Re: [CentOS] finding a needed Aramaic font

2008-11-21 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 21:01 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote: > Does anyone know of a resource where I can input those hex codes (I > assume they are really 0717 and 073D) and find what ttf fonts would > cover those characters? U+0700 through U+074F are Syriac, not Aramaic. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Ab

[CentOS] finding a needed Aramaic font

2008-11-21 Thread Michael A. Peters
Not CentOS specific, but ... I'm trying to load a web page with some ancient Aramaic text. I have some Aramaic fonts installed, but I think they are for modern Aramaic. I've tried installing several different ttf fonts, but I still get boxes with numbers in them - IE 07 17 07 3D etc. Does

Re: [CentOS] howto transfer all configuration between 2 remote dedicated servers?

2008-11-21 Thread Amos Shapira
Before you chroot, do "mount -bind..." of /sys, /dev, /proc and maybe /boot under the chroot dir to make chroot more useful. Cheers, Amos On 11/22/08, Joe Barjo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. > I did the rpm -Va but have quite a lot of prelink warnings. But filtering > t

Re: [CentOS] Re: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE

2008-11-21 Thread Matt
>>> Also the fact that the drive is showing up as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda >>> means that you are not using the best driver for the hard drive. Go into the >>> bios and try either native mode to serial ATA or SATA AHCI enable. >>> You might need to rebuild the initrd from a rescue disk after yo

Re: [CentOS] Re: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE

2008-11-21 Thread MHR
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Also the fact that the drive is showing up as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda >> means that you are not using the best driver for the hard drive. Go into the >> bios and try either native mode to serial ATA or SATA AHCI enable. >> You

Re: [CentOS] Re: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE

2008-11-21 Thread nate
Matt wrote: > /dev/sda: > HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device I was looking into your original issue earlier and saw a post mentioning that hdparm didn't work with sata drives? Not sure how old the post was or how accurate, I've never had to use hdparm myself. Perhaps 'sdp

Re: [CentOS] Re: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE

2008-11-21 Thread Matt
> Also the fact that the drive is showing up as /dev/hda instead of /dev/sda > means that you are not using the best driver for the hard drive. Go into the > bios and try either native mode to serial ATA or SATA AHCI enable. > You might need to rebuild the initrd from a rescue disk after you boot.

[CentOS] Re: SYD flood dropped on Sendmail (centos 4.x)

2008-11-21 Thread Scott Silva
on 11-21-2008 11:53 AM Scott Silva spake the following: > on 11-20-2008 5:31 PM Kai Schaetzl spake the following: >> Scott Silva wrote on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:03:04 -0800: >> >>> CentOS 4 comes with a very OLD version of dovecot. >>> If you are using dovecot, you can get a much newer version at atrp

[CentOS] Re: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE

2008-11-21 Thread Scott Silva
on 11-21-2008 4:41 AM Matt spake the following: > I upgraded my Centos 4.7 server last night. Switched from a cheaper > 50$ asus motherboard to a Supermicro motherboard. I also, using dd, > copied entire 500g SATA seagate drive to new 500g SATA seagate drive > so as to have two copies in case som

Re: [CentOS] I need help with CentOS installation on a Core 2 Duo Laptop

2008-11-21 Thread James B. Byrne
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:50 AM, Sadaruwan Samaraweera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried this option "linux acpi=off pciommconf" as well but the > problem is when I use this I can install the OS but when try to boot > on to the OS it's hang up on the boot up progre

Re: [CentOS] Location of 5.2 .iso without XEN

2008-11-21 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Sam Drinkard wrote: > Subject pretty much says it all. I want the 5.2 without the xen kernel. > I've grabbed bits from 2 different mirrors and they all appear to have > xen on them. It would be very nice if someone could throw some text > into the mirrors file to differentiate the two "vers

