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question about backup regimens
by Marty Landman 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I need to recommend some backup options for a web server running CentOS 4.1. The client prefers using a tape drive as their backup device and has access to safe offsite storage. I was thinking of system backups weekly and differential backups nightly but don't know what software to recommend for the differential b/u's. For full backups I can just schedule a tar and compress using cron. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Marty -- Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Drupal Development Blog: http://drupal.face2interface.com/ Free Database Search App: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml

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status of Centos 5.1?
by Rainer Traut 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi all, now that EL5.1 is out the big question is when will Centos 5.1 be out. I know the answer, when it's ready. But how is status of the problems described here? http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2007/10/29/so_when_is_5_1_due Thx Rainer

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Oracle Instant Client 11g on CentOS 5 (32-bit) workaround
by Jay Leafey 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I downloaded the RPMs from the Oracle web site (otn.oracle.com) and successfully installed them on my C5 box, but the sqlplus client software would not run properly. After a few iterations with sealert, I finally got a handle on what was happening. It turns out that most of the shared libraries Oracle installs need to have their SElinux file context modified to allow relocation. Here's the quick-and-dirty routine I use to repair this: find /usr/lib/oracle/11.1.0.1/client/lib -type f -name \*.so\* \ -exec chcon -t textrel_shlib_t {} \; Obviously you could get around this by disabling SElinux, but I really want to avoid that if possible. Now a quick question: does anybody know if there is any way to configure SElinux so that the context for these files won't be "fixed" by a restorecon operation on this directory? Thanks! -- Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN jay.leafey(a)mindless.com

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Centos 5 - Install Hangup
by Tom Browder 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I get to where the installation begins copying packages to the new host and it's time to change CD's to the second one. I get the following message: An error occurred unmounting the CD... make sure you're not accessing /mnt/source from the shell on tty2...click Ok to retry. I click and nothing changes. I go to tty2 and see the #ssh prompt and see nothing interfering (and the umount command doesn't work under the shell). I've tried this three times and can't get past this point. It may be a hardware problem, but other things work on the same system under Fedora 7. BTW, old AMD dual CPU, Gigabyte server MOBO, 1.5 Gb RAM, WD IDE drive, generic IDE CD-RW. ATI Raden graphics card. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -Tom Tom Browder Niceville, Florida USA

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Re: CentOS-5.0-x86_64-bin-DVD-ich9.iso.delta md5 mismatch
by Michael Rock 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Michael Rock napsal(a): > all-generic-ide irqpoll > > Without irqpoll it just hangs and without > all-generic-ide it get a kernel panic. So I still > need both to recognize the disk and continue booting. > Michael, > I have tested 8.1.14 ICH9 x86_64 version and it's kring fine. For sure > im right now uploading full DVD isos. I did not want to :o( due due to > bandwidth bud I have to now. Once I have 8.1.15 kernels ready I will > publish updated version. Please send the mobo ID for me to read about > the chipset. I do test ICH9 Centos on this mobo MSI > P35 Neo-FI > http://www.hardware.info/en-UK/productdb/bGRkZZiUmJHK/viewproduct/MSI_P35_N… > Regards, > David I had to get a workstation setup right away for the P5KC so I just ended up using Fedora Test 8 which handled it no problem. (so should be good for about a year) The P5K-VM I was able to setup as AHCI in bios which is why I was able to get as far as I did. But there was no setting to do the same with the P5KC even though I had the latest BIOS. I still need to get the P5K-VM setup and since it is a server I would still like to use Centos. Are the new DVD's ready yet? -- Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Screensave issue in Centos 4.5
by fred smith 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi! I've got a Centos 4.5 box at work. I recently got a new LCD monitor and since that time have been having screen saver problems (they might have been occurring with the older CRT too but if so I didn't notice.) I've set it up to use "blank screen" only, to go to black screen in 20 minutes. Then I set up powersave to progress through the three modes at short intervals so that after an hour the display should be powered off. If I sit there and watch it (say, e.g. I'm busy doing paperwork and don't use the computer for a while :) it'll do exactly that, i.e., the display goes OFF. So, I leave at the end of the day. When I come in the next morning the screen is NOT powered off, the power light is on (not yellow, not off) and every little while an OSD window pops up saying it's getting no video signal. So, somewhere between going off in the short-term and being idle for 12-14 hours overnight, something goes awry and the display appears to get turned back on. Anyone got any idea how I can figure this one out? I have very similar settings at home (now on Centos 5, but also previously on Centos 4.5) and have not observed that behavior. Different computer, different video card, different monitor, though I don't see what difference it should make.... Thanks! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------

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LD_ASSUME_KERNEL library issues CentOS 5 x86_64
by Bill Campbell 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

I'm trying to get the Syspro/Encore MRP software running on a new CentOS 5 x86_64 system which uses an ODBC package built with old glibc/errno libraries. I have this same software running on a Suse Linux Enterprise 9 SP3 system using LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1, but when I try this on CentOS 5 it results in many unidentified libraries including libc.so.6, librt... etc. My guess is that there are packages that support these compatibility libraries, and, silly me, I thought these might be in the compat-glibc package, but that doesn't work. Any suggestions? Bill -- INTERNET: bill(a)celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 If you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you -- Benjamin Franklin

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Taking file from pyhsical disk to new virtual disk
by Jerry Geis 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

Hi I am playing with virtualization on centos 5. I have an old redhat 7 system I still need so I want to virtualize it. I found the old disk, installed in the virtual environment but found I had done some additions WAY back. I want to be sure my virtual system is exactly the same as the ACTUAL system. Do I use cpio on the actual system to grab everything and then put that back on the virtual system? What would the format of the command be to grab it and extract it? I have never used cpio and dont want to screw something up. Is there a better way? Jerry

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change /opt to /win Was: Re: SOLVED: Re: [CentOS] Installing Google's Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5
by Lanny Marcus 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

On 06 November 2007 , John R Pierce <pierce(a)hogranch.com> wrote: >indeed. in some filename/directory standard or another who's name >escapes me, /opt is the standard place to install non-core distribution >software packages ... linux people often use /usr/local for this, but >/usr/local is intended for site specific stuff, which software packages >really aren't. John: Thank you for the above explanation! As I just wrote, I made that mistake about 2 1/2 years ago. I will change it, from /opt to /win and hopefully won't repeat that same mistake! -- Lanny --------------------------------------------------------- Over 800 Magazine titles up to 85% off http://lowcostmagazines.com/

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change /opt to /win Was: Re: SOLVED: Re: [CentOS] Installing Google's Picasa for Linux
by Lanny Marcus 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

On 06 November 2007, Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org> wrote: >Use something else for that, not /opt. Just make up some directory name, >unmount /opt, re-mount the FAT32 partition under the new directory, and >then leave /opt alone. I will do that! I made that mistake about 2 1/2 years ago, but this is the first time something tried to install into /opt. Picasa installed, without any problems, on the boxes of my wife and daughter. Thank you! -- Lanny --------------------------------------------------------- Over 800 Magazine titles up to 85% off http://lowcostmagazines.com/

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