Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-12 Thread Phoenix, Merka
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us Sent: Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 11:44 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances >> Darr247 wrote: >> >> But this thread'

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)

2012-01-12 Thread Phoenix, Merka
-Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >> Of m.r...@5-cent.us >> Sent: Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 09:48 >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT) >

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-11 Thread Darr247
On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 17:53 [UTC -5], Darr247 spake thusly: > I did not see that synopsis in your original post (and I'm not sure I > could figure out what commands you used by that). > The only 2 replies to this thread I saw in digest 84 issue 9 were to > John Doe. > > Anyway, this is wha

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-11 Thread Darr247
On Tuesday, January 10, 2012 17:53 [UTC -5], Darr247 spake thusly: > I did not see that synopsis in your original post (and I'm not sure I > could figure out what commands you used by that). > The only 2 replies to this thread I saw in digest 84 issue 9 were to > John Doe. > > Anyway, this is wha

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)[SOLVED]

2012-01-10 Thread Rob Kampen
On 01/11/2012 10:31 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Yet another denial - it's as though it's also blocking me based on the > relationship of included text vs. new text. > > blah, blah, blah. Let's see if this is enough new text to get through. > > Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane wrote: >

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-10 Thread Darr247
m.roth spake thusly: > I started by listing that: > 1. I have a partitioned USB stick, 8G, with a 10M FAT32 partition, and the > rest as ext3. > 2. Rsync'd isolinux to the FAT partition, renamed isolinux.cfg to > syslinux.cfg > 3. syslinux to the USB > 4. mounted DVD.iso, and rsync'd all of that to

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)[SOLVED] (mostly)

2012-01-10 Thread m . roth
Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane wrote: >> Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us >> >> I've retried again, and it still fails. I see that it's mounted /dev/sda2, which is where I've got the contents of a DVD, as >> /mnt/isolinux. >> > >> > Unless you specifically need the DVD contents, maybe try

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)[SOLVED]

2012-01-10 Thread m . roth
Yet another denial - it's as though it's also blocking me based on the relationship of included text vs. new text. blah, blah, blah. Let's see if this is enough new text to get through. Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane wrote: >> Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us >> >> I've retried again, an

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)

2012-01-10 Thread m . roth
Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane wrote: >> Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us >> John Doe wrote: >> > From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" >> > >> >> I've retried again, and it still fails. I see that it's mounted >> >> /dev/sda2, which is where I've got the contents of a DVD, as >> /mnt/isolinux. >> > >>

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-10 Thread William Hooper
> But the question is what image# 1 that it's looking for? It's not trying > to look on the USB for an .iso, is it? That sounds like the bug mentioned at the bottom of the CentOS How-to: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=568343 (around comm

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)

2012-01-10 Thread Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:48 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT) > > John Doe wr

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-10 Thread m . roth
Darr247 wrote: >> But this thread's gotten way OT: *does* anyone have any >> idea what the .img file is that the running o/s from install.img >> is looking for, after the partitioning, when it's ready to install? > > Possibly, but without the info I previously requested, I won't be > trying to repr

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-10 Thread Darr247
> But this thread's gotten way OT: *does* anyone have any > idea what the .img file is that the running o/s from install.img > is looking for, after the partitioning, when it's ready to install? Possibly, but without the info I previously requested, I won't be trying to reproduce the problem. e.g

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)

2012-01-10 Thread m . roth
John Doe wrote: > From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > >> I've retried again, and it still fails. I see that it's mounted >> /dev/sda2, which is where I've got the contents of a DVD, as /mnt/isolinux. > > Unless you specifically need the DVD contents, maybe try with > the ISOs instead... This doesn't vague

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)

2012-01-10 Thread John Doe
From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > I've retried again, and it still fails. I see that it's mounted > /dev/sda2, > which is where I've got the contents of a DVD, as /mnt/isolinux. Unless you specifically need the DVD contents, maybe try with the ISOs instead... JD _

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances (not OT)

2012-01-10 Thread m . roth
I've retried again, and it still fails. I see that it's mounted /dev/sda2, which is where I've got the contents of a DVD, as /mnt/isolinux. The contents of that are: ls -a .GPLTRANS.TBL .. Packages images .discinfo

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread Anthony
On 2012-01-10 08:44, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: .. > > And then there's google+. I'm *REALLY* tired of Poredsky (or however > his > name's spelled), sending me spam in Russian > I hear you. I recently created an SPF record and added the necessary SMF-SPF milter on my mail server just to fi

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 01:44:54PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 1:39 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > > *giggle* *giggle* *laugh* *guffaw* BWAAHAHAHAHHH! > > > > No spam via gmail? Wow... Funniest thing I've heard all day! > > none of it that I've seen came through gmail servers...

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 01/09/2012 10:43 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> On 01/09/2012 10:13 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >>> Who here is *not* using a work email? Who here posts from their own >>> hosting site? Has this ever happened to you? >> >> I own my own domain/server/subnet. My WIS

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 1:39 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > *giggle* *giggle* *laugh* *guffaw* BWAAHAHAHAHHH! > > No spam via gmail? Wow... Funniest thing I've heard all day! none of it that I've seen came through gmail servers... lots of spam from anonymous open relays with forged @gmail.com from addr

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
Stephen Harris wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 01:29:24PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: >> Thats a BS excuse. gmail has MILLIONS more users than bluehost, yet >> doesn't seem to ever be used to relay spam. Why? they are proactive > > *giggle* *giggle* *laugh* *guffaw* BWAAHAHAHAHHH! > > No spam

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 01/09/2012 10:13 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Who here is *not* using a work email? Who here posts from their own >> hosting site? Has this ever happened to you? > > I own my own domain/server/subnet. My WISP customers can only send mail > via my server, with all

