[CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
Seeing as IPV4 is near it's end of life (http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3915471/IPv4+Nearing+Final+Days.htm), I'm curios as who know whether everyone is ready for the changeover to IPV6? Is anyone using it in production already, and what are your experiences with it? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
Hi, On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 13:50 +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Seeing as IPV4 is near it's end of life > (http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3915471/IPv4+Nearing+Final+Days.htm), > I'm curios as who know whether everyone is ready for the changeover to > IPV6? > > Is anyone using it in production already, and what are your experiences with > it? > I have a dualstack (IPV4/IPV6) ADSL connection at home and all my machines are IPV6 connected, some in combination with IPV4, but I have a few IPV6 only machines. My mail and some websites are adressable with IPV6. Is this really production ? Well, sort of :) Regards, Michel ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
On 12/05/10 12:50, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Seeing as IPV4 is near it's end of life > (http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3915471/IPv4+Nearing+Final+Days.htm), > I'm curios as who know whether everyone is ready for the changeover to > IPV6? > > Is anyone using it in production already, and what are your experiences with > it? > Haven't switched yet, I have IPv6 at home using sixxs. IMO the slow adoption is caused by the complexity IPv6 brings. They should have just modified IP to use 128 bits addresses and leave the rest as is. For example, what is the use of a link scoped IPv6 address? Why would you want to assign an IP address to yourself that's of no use at all? I can't even figure out what address ranges are reserved for private use, is there even such a concept in IPv6? I know that IPv6 is supposed to allow every address to be publicly route-able but having your computers in private ranges and use NAT has big advantages towards security. And what about this arbitrarily chosen /64 subnet? So we're returning back to classfull routing? A provider won't be able to purchase a subnet greater than /64 from for example RIPE? Stateless auto-configuration is a useless feature, just like APIPA. I much prefer DHCP and thankfully it still exists for v6. Glenn ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, RedShift wrote:
> On 12/05/10 12:50, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>>
>> (http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3915471/IPv4+Nearing+Final+Days.htm),
>
> Haven't switched yet, I have IPv6 at home using sixxs.
>
> I can't even figure out what address ranges are reserved for private use, is
> there even such a concept in IPv6?
I think that site-local ("fec0:: - fef::") is the ipv6
more-or-less-equivalent of ipv4 private addresses.
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Re: [CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 14:13 +0100, RedShift wrote: > > And what about this arbitrarily chosen /64 subnet? So we're returning back > to classfull routing? A provider won't be able to purchase a subnet greater > than /64 from for example RIPE? > Within a reasonable planning horizon, what provider would need ~1.84*10^19 (or for those who don't grok exponential notation 184,00,000,000,000,000,000) addresses? brian ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 08:21:49AM -0500, Tom H wrote:
> I think that site-local ("fec0:: - fef::") is the ipv6
> more-or-less-equivalent of ipv4 private addresses.
fec0::/48 is site local; it'll never be routed to the internet.
I found http://www.litech.org/~jeff/private/ipv6primer/html/ very useful as
a learning resource. I probably need to reread it again :-)
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rgds
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[CentOS] Yum Updates dependencies missing (rpmforge)
There are updates available, for the below multimedia packages (CentOS 5.5, 32 bit), but I'm getting missing dependency errors from yum update for these. ---> Package directfb.i386 0:1.2.10-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package ffmpeg.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package ffmpeg-libpostproc.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package gstreamer-plugins-ugly.i386 0:0.10.11-2.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package kino.i386 0:1.3.4-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package libquicktime.i386 0:1.2.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package lzo.i386 0:2.04-1.el5.rf set to be updated ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.44.svn20100703.el5.rf set to be updated Probably anyone wanting to update the above packages should wait a day or two and hopefully the dependencies will become available. Lanny http://www.magazines-magazine.com/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
FWIW, I have a netbook (Windows 7) which does something interesting. I
bring it up because it is something that may be applicable to CentOS.
