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Re: [CentOS] CentOS Convert Question
by Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith＠ieee.org> 10 May '05

10 May '05

admin(a)dougware.net <admin(a)dougware.net> wrote: > I need a network based distributed operating system, something like > Intermezzo or Coda to keep two servers in sync on one partition. I have a > server at work and at home that I want to keep a MyDocuments partition in > sync. NFS will not work because I need a offline or online solution. The newer autofs allows you to automount multiple systems. So you could have it mount a local share if the server isn't available, then automate rsync updates the local to the server when the server is detected. There are also other network filesystems that offer what you need. > RSYNC will not work, who many inconsistancies from files being created > and removed. I've never had this issue at all with my users. I maintain a "~/work" directory and a "~/worksync" directory. I know whatever I have in "work" stays on the server, and what is in "worksync" is synchronized between the local and the server. On the portables, work is a symlink to worksync, so they have no, non-synced storage. I really think this is more of a workflow issue than a technology one. > Will GFS work for my needs when they release U1 for CentOS? If > not, does anyone have any coda or intermezzo rpms for CentOS4? Hmmm, my use of GFS has always been very, very different. I guess it could be used for such though? From: Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison(a)gmail.com> > I really like having things stored in a version control system (e.g. > cvs, svn, git, arch). That way your machine at home is the repository > and you can use a "cvs checkout documents/taxes" to get all of those > documents and also do an update to see which ones have changed locally > and need to be committed back to the server. Mega-dittos there! Version control is wholly undervalued for everything, and solves the overwhelming majority of workflow and other issues -- even just for 1 person on their own (let alone multiple people working together). Hell, I'd just be happy if someone would do a "ci -l filename" before and after editing a file as root. RCS is so simplistic to use, yet so powerful for just standalone configuration file management. And ,v files are always importable to any other revision controll system. Of course, at the same time, I'm an evil man who _loves_ to catch people who modify /etc files, forget, but it leaves the system in a state that is not usable or at least not bootable the next time. By simply using rcsdiff from the last time I edited -- pointing out the changes, line-by-line, until someone fesses up. In reality, my ultimate goal is to get them to just do a "ci -l filename" as well, so they can revert to what they had before if needbe. > Subversion is a bit more efficient than cvs. It handles binaries inherently too, all will being CVS client syntax compatible. Combined with its WebDAV-DeltaV option via Apache 2, it's absolutely awesome for less technical users as well (who aren't commonly CVS familiar). > I haven't looked heavily at git or arch, but they have smart people working > on them. > Personal disk space is cheap...why not keep all revisions of your documents :) The great thing about modern, reverse-delta revisioning programs is that they don't eat up a lot of disk space either. They revision very tight, especially Subversions for many common binary formats. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org

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CentOS Convert Question
by admin＠dougware.net 10 May '05

10 May '05

Hi, First, I want to say that I have fallen in love with CentOS4. I have been using RedHat since the 5.x days. After RedHat dropped the stable system to go to a unstable system and a Enterprise system I felt like I was being left out in the cold. I quickly found out about WhiteBox and used it for quite a while. Then I learned about CentOS...and switched to it for my server needs. I have switched to CentOS4 and it is an awsome stable operating system. I just wanted to add my praise before I asked my question. I need a network based distributed operating system, something like Intermezzo or Coda to keep two servers in sync on one partition. I have a server at work and at home that I want to keep a MyDocuments partition in sync. NFS will not work because I need a offline or online solution. RSYNC will not work, who many inconsistancies from files being created and removed. Will GFS work for my needs when they release U1 for CentOS? If not, does anyone have any coda or intermezzo rpms for CentOS4? Thanks again, Doug Eubanks admin(a)dougware.net

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RE: MIrrored drives won't boot after installation
by Kevin Pendleton 10 May '05

10 May '05

Chris, Grub needs to be configured to boot of either drive, run the two install lines referenced in this doc and you should be good: http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.d.stribblehill/mirrored_grub.html Kevin On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 12:00 +0000, centos-request(a)centos.org wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:25:26 -0400 > From: "Chris Mason" <lists(a)masonc.com> > Subject: RE: [CentOS] MIrrored drives won't boot after installation > To: "'CentOS mailing list'" <centos(a)centos.org> > Message-ID: <20050426023208.C929092C3FC(a)mercury.mason.home> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > When you configure the drives as RAID1 the installer never request where > > to install the boot record. If configuring with one drive (no raid) the > > installer will ask where to install the record. > > > > Gerald > > So how do I fix this? I really need to get a mirrored drive system up and > running. > > Chris Mason > US Number: (646)722-0001 US Fax (815)301-9759

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Re: [CentOS] MIrrored drives won't boot after installation
by Brett Moss 10 May '05