Re: [CentOS] Location of 5.2 .iso without XEN

2008-11-21 Thread MHR
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Sam Drinkard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fabian Arrotin wrote: >> >> Sam Drinkard wrote: >>> >>> Subject pretty much says it all. I want the 5.2 without the xen kernel. >>> I've grabbed bits from 2 different mirrors and they all appear to have xen >>> on th

Re: [CentOS] Location of 5.2 .iso without XEN

2008-11-21 Thread Sam Drinkard
Fabian Arrotin wrote: Sam Drinkard wrote: Subject pretty much says it all. I want the 5.2 without the xen kernel. I've grabbed bits from 2 different mirrors and they all appear to have xen on them. It would be very nice if someone could throw some text into the mirrors file to differentiat

Re: [CentOS] howto transfer all configuration between 2 remote dedicated servers?

2008-11-21 Thread Joe Barjo
Thanks for the suggestion. I did the rpm -Va but have quite a lot of prelink warnings. But filtering them out gives a good list of files to transfer. I still wonder why the rsync method doesn't work, as I'm rsyncing from another server with the same distribution. I also don't know how to re insta

Re: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread Les Mikesell
Rudi Ahlers wrote: I'm sitting with a very expensive paper weight right now, and I don't know what todo. The same websites are running very well on a machine with a Gigabyte G31MX-S motherboard + 4GB DDRII 800 RAM + C2D 6750 CPU. This is what baffles me, how can the same load on a slower machine

Re: [CentOS] Location of 5.2 .iso without XEN

2008-11-21 Thread Pintér Tibor
Sam Drinkard írta: Subject pretty much says it all. I want the 5.2 without the xen kernel. I've grabbed bits from 2 different mirrors and they all appear to have xen on them. It would be very nice if someone could throw some text into the mirrors file to differentiate the two "versions".. Oh

Re: [CentOS] Location of 5.2 .iso without XEN

2008-11-21 Thread Fabian Arrotin
Sam Drinkard wrote: Subject pretty much says it all. I want the 5.2 without the xen kernel. I've grabbed bits from 2 different mirrors and they all appear to have xen on them. It would be very nice if someone could throw some text into the mirrors file to differentiate the two "versions".. O

[CentOS] A working example to use rsyslog as log centralized host

2008-11-21 Thread carlopmart
Hi all, Somebody can helps me with rsyslog configuration to use it as a log centralized server?? I am trying several configs without luck, and all examples that I found are related to v3 and nothing about v2 that ships with CentOS or RHEL. I am trying to do something like this: $template

[CentOS] Location of 5.2 .iso without XEN

2008-11-21 Thread Sam Drinkard
Subject pretty much says it all. I want the 5.2 without the xen kernel. I've grabbed bits from 2 different mirrors and they all appear to have xen on them. It would be very nice if someone could throw some text into the mirrors file to differentiate the two "versions".. Oh yeah, I need the x

[CentOS] Re: hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE

2008-11-21 Thread Matt
I am coming to conclusion that CentOS 4.7 does not support the Intel ICH9R SATA controller very well. My disk I/O is really slowing down as well. Any solutions besides replacing motherboard to fix it? Thanks. Matt > I upgraded my Centos 4.7 server last night. Switched from a cheaper > 50$ as

[CentOS] Re: SYD flood dropped on Sendmail (centos 4.x)

2008-11-21 Thread Scott Silva
on 11-20-2008 5:31 PM Kai Schaetzl spake the following: > Scott Silva wrote on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:03:04 -0800: > >> CentOS 4 comes with a very OLD version of dovecot. >> If you are using dovecot, you can get a much newer version at atrpms.net. >> The upgrade might be all you need to fix it. > >

[CentOS] Re: how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread Scott Silva
on 11-21-2008 10:10 AM nate spake the following: > Rob Townley wrote: > >> i have some several year old DL360's and ML370's and love em - >> especially hw raid, but i my local supplier hasn't had any for several >> months. Uptil a few months ago, password reset info on ebay was sent >> in the cle