There is a tunneling pseudo-interface which is only IPv6; it has two
addresses, the IPv6 address, and a local-link IPv6 address. The hardware
interfaces also have two addresses, an IPv6 local-link back to the tunnel,
and an IPv4 address given by the router.
However, I am not sure that this is efficient for anything other than a
light-use personal machine, and unfortunately I'm not sure what happens when
it is connected to an IPv6 router! ):
Attached is a screen shot since I'm not sure that my description gave it
justice.
Rob
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, RedShift wrote:
> > On 12/05/10 12:50, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> >>
> >> (
> http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3915471/IPv4+Nearing+Final+Days.htm
> ),
> >
> > Haven't switched yet, I have IPv6 at home using sixxs.
> >
> > I can't even figure out what address ranges are reserved for private use,
> is there even such a concept in IPv6?
>
> I think that site-local ("fec0:: - fef::") is the ipv6
> more-or-less-equivalent of ipv4 private addresses.
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Re: [CentOS] IPV4 is nearly depleted, are you ready for IPV6?
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Seeing as IPV4 is near it's end of life > (http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3915471/IPv4+Nearing+Final+Days.htm), > I'm curios as who know whether everyone is ready for the changeover to > IPV6? > > Is anyone using it in production already, and what are your experiences with > it? > > -- > Kind Regards > Rudi Ahlers > SoftDux > > Website: http://www.SoftDux.com > Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com > Office: 087 805 9573 > Cell: 082 554 7532 I've been using IPv6 with Vyatta through a tunnel broker (he.net). I'm running a dual stack configuration and have a few websites enabled. I have been holding off my email as Zimbra isn't fully compliant. The other holdup is that ISPs, like Verizon FIOS, aren't supporting it. I called Verizon FIOS's business support line and when I asked about obtaining a IPVv6 /64 or /48, he asked me what IPv6 was. For now the tunnel broker is great, but it adds complexity and there is no SLA. What bothers me about IPv6 is that they used : to separate the address portions. This makes extra work to go directly to the IP in a browser, configure Apache, etc as it has to be put in []. You also can't browse IPv6 network shares by IP. At least in Windows you have to replace : with - and append . ipv6-literal.net Stateless auto configuration works great, but I don't use it on my servers. The address becomes too long to keep track of so I have manually configured them. It looks like most sites supporting IPv6 have done the same. With stateless configuration on the clients I loose the dynamic DNS that DHCP provides. The DHCP6 server on CentOS 5.5 doesn't support dynamic DNS updates either. I use it to only hand out the DNS server address. CentOS 6 will come with the ISC DHCPv6 server that will support dynamic DNS. When that happens I plan to switch over to DHCP entirely so DNS will be updated. It is really annoying to see last login by some random IPv6 address on my CentOS boxes. It is great to see that NAT is gone. No more UPnP or NAT port mapping nonsense. On my Vyatta box I have just blocked all incoming IPv6 traffic that is no established or related. I think allowed only ICMP echo request to any IPv6 address and ports for my servers. This makes it just as secure as IPv4 with NAT. The other issue I foresee is all the Windows XP users. Windows XP doesn't support a native IPv6 implementation. It can only query DNS through IPv4. Microsoft needs to pull the plug on Windows XP. Although running IPv6 only is a few if not more years away. Ryan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] XFS or EXT3 ?
