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Making Driver Disks
by William 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

List, I have attempted to make my own megaraid driver disk for a Dell PowerEdge 2300. The procedure I'm using is detailed at the end of this message. In short, I followed samples that I collected after Googling around. The problem I face is that the CentOS 4 installer can't seem to mount the driver disk after I have created it. It gives no information other than, "Cannot mount /dev/fd0", so I don't know where to look to troubleshoot this. If there is a documented procedure for creating good driver disks for CentOS 4, I would very much like to read them; I simply haven't been able to find any, yet. Otherwise, please review the procedure I have detailed in this message to spot the flaw. Thanks!! The procedure I have used to create this driver disk is as follows: ## Log into a machine that is running the 2.6.9-11.EL kernel (e.g.: a working CentOS 4 box). # yum install kernel-devel ## Download the megaraid source from the ALMOST useful (doesn't work because we can't seem to Alt+F2 to get to a bash shell, as described): http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/4-Installing-RHEL4-on-Sys… # cd /usr/src # wget http://www.tuxyturvy.com/files/megaraid.tar.bz2 # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules/2.6.9-11.EL # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELhugemem # mkdir /usr/src/megaraid/dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp # cd /usr/src/megaraid # tar jxvfp /usr/src/megaraid.tar.bz2 ## Ignore all warnings. # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules # cp megaraid.o dd/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/ # rm -f *.o *.ko ## Ignore all warnings. # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.ELhugemem/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules # cp megaraid.o dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELhugemem/ # rm -f *.o *.ko ## Ignore all warnings. # make -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/megaraid modules # cp megaraid.o dd/modules/2.6.9-11.ELsmp/ # rm -f *.o *.ko # cd dd/modules/ # find . -type f | cpio -o -H crc | gzip -n9 > ../modules.cgz # cd .. # rm -rf modules/ # echo "LSI MegaRAID driver disk for CentOS 4.0" > centos-4 # vim modinfo ---- add ---- Version 0 megaraid scsi "LSI MegaRAID for Legacy Dell PowerEdge Servers" ------------- # vim pcitable ---- add ---- 0x101e 0x1960 "megaraid" "AMI|MegaRAID (OEM)" 0x101e 0x9010 "megaraid" "AMI|MegaRAID" 0x101e 0x9060 "megaraid" "AMI|MegaRAID" 0x8086 0x1960 "megaraid" "AMI|Megaraid" ------------- # touch modules.dep # chmod 0755 * ## Insert a floppy disk into your floppy disk drive. # fdformat -n /dev/fd0u1440 # mkfs -t ext3 /dev/fd0u1440 # mount /dev/fd0u1440 /media/floppy # rm -rf /media/floppy/* # cp * /media/floppy/ # umount /media/floppy ## Done making the Driver Disk. ## Insert disk 1 of the CentOS 4 install set into your Dell PowerEdge box and reboot the machine. ## At the CentOS 4 install prompt, insert the Driver Disk into the machine and type: > linux dd ## Error: Cannot mount /dev/fd0 ?!

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additional boot options with older Compaq 1850R and DL360 and DL380 units
by Robert Hanson 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

greetings does the list at this url cover *all* options or are there some hidden or newer ones by chance? http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-4/ap-bootopts.html i am playing with CentOS 4 on some Compaq dual PIII hardware. The first unit is an 1850R with dual 500Mhz. If you need more info please let me know. it is a basic unit with raid controller and a Gig of DRAM etc. may i ask what others are putting in their "additional boot options" so that the units can he remotely shutdown to power off and/or rebooted without hanging please? also, any _extra_ tips and tricks are certainly welcome. again, i am grateful to those people that have been helping me off-list as well! take care and kind regards, -- Robert Hanson Abba Communications http://www.abbacomm.net

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 6, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

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-2005:706 Important CentOS 4 ia64 cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 3 ia64 cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2005:671 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 kdegraphics - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2005:670 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 xpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2005:598 Low CentOS 4 ia64 sysreport - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) cups - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2005:598 Low CentOS 3 s390(x) sysreport - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2005:670 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) xpdf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2005:598 Low CentOS 4 s390(x) sysreport - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2005:598-01: Low CentOS 2 i386 sysreport security update (John Newbigin) 13. CESA-2005:720-01: Low CentOS 2 i386 ucd-snmp security update (John Newbigin) 14. CESA-2005:671 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 kdegraphics - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 15. CESA-2005:589-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 gaim security update (John Newbigin) 16. CESA-2005:595 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 SquirrelMail - security update (seth vidal) 17. CESA-2005:595 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 SquirrelMail - security update (seth vidal) 18. CESA-2005:598 Low CentOS 3 i386 SquirrelMail - security update (seth vidal) 19. CESA-2005:598 Low CentOS 3 x86_64 sysreport - security update (seth vidal) 20. CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 gaim - security update (seth vidal) 21. CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 3 i386 gaim - security update (seth vidal) 22. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 3 i386 cups - security update (seth vidal) 23. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 cups - security update (seth vidal) 24. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 cups - security update (Johnny Hughes) 25. CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 4 i386 cups - security update (Johnny Hughes) 26. CESA-2005:671 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 kdegraphics - security update (Johnny Hughes) 27. CESA-2005:671 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 kdegraphics - security update (Johnny Hughes) 28. CESA-2005:670 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 xpdf - security update (Johnny Hughes) 29. CESA-2005:670 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 xpdf - security update (Johnny Hughes) 30. CESA-2005:598 Low CentOS 4 x86_64 sysreport - security update (Johnny Hughes) 31. CESA-2005:598 Low CentOS 4 i386 sysreport - security update (Johnny Hughes) 32. CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 gaim - security update (Johnny Hughes) 33. CESA-2005:627 Critical CentOS 4 i386 gaim - security update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 20:51:43 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:706 Important CentOS 4 ia64 cups - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050809175143.GJ31284(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:706 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-706.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: files: updates/ia64/RPMS/cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/cups-devel-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/cups-libs-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.7.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

