CentOS-4 that require re-installation upon each kernel update: kmod-drbd kmod-drbd82 kmod-xfs CentOS is going to offer a kernel-independent version of these kmod packages. With this version, you install once, and they should survive kernel updates. They are in the testing repository at the moment and need to be tested before they can be made available from the regular place (extras repo). Getting enough testing is important because CentOS may not be providing kernel-specific kmod-packages any longer. If you have never used the testing repository, please refer to the Wiki article: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories Happy testing! Akemi

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topbanel and bottompanel on gnome
by Jerry Geis 08 Mar '09

08 Mar '09

I am doing the following commands to "hide" the top and bottom panels on gnome. gconftool-2 -t int --list-type int --set /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel/auto_hide_size 0 gconftool-2 -t bool --list-type bool --set /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel/auto_hide true gconftool-2 -t int --list-type int --set /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel/auto_hide_size 0 gconftool-2 -t bool --list-type bool --set /apps/panel/toplevels/bottom_panel/auto_hide true When I do this I still see 1 pixel worth of panel after it hides. How do I get rid of that 1 pixel (it looks like a line at the top and bottom of my screen). Or better yet how do I completely disable the top and bottom panels using gconftool-2? Thanks, Jerry

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Mail delivery failing with 450
by James Pifer 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

I'm not sure why this started, but apparently I'm having a DNS problem. Yesterday mail started bouncing with this error: 450 Unable to find obrien-pifer.com I think the messages eventually get delivered, but not sure. I guess I'll see if this one makes the list. I checked my domain using http://www.checkdns.net/ and it gives me a couple warnings. One is that there's no MX record, but there is. I use a smarthost for sending mail. My DNS records are: http://www.obrien-pifer.com/mydns.txt Anyone see any problems in my DNS records? Thanks, James

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Re: [CentOS] I have a test system that hangs hard...
by David G. Miller 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Robert Moskowitz <rgm(a)htt-consult.com> wrote: See embedded comments. I'm not familiar with the specific package mentioned but these are just a few standard debugging ideas. > I have a test system: Centos 5.2 on an OQO, that has been hanging > hard. I have to unplug it and pull the battery so I can then cold start it. > I assume this also means that the system runs as expected if you don't take any of the actions described below. > This last time all I did was open a terminal window and SU to root, then > start the lastest build of SIP Communicator (which uses JRE 1.6.0_10). > I was not even making a test phone call at the time. Any chance of trying an earlier version? Especially one that uses an earlier JRE? > Oh, and the system > only runs IPv6, no v4 addressing. > And what happens if you enable IPV4? If possible, can SIP Communicator be configured to use IPV4 instead of V6? If so, does the problem persist? > So how do I find out what is causing the hard lockups? > I'd start with enabling IPV4 addressing since it's fairly trivial to do and then work back toward running an earlier version of the program. You may find something like the JRE wants an IPV4 connection (just wildly speculating here). Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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