[CentOS] Re: how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread Scott Silva
on 11-21-2008 8:38 AM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> RobertH wrote on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:15:03 -0800: >> >>> DL380 G3 Dual >> And how does he squeeze that in 1U? >> >> AFAIR, Rudi's located in South Africa and has alre

Re: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread John R Pierce
Rudi Ahlers wrote: I got the components cheaper from another supplier / importer / retailer than from Dell directly. And really, how can KingMax RAM or Seagate HDD's from one supplier be better than from another supplier? I only use the recommended types, i.e ECC (non registered), and Seagate RAI

Re: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread nate
Rob Townley wrote: > i have some several year old DL360's and ML370's and love em - > especially hw raid, but i my local supplier hasn't had any for several > months. Uptil a few months ago, password reset info on ebay was sent > in the clear, so i have a very hard time trusting ebay. It would b

Re: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread Rob Townley
Does this system have shared video/system RAM? If you have video memory shared with system memory, there is going to be memory that can't be tested unless you rotate memory chips or put in a vga card. In memtest+ 2.10 configuration, set for no reserved memory and watch the memtest corrupt the vide

Re: [CentOS] XFS or JFS on CentOS 5?

2008-11-21 Thread MHR
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Sorin Srbu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vandaman <> scribbled on Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:31 PM: > >>> And I am sure there >>> are usecase's where Jfs is a better option than Xfs. >>> >>> Does this help answer the question ? > > So which fs is preferred when,

RE: [CentOS] XFS or JFS on CentOS 5?

2008-11-21 Thread James A. Peltier
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Sorin Srbu wrote: So which fs is preferred when, any rule of thumb one should know of? Pointers gratefully accepted. TIA. A good rule of thumb, for me anyways, is don't mess with the stock distro unless you absolutely need to, otherwise you're just asking for trouble.

Re: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 18:38 +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > I'm sitting with a very expensive paper weight right now, and I don't > know what todo. The same websites are running very well on a machine > with a Gigabyte G31MX-S motherboard + 4GB DDRII 800 RAM + C2D 6750 > CPU. This is what baffles

Re: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RobertH wrote on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:15:03 -0800: > >> DL380 G3 Dual > > And how does he squeeze that in 1U? > > AFAIR, Rudi's located in South Africa and has already stated several times > that prices there for servergrade

Re: [CentOS] XFS or JFS on CentOS 5?

2008-11-21 Thread Karanbir Singh
Sorin Srbu wrote: Vandaman <> scribbled on Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:31 PM: And I am sure there are usecase's where Jfs is a better option than Xfs. Does this help answer the question ? So which fs is preferred when, any rule of thumb one should know of? Pointers gratefully accepted.

Re: [CentOS] XFS or JFS on CentOS 5?

2008-11-21 Thread Toby Bluhm
Sorin Srbu wrote: Vandaman <> scribbled on Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:31 PM: And I am sure there are usecase's where Jfs is a better option than Xfs. Does this help answer the question ? So which fs is preferred when, any rule of thumb one should know of? Pointers gratefully accepted.

Re: [CentOS] any ima ge software suggestion

2008-11-21 Thread Les Mikesell
adrian kok wrote: Hi I am trying to clone harddrive eg: centos, freebsd, openbsd. any ima ge software suggestion for different os You can boot about any Linux live or install CD that lets you get to the shell (with a Centos install disk, enter 'linux rescue' at the boot prompt) and us

Re: [CentOS] Printing to Windows’s share printer - epson lq 2090

2008-11-21 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Indunil Jayasooriya wrote: Hi, There is a Printer connected to Windows XP Pc and shared it. (its name is epson lq 2090) Now, I want print from a CentOS 4 box. by using printconf command, Added the printer to Centos box. But, I could Not take print out. Anyway. When I printed a test page, Printe

RE: [CentOS] any ima ge software suggestion

2008-11-21 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I am trying to clone harddrive >eg: centos, freebsd, openbsd. >any ima ge software suggestion for different os Clonezilla is pretty versatile but has limits going from disc's with different sizes. I will use the app best suited to the fs in question. jlc _