On Friday 03 December 2010 21:13:37 Keith Roberts wrote: ... > Having made regular backups to the hard drive, I then as I > feel is appropriate, make CD/DVD backups from the backup > drive. Just be careful with CD/DVDs since data quality and persistence over time is questionable. /Peter > I've lost hard drives and data in the past, so now I take > precautions not to loose any data I need. > > Kind Regards, > > Keith Roberts signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] # chkconfig: kill at run level 3
On Friday 03 December 2010 19:30, Michael D. Berger wrote: > In the control script of my daemon in /etc/init.d?, I have > # chkconfig: 35 97 3 > > The result of this is that I have links: > /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K03... > /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S97... > /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S97... > > As mentioned in a previous thread, my complex daemon throws > an exception when I shutdown. Perhaps things might be better > if I had: > /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K03... > > Might this be a good idea? If so, how can I make it happen > automatically? Check /etc/rc.d/rc6.d and insure that you have K??yourscriptname in there. It looks like your script demon was setup to be run but was never properly setup to be shut down. When shutting down the system the system is switched to run level 6. -- Regards Robert Linux The adventure of a life time. Linux User #296285 Get Counted http://counter.li.org/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Yum Updates dependencies missing (rpmforge)
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > There are updates available, for the below multimedia packages (CentOS > 5.5, 32 bit), but I'm getting missing dependency errors from yum > update for these. > > ---> Package directfb.i386 0:1.2.10-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package ffmpeg.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package ffmpeg-libpostproc.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package gstreamer-plugins-ugly.i386 0:0.10.11-2.el5.rf set to be > updated > ---> Package kino.i386 0:1.3.4-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package libquicktime.i386 0:1.2.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package lzo.i386 0:2.04-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.44.svn20100703.el5.rf set to be updated > > Probably anyone wanting to update the above packages should wait a day > or two and hopefully the dependencies will become available. > > Lanny > http://www.magazines-magazine.com/ > Same goes for 64-bit. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Yum Updates dependencies missing (rpmforge)
Negative wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > > There are updates available, for the below multimedia packages (CentOS > 5.5, 32 bit), but I'm getting missing dependency errors from yum > update for these. > > ---> Package directfb.i386 0:1.2.10-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package ffmpeg.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package ffmpeg-libpostproc.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package gstreamer-plugins-ugly.i386 0:0.10.11-2.el5.rf set to > be updated > ---> Package kino.i386 0:1.3.4-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package libquicktime.i386 0:1.2.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package lzo.i386 0:2.04-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.44.svn20100703.el5.rf set to be > updated > > > > Same goes for 64-bit. those are from rpmforge, see this post (feedback is requested, but on the rpmforge list): http://lists.rpmforge.net/pipermail/users/2010-December/003471.html ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] # chkconfig: kill at run level 3
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Robert Spangler wrote: > On Friday 03 December 2010 19:30, Michael D. Berger wrote: > >> In the control script of my daemon in /etc/init.d?, I have >> # chkconfig: 35 97 3 >> >> The result of this is that I have links: >> /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K03... >> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S97... >> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S97... >> >> As mentioned in a previous thread, my complex daemon throws >> an exception when I shutdown. Perhaps things might be better >> if I had: >> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K03... >> >> Might this be a good idea? If so, how can I make it happen >> automatically? > > Check /etc/rc.d/rc6.d and insure that you have K??yourscriptname in there. It > looks like your script demon was setup to be run but was never properly setup > to be shut down. When shutting down the system the system is switched to run > level 6. This is not uncommon: some init scripts merely set up initial conditions, such as the "freenx" init script that assures that /tmp/.X11-unix is configured correctly for NX's necessary X sessions. Others were written by crack monkeys who wouldn't know how to properly start or stop a daemon if it came with a toggle switch and signes in six languages: they just slap somethin in "rc.local", then someone makes them transfer it to a real init script, and someone else has to clean up the mess. That's happened several times to me recently. You do *not* add system users in init scripts, and you don't "cd" to directores that might not be successfully NFS mounted, then run "rm" commands wherever your failed "cd" wound up. This way lies system destruction. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Yum Updates dependencies missing (rpmforge)
On 12/05/2010 08:43 AM Lanny Marcus wrote: > There are updates available, for the below multimedia packages (CentOS > 5.5, 32 bit), but I'm getting missing dependency errors from yum > update for these. > > ---> Package directfb.i386 0:1.2.10-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package ffmpeg.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package ffmpeg-libpostproc.i386 0:0.6.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package gstreamer-plugins-ugly.i386 0:0.10.11-2.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package kino.i386 0:1.3.4-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package libquicktime.i386 0:1.2.1-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package lzo.i386 0:2.04-1.el5.rf set to be updated > ---> Package mplayer.i386 0:1.0-0.44.svn20100703.el5.rf set to be updated > > Probably anyone wanting to update the above packages should wait a day > or two and hopefully the dependencies will become available. > > Lanny > http://www.magazines-magazine.com/ I just updated all of these. Except for having to delete some packages (it took awhile-- too long-- to figure out which ones), it went fine. Packages I had to erase: gstreamer-plugins-bad directfb ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] ntfs
CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from the hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