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 1:13 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Let's go through this again - we did it months ago. My site is hosted by >> hostmonster, which also operates as bluehost. They are a*large* >> provider, >> with hundreds of thousands of domains, and the email from all of them go

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 01:29:24PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > Thats a BS excuse. gmail has MILLIONS more users than bluehost, yet > doesn't seem to ever be used to relay spam. Why? they are proactive *giggle* *giggle* *laugh* *guffaw* BWAAHAHAHAHHH! No spam via gmail? Wow... Funniest t

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 1:30 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > I own my own domain/server/subnet. My WISP customers can only send mail > via my server, with all the prevention's I could think of. I have never > been hit with this (but I do have small customer base), but I have had > regular domains (like one lo

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 01/09/2012 10:13 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: >> On 01/09/12 12:31 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Again, I*HATE* dnsorbs This was bounced, which makes twice today. >>>more text, add a few more words, we'll see if this makes it. >> >> your email is being relayed th

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 1:13 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Let's go through this again - we did it months ago. My site is hosted by > hostmonster, which also operates as bluehost. They are a*large* provider, > with hundreds of thousands of domains, and the email from all of them go > through their (few) email

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 12:31 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Again, I*HATE* dnsorbs This was bounced, which makes twice today. >> more text, add a few more words, we'll see if this makes it. > > your email is being relayed through 66.147.249.253 > (oproxy4-pub.bluehost.com) which

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 12:31 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Again, I*HATE* dnsorbs This was bounced, which makes twice today. > more text, add a few more words, we'll see if this makes it. your email is being relayed through 66.147.249.253 (oproxy4-pub.bluehost.com) which appears on several spam lists

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
Again, I *HATE* dnsorbs This was bounced, which makes twice today. more text, add a few more words, we'll see if this makes it. John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 12:05 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> John R Pierce wrote: >>> > On 01/09/12 11:11 AM,m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> They are?

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 12:05 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: >> > On 01/09/12 11:11 AM,m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> >> They are? I dunno - ours are labelled where they're intended to be >>> >> mounted, like / or /boot >> > >> > don't plug one of those into a different system for repair

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 11:11 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> They are? I dunno - ours are labelled where they're intended to be >> mounted, like / or /boot > > don't plug one of those into a different system for repair or you'll > have all kinda grief. $HOSTNAME_root would be the sane

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:11 PM, wrote: >> >>> labels get messy too, when you have 27 systems and a half dozen file >>> systems each.  you want your labels globally unique so if you plug a >>> volume into another system for repair there's no collisions.   our >> >> They are?

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 11:11 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > They are? I dunno - ours are labelled where they're intended to be > mounted, like / or /boot don't plug one of those into a different system for repair or you'll have all kinda grief. $HOSTNAME_root would be the sane way to do it... >> hostnames

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:11 PM, wrote: > >> labels get messy too, when you have 27 systems and a half dozen file >> systems each.  you want your labels globally unique so if you plug a >> volume into another system for repair there's no collisions.   our > > They are? I dunno - ours are labelled

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 10:33 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> So we use labels. I*loathe* UUIDs. Quick, tell my yours on one system >> without looking (as would be the case if the drive crashed). > > from my rescue environment, I'd use: xfs_admin -u /dev/ > (or the somewhat messier

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 10:33 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > So we use labels. I*loathe* UUIDs. Quick, tell my yours on one system > without looking (as would be the case if the drive crashed). from my rescue environment, I'd use: xfs_admin -u /dev/ (or the somewhat messier ext? equiv) labels get messy

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/09/12 6:09 AM, John Doe wrote: >> Works fine here... >> On some PCs/servers the key is sdb... > > the days of relying on /dev/sd? are long past. Heh. See the point of a related thread, where mkswap -L did. not. work. No label... > > 'scsi' devices renumber themselves o

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/09/12 6:09 AM, John Doe wrote: > Works fine here... > On some PCs/servers the key is sdb... the days of relying on /dev/sd? are long past. 'scsi' devices renumber themselves on every boot. case in point, server I'm configuring now... has a LSI mptsas card with 2 disks mirrored for the

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > John Doe wrote: >> From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" >> >>> I tried to boot from my 6.0 USB key, no joy. Updated it to 6.2. Still >>> no >>> joy: it gets started, I do the disk layout, it formats the drives, and >>> then fails, saying that it can't find "image# 1". >> >> Works fin

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread m . roth
John Doe wrote: > From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > >> I tried to boot from my 6.0 USB key, no joy. Updated it to 6.2. Still no >> joy: it gets started, I do the disk layout, it formats the drives, and >> then fails, saying that it can't find "image# 1". > > Works fine here... > On some PCs/servers the k

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-09 Thread John Doe
From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > I tried to boot from my 6.0 USB key, no joy. Updated it to 6.2. Still no > joy: it gets started, I do the disk layout, it formats the drives, and > then fails, saying that it can't find "image# 1". Works fine here... On some PCs/servers the key is sdb... syslinux.cfg:

Re: [CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-08 Thread Darr247
> I tried to boot from my 6.0 USB key, no joy. Updated it to > 6.2. Still no joy: it gets started, I do the disk layout, it formats > the drives, and then fails, saying that it can't find "image# 1". Can you tell us how you're making the bootable USB key? e.g. the source .iso file[s] and all comm

[CentOS] USB install annoyances

2012-01-06 Thread m . roth
I tried to boot from my 6.0 USB key, no joy. Updated it to 6.2. Still no joy: it gets started, I do the disk layout, it formats the drives, and then fails, saying that it can't find "image# 1". Over in the log, I see a lot of it not finding any drive at all, yet all the h/d drives and sda2, which i