RE: [CentOS] Re: SYD flood dropped on Sendmail (centos 4.x)

2008-11-21 Thread Chris Heiner
Good advice! I will upgrade the Dovecot as it sounds like a good idea. I was also considering just redirecting the inbound port from 110 to another port. Your simple answer is much appreciated. Thanks for helping without the "corrective elitist attitude"! -Original Message- From: [EMAI

RE: [CentOS] Re: SYD flood dropped on Sendmail (centos 4.x)

2008-11-21 Thread Chris Heiner
Good advice! Thanks for helping without the "corrective elitist attitude"! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:16 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: SYD flood dropped on Sendmail (cen

[CentOS] any ima ge software suggestion

2008-11-21 Thread adrian kok
Hi I am trying to clone harddrive eg: centos, freebsd, openbsd. any ima ge software suggestion for different os Thank you Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:

[CentOS] hda: no DRQ after issuing WRITE

2008-11-21 Thread Matt
I upgraded my Centos 4.7 server last night. Switched from a cheaper 50$ asus motherboard to a Supermicro motherboard. I also, using dd, copied entire 500g SATA seagate drive to new 500g SATA seagate drive so as to have two copies in case something went wrong. Anyway, now I keep getting this erro

Re: [CentOS] Sync csgfs in centos 4 with current kernel updates

2008-11-21 Thread Karanbir Singh
Aliet Santiesteban Sifontes wrote: Hi list, any timeframe for the sync of csgfs in centos 4 with current kernel updates???. When upstream do a release. - KB ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 45, Issue 13

2008-11-21 Thread centos-announce-request
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Re: [CentOS] Printing to Windows’s share printer

2008-11-21 Thread Olaf Mueller
Indunil Jayasooriya wrote: > There is a Printer connected to Windows XP Pc [...] I don't see why this should be answered in a linux based mailing list. > YOUR IDEAS R EXPECTED Ask in a ms windows (xp) based mailing list. regards Olaf ___ CentOS maili

[CentOS] Printing to Windows’s share printer - epson lq 2090

2008-11-21 Thread Indunil Jayasooriya
Hi, There is a Printer connected to Windows XP Pc and shared it. (its name is epson lq 2090) Now, I want print from a CentOS 4 box. by using printconf command, Added the printer to Centos box. But, I could Not take print out. Anyway. When I printed a test page, Printer worked, Paper also came out

RE: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread RobertH
> > Sorry, I overlooked that. Doesn't change the rest of what I > wrote, though. > > Kai > kai, dont be sorry, i miss things in email here and there too. im make more *general* mistakes than anyone ive ever met. yet, when such inexpensive, need meeting, industrial hardware is available,

RE: [CentOS] XFS or JFS on CentOS 5?

2008-11-21 Thread Sorin Srbu
Vandaman <> scribbled on Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:31 PM: >> And I am sure there >> are usecase's where Jfs is a better option than Xfs. >> >> Does this help answer the question ? So which fs is preferred when, any rule of thumb one should know of? Pointers gratefully accepted. TIA. -- /So

RE: [CentOS] XFS or JFS on CentOS 5?

2008-11-21 Thread Sorin Srbu
Toby Bluhm <> scribbled on Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:23 PM: > If you use ext3 on lvm, you can do a background fsck. > > http://markmail.org/message/5ipnsva3xkdyzzfy Nice, thx for the hint! -- /Sorin smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___

RE: [CentOS] XFS or JFS on CentOS 5?

2008-11-21 Thread Sorin Srbu
Jiann-Ming Su <> scribbled on Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:59 PM: > The only thing I don't like about ext3 is the fsck. On relatively > small filesystems, it's an annoyance. But on huge filesystem, > 500-1000GB, a system may take a long, long time to come back up. Even on smaller 200GB-systems