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RE: [CentOS] OCI8 extension for PHP
by Dan Elliott 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/deployphp/index.html -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Joacim Ekroth Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 5:02 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] OCI8 extension for PHP Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > Hello, > I am wondering what do people use to connect to an oracle DB ? > I've been looking for something like php-oci8 RPM package, but no luck so far. > I hate to have to rebuilding PHP on my own just to be able to connect > to an Oracle database. > > Thanks for any help > RDB > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Reuben, AFAIK there is no pre-made packages for this. You have to do it yourself. You first need to install the Oracle Client package, and then recompile php together with the Oracle libs ( --with-oci8 ) HTH Joacim _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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OCI8 extension for PHP
by Reuben D. Budiardja 10 Aug '05

10 Aug '05

Hello, I am wondering what do people use to connect to an oracle DB ? I've been looking for something like php-oci8 RPM package, but no luck so far. I hate to have to rebuilding PHP on my own just to be able to connect to an Oracle database. Thanks for any help RDB

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Installing CentOS 4.1 on IA64
by Yeo Chang Lim 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

Hi, I am trying to install Centos 4.1 on IA64 machine. However, during loading of vmlinuz and initrd.img , i will get a kernel panic. Does anyone has this problem? I think it's due to initrd.img

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Upgrading Drive, Best Practice?
by Ajay Sharma 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

Hi, This might sound like a n00b question, but I've honestly never done this with a Linux machine... (it is running Centos3) We have a 1U mail server with two 36GB SCSI drives in a hardware mirror config. There's no more room for any other drives in the case. It's filling up, so we now have two 74GB drives ready to take their place. Possible solutions that I've come up with: 1) shutdown all the services (postfix, courier, etc.) backup the machine to another box, swap out the drives, install CentOS4, copy the email back. It's a pain, but I'd get a clean CentOS4 box when I'm done. whee! 2) bootup with a bootdisk and use some kinda drive image utility to backup the machine (partimage, g4u, etc), swap out the drives, and then restore the image. Less painful, but still running CentOS3 and I have to fumble around with those image utilities instead of good ol' tar-over-ssh. :) any others? In the past I've usually just moved services from an old machine to another one. So I had tons of time to configure/test the new server before making it live. This one has to be done in place so time is of the essence. How would you do it? Thanks, Ajay

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Installing a theme in KDE
by Dave Gutteridge 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

I went to kde-looks.org and downloaded a theme: http://kdelook.org/content/show.php?content=10919 When I ran the configure command, it went ok: [root@localhost thinkeramik-3.2.1]# ./configure --prefix="`kde-config --prefix`" ... Good - your configure finished. Start make now However, when I run make, I get a whole slew of errors, that look like this: t::minimumSize() const': thinkeramik.cpp:1852: error: `widget' undeclared (first use this function) thinkeramik.cpp: In member function `virtual bool ThinKeramik::ThinKeramikClient::eventFilter(QObject*, QEvent*)': thinkeramik.cpp:1858: error: `widget' undeclared (first use this function) thinkeramik.cpp:1876: error: `processMousePressEvent' undeclared (first use this function) thinkeramik.cpp: At global scope: thinkeramik.cpp:1894: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token thinkeramik.cpp:1894: error: expected `,' or `;' before '*' token make[3]: *** [thinkeramik.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dave/Desktop/thinkeramik-3.2.1/kwin' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dave/Desktop/thinkeramik-3.2.1/kwin' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dave/Desktop/thinkeramik-3.2.1' make: *** [all] Error 2 Of course I tried to look up these errors on Google, but it was a fruitless search. Does anyone know why I would be getting these errors if the configure ran okay? Dave

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Re: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:595 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 SquirrelMail - security update
by Donald Murray 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

Is there another update pending for squirrelmail? The RHSA was updated on August 4th because the original fix had a bug in the addressbook. See: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-595.html On 8/3/05, Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> wrote: > CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2005:595 > > SquirrelMail security update for CentOS 3 i386: > https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-595.html > > The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to > the mirrors: > > i386: > updates/i386/RPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.3a-10.EL3.centos.1.noarch.rpm > > source: > updates/SRPMS/squirrelmail-1.4.3a-10.EL3.centos.1.src.rpm > > You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: > > yum update squirrelMail > > Tru > -- > Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-announce mailing list > CentOS-announce(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce > > > >

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Where should my Xdefaults file be?
by Dave Gutteridge 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

Apparently in order to get Japanese input working, I need to edit my Xdefaults file. By hunting on the web, I've read that I can create my own Xdefaults file, but it's been very difficult to determine where I should create it. I simply want to add the following line to this file: *inputMethod kinput2 ... so that Japanese input will be enabled. I want this setting to be global for all users of my machine (which is only me, but just in case). So where is, or where should be, my Xdefaults file? Just in case anyone wants to know where I got this idea from, I got it from here: http://laeren.zoggins.net/japan/japanmoz.shtml Thanks

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