10 May '05

--- "Chris Mason (Lists)" <lists(a)masonc.com> wrote: > I have a p4 motherboard with 2 ide interfaces, I > connect 2 40 GB drives as > hda and hdc, I install Centos 4 from a CDROM, and > partition the drives as 2 > x raid partition each plus a swap partition on hda, > the make md0 and md1 to > install /boot and / respectively. Install goes well, > everything looks great, > go to reboot from drives, and all I get is "grub" > but no boot. I have tried > this ten times, doesn't seem I can get around it. > > I have to configure this server so that the drives > are mirrored. I have > installed redhat 9 in this configuration without > problems. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Chris Mason hello chris, i had a similar problem with two scsi drives and ended up rebooting into rescue mode and installing and configuring lilo. machine comes up with no problems at all now. remember to run the lilo command after configuring. hth, brett __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Re: [CentOS] alias keeps changing (fwd)
by Maciej Zenczykowski 10 May '05

10 May '05

I'd suggest looking around the ifcfg-eth* files (somewhere in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts I think) nad commenting out HWADDR= lines, if that works, then try reversing the HWADDR lines - this will reverse the numbers of the ethernet cards (ie making eth0 eth1 and eth1 eth0) but should result in a stable configuration till next hardware change. And you problem? IMHO, when the system boots up, one card gets the name eth0, the other eth1, when checking HWADDR the first eth0 card matches the ifcfg-eth1 HWADDR MAC address and is thus renamed to eth1, which fails, since eth1 already exists, and thus gets a random name, while the second eth1 matches the ifcfg-eth0 HWADDR MAC address and is thus renamed to eth0. In the end the physical eth1 is eth0 and the physical eth0 gets a random dev* name. This should probably be fixed sometime... first rename all devices to random names and only afterwards rename then to eth* according to the configuration files. Cheers, MaZe. PS. alternatively you can open the case and switch the two network cards, they'll be detected in reverse order and the previous renaming problem should vanish. On Mon, 9 May 2005, Michael Rock wrote: > btw - the two NIC cards are identical Intel Pro100S > and I also tried latest drivers. > > --- Michael Rock <mikerocks65(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi, I have a problem when adding a second NIC card. >> It will not configure to eth1 and keeps changing its >> device name on reboot to dev and a number, like >> dev8761. >> >> I tried changing BIOS setting, plug/play on/off and >> forcing IRQ for PCI slots. But no difference. >> >> centos-3-4.2 >> >> Any ideas? thx >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS(a)centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Make Yahoo! your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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CentOS 3.3 is gone
by John Newbigin 10 May '05

10 May '05

Now that http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.3/updates/i386/RPMS/ is gone (be it by design or error) I assume that all the patches for a CentOS-3.3 box can be found in http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3.4/updates/i386/RPMS/ Can anyone confirm this? In other words, Does the 3.4 updates directory contain updates to 3.3 and 3.4? If the answer is Yes: Good. Now what about 3.1? Should those updates be in the 3.4 directory as well? If the answer is No: What am I meant to do with my CentOS-3.3 media? I can not install with it anymore because I can't get patches. The management of these update directories always causes me confusion though it should be simple. John. -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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gamin update for Centos4?
by Harald Finnås 10 May '05

10 May '05

Just wondering if anyone has an updated gamin rpm for CentOS4? My courier-imap service seems to die once a week because gamin stops responding... Regards, Harald

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Re: [CentOS] alias keeps changing
by Michael Rock 10 May '05

10 May '05

btw - the two NIC cards are identical Intel Pro100S and I also tried latest drivers. --- Michael Rock <mikerocks65(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, I have a problem when adding a second NIC card. > It will not configure to eth1 and keeps changing its > device name on reboot to dev and a number, like > dev8761. > > I tried changing BIOS setting, plug/play on/off and > forcing IRQ for PCI slots. But no difference. > > centos-3-4.2 > > Any ideas? thx > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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segmentation fault issue
by Badli Al Rashid 10 May '05

10 May '05

Hai all, I have a machine running centos3.4, once in a while trying to run yum, i got a segmentation fault. Anyone could give me an advice as im already runnig the latest patches etc. I had already checked the harddrive but it give out no error results. Has anyone ever come across the segmentation problem in yum. Or any advice in troubleshooting it ? Thanks

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minimum install for CentOS 4 and Oracle 9i
by tito.basa 10 May '05

10 May '05

hi! having problems installing Oracle 9i Database 9.2.0.4.0 on CentOS 4 with the error: Error in invoking target install of makefile ins_plsql.mk this is what i so far dug up on Google http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2005-February/002507.html http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle9i.shtml can you point me to a link on a minimum installation (package list if possible) guide for Oracle 9i to work on CentOS 4 and also as required a secure setup as always? TIA tito

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