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Re: [CentOS] ntfs
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 23:52 +0530, Ritika Garg wrote: > CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package > kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm > I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from > the hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. Yes. If you go to this page on the ElRepo site: http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-ntfs and check the limitations you will see that this is the expected behavior. If you want full write capabilities with NTFS I suggest that you remove kmod-ntfs and instead use the fuse-ntfs-3g package from RPMForge. That relies on DKMS ( which works well enough for me ) and has full read-write capabilities. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Ritika Garg wrote: > CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package > kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm > I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from the > hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. Do you also need the centosplus kernel, which has the NTFS features enabled in the linux kernel ".config" file at compilation time? > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 13:40 -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Ritika Garg wrote: > > CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package > > kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm > > I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from the > > hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. > > Do you also need the centosplus kernel, which has the NTFS features > enabled in the linux kernel ".config" file at compilation time? Not for fuse-ntfs-3g. If you install the RPMForge repo, yum will do the rest, and it all plays very nicely with the CentOS standard kernels. > > > > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
On 12/05/10 19:22, Ritika Garg wrote: > CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package > kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm > I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from the > hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. > > > The ntfs kernel module can only read. If you want write support, use ntfs-3g. It is included in rpmforge. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Ritika Garg wrote: >> CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package >> kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm >> I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from the >> hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. > > Do you also need the centosplus kernel, which has the NTFS features > enabled in the linux kernel ".config" file at compilation time? Just for the record. The centosplus kernel does not have NTFS turned on. There is a bug in the NTFS code but the upstream vendor would not fix it because it is not enabled in their kernel: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481495 Therefore it was decided not to enable it in the cplus kernel. Besides, as already pointed out in this thread, ntfs-3g is better than the kernel ntfs module functionally and it is actively maintained. Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
Ritika Garg a écrit : > CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package > kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm > I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from > the hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. > I've been following this thread, and I'm wondering: why bother with NTFS in the first place? If you have a mixed environment where you need Windows to access your external hard disk, you might as well format it with a FAT filesystem. Linux supports FAT natively, without making you jump through burning loops. If you don't know how to achieve this, here's how : 1) Backup all your data. 2) Given your external disk is /dev/sda, launch fdisk, delete the NTFS partition and create a single FAT partition (hex code 0b). 3) Install 'dosfstools' and format your disk : # mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1 4) From now on, mount your disk as FAT : # mount [-t vfat] /dev/sda1 /mnt/disk Cheers, Niki Kovacs ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
> I've been following this thread, and I'm wondering: why bother with NTFS > in the first place? If you have a mixed environment where you need > Windows to access your external hard disk, you might as well format it > with a FAT filesystem. Linux supports FAT natively, without making you > jump through burning loops. There could be many reasons why ntfs support is needed, such as reading a disk that is not your own. Also, keep in mind that FAT has a 4 GB file size limit. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Ritika Garg a écrit : >> CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package >> kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm >> I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from >> the hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. >> > > I've been following this thread, and I'm wondering: why bother with NTFS > in the first place? If you have a mixed environment where you need > Windows to access your external hard disk, you might as well format it > with a FAT filesystem. Linux supports FAT natively, without making you > jump through burning loops. External USB drives, USB sticks, and iSCSI devices. USB sticks, in particular, are often pre-formatted with NTFS. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
At Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:29:47 +0100 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Ritika Garg a écrit : > > CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package > > kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm > > I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from > > the hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. > > > > I've been following this thread, and I'm wondering: why bother with NTFS > in the first place? If you have a mixed environment where you need > Windows to access your external hard disk, you might as well format it > with a FAT filesystem. Linux supports FAT natively, without making you > jump through burning loops. > > If you don't know how to achieve this, here's how : > > 1) Backup all your data. > > 2) Given your external disk is /dev/sda, launch fdisk, delete the NTFS > partition and create a single FAT partition (hex code 0b). > > 3) Install 'dosfstools' and format your disk : > > # mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1 > > 4) From now on, mount your disk as FAT : > > # mount [-t vfat] /dev/sda1 /mnt/disk > > Cheers, > > Niki Kovacs Will FAT support the larger external disks, such as the .5TB and larger? > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / hel...@deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software-- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] DVD drive ownership/permissions group ownership = mail?
I can change the group ownershipp of the DVD drive, but if I log out & in again it changes back. Is there a way to make a change permanent? How could I figure out what process is changing this back? ls -la /dev/scd0 brw-rw 1 root mail 11, 0 Nov 12 15:17 /dev/scd0 mahalo, Dave ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] # chkconfig: kill at run level 3
On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:50:53 -0500, Robert Spangler wrote: > On Friday 03 December 2010 19:30, Michael D. Berger wrote: > [...] > > Check /etc/rc.d/rc6.d and insure that you have K??yourscriptname in > there. It looks like your script demon was setup to be run but was > never properly setup to be shut down. When shutting down the system the > system is switched to run level 6. The correct K link does appear in /etc/rc.d/rc6.d . I wrote a "stop" script that stops my daemon, does sleep 5, and then calls shutdown (or reboot). I don't like this kluge, but it does work. Could it be that my daemon stop procedure is too slow or complex for shutdown? The TERM code does send stop messages to and join several threads, which in turn do the same to nested threads. Each thread does some stop logging, among other things. Mike. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ntfs
Robert Heller a écrit : > > Will FAT support the larger external disks, such as the .5TB and larger? > I read the replies to my previous posts, and I get your point, since I didn't know about the various limitations. It's probably due to the fact that we're 100% GNU/Linux here. I haven't booted Windows for work since before the time Windows XP came out (around 2001). The only time I get to "work" on Windows is usually to retrieve data before moving it to CentOS. As far as external hard disks are concerned, they're all ext3 here. Whenever the odd non-Linux user has to exchange data with Linux here, he or she has to use a Samba share. So I admit my point of view is somewhat biased :o) Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] # chkconfig: kill at run level 3
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:50:53 -0500, Robert Spangler wrote: > >> On Friday 03 December 2010 19:30, Michael D. Berger wrote: >> > [...] >> >> Check /etc/rc.d/rc6.d and insure that you have K??yourscriptname in >> there. It looks like your script demon was setup to be run but was >> never properly setup to be shut down. When shutting down the system the >> system is switched to run level 6. > > The correct K link does appear in /etc/rc.d/rc6.d . I wrote a "stop" > script that stops my daemon, does sleep 5, and then calls shutdown > (or reboot). I don't like this kluge, but it does work. Could it > be that my daemon stop procedure is too slow or complex for > shutdown? The TERM code does send stop messages to and join > several threads, which in turn do the same to nested threads. Each > thread does some stop logging, among other things. > > Mike. "Taking too long" is unlikely. Running through the shutdown init scripts is normally a serial operation, not a parallel one. It could be that your shutdown script is simply incomplete, and fails to *finish* stopping a process before proceeding to the next one. If you wait on each threed to stop, surveying it for status and killing it whan an ax only if necessary, then you may have a better fighting chance of getting it shut down gracefully. I've had some recent work with init scripts that weren't written as init scripts, that get confused and hang ridiculously awaiting further input. Issuing yet another "shutdown" or "reboot" command at that point will simply re-run your shutdown procedures, especially this shutdown script: that way can lie madness if your "threads" aren't shut down gracefully. It sounds like you need more thorough logging of what your shutdown script does. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
