[CentOS-virt] KVM and USB support

2011-01-30 Thread MargoAndTodd
Hi All, Can anyone with access to RHEL 6 tell me if the official KVM supports USB ports under Windows guests? (I would like to be able to operate Logitech's universal remote.) Many thanks, -T ___ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

2011-01-30 Thread carlopmart
On 01/29/2011 09:32 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On 1/29/11 5:05 AM, carlopmart wrote: | It is very important that the virtual machine consumes the least | resources |possible (host has 5GB RAM and i need to run three virtual machines |minimum, |including this storage

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

2011-01-30 Thread carlopmart
On 01/30/2011 01:35 AM, John R Pierce wrote: On 01/29/11 11:42 AM, carlopmart wrote: All OS will be UNix based: linux, BSD or Solaris ... Solaris is by design quite memory intensive, since on modern servers, memory is cheap. ZFS in particular is designed to use large amounts of memory to

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Michael Klinosky wrote on Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500: I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. Sure about that? This is your first experience with CentOS/RHEL? But, I can't find any reference to this chip. I can't tell you either. I think the support for this is

Re: [CentOS] py-yaml complaints from yum

2011-01-30 Thread Kai Schaetzl
It's not a good idea to have all these repo's enabled at the same time and without protectbase or priorities. There's likely a conflict because of this. And it makes debugging now more complex. Try yum clean metadata and if that doesn't help try running with a higher debug level. Maybe an

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hello. I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. The MB is an Asus with a hw raid controller (Promise PDC-20276), which I want to use in RAID-1 mode. I noted (from a MB website) that it also

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:33 AM, Michael Klinosky m...@enter.net wrote: Hello. I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. The MB is an Asus with a hw raid controller (Promise PDC-20276), which I want to use in RAID-1 mode. I noted (from a MB website) that it also needs a driver

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Kevin K
On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Robert Heller wrote: At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not really hardware raid controllers, they are 'fakeraid' and requires lots of software RAID logic.

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Kevin K kevi...@fidnet.com wrote: On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Robert Heller wrote: At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not really hardware raid

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:01:56 -0600 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Robert Heller wrote: At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Kevin K
Thanks. I hadn't really looked in any of this for a few years since I used RAID to combine 2 smaller hard drives into one larger volume. At work, I'm either just a user of a remote server that uses netapp filers for storage, or am running more disposable installs on lower end systems (with 1

[CentOS] RHEL-6 vs. CentOS-5.5 (was: Static assignment of SCSI device names?)

2011-01-30 Thread Chuck Munro
Hello list members, My adventure into udev rules has taken an interesting turn. I did discover a stupid error in the way I was attempting to assign static disk device names on CentOS-5.5, so that's out of the way. But in the process of exploring, I installed a trial copy of RHEL-6 on the new

Re: [CentOS] RHEL-6 vs. CentOS-5.5 (was: Static assignment of SCSI device names?)

2011-01-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:37:19 -0800 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hello list members, My adventure into udev rules has taken an interesting turn. I did discover a stupid error in the way I was attempting to assign static disk device names on CentOS-5.5, so that's out of

Re: [CentOS] RAID support in kernel?

2011-01-30 Thread Michael Klinosky
Kai Schaetzl wrote: I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. Sure about that? This is your first experience with CentOS/RHEL? It'll run zoneminder (to create a dvr for video surveillance). I've been using Cent5.3 (non-server) since it was released, and I used Fedora before

Re: [CentOS] RHEL-6 vs. CentOS-5.5 (was: Static assignment of SCSI device names?)

2011-01-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On 1/30/11 1:37 PM, Chuck Munro wrote: Hello list members, My adventure into udev rules has taken an interesting turn. I did discover a stupid error in the way I was attempting to assign static disk device names on CentOS-5.5, so that's out of the way. But in the process of exploring, I

[CentOS] How to relocate $HOME directory

2011-01-30 Thread Soo-Hyun Choi
Hi there, As you know, $HOME is generally located at /home/$username by default. I would like to re-locate all users' $HOME directories to something like /export/home/$username without having a hassle/trouble. Initially, I've thought of just copying them to the new directory (under

Re: [CentOS] How to relocate $HOME directory

2011-01-30 Thread Gene Brandt
This is not a CentOs issue or problem. This plain Jane UNIX. $HOME can be anything you want or need it to be. Copy the user's home directory to where you want and make the appropriate changes in the passwd file or automount maps. -- Thanks, Gene Brandt SCSA 8625 Carriage Road River Ridge, LA

Re: [CentOS] How to relocate $HOME directory

2011-01-30 Thread Soo-Hyun Choi
Hi, This is not a CentOs issue or problem. This plain Jane UNIX. $HOME can be anything you want or need it to be. Copy the user's home directory to where you want and make the appropriate changes in the passwd file or automount maps. Well, yes and no. In case of Debian/Ubuntu, we need to

Re: [CentOS] RHEL-6 vs. CentOS-5.5 (was: Static assignment of SCSI device names?)

2011-01-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Chuck Munro chu...@seafoam.net wrote: Hello list members, My adventure into udev rules has taken an interesting turn.  I did discover a stupid error in the way I was attempting to assign static disk device names on CentOS-5.5, so that's out of the way. But

Re: [CentOS] how to move forward/undo/revert/fix re: a failed CentOS 5.5 to SL 5.5 migration ... [SOLVED?]

2011-01-30 Thread Larry Vaden
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: For various reasons which seemingly fail the necessary/sufficient tests with the benefit of hindsight, I attempted to migrate a shell machine which is the beach front from which I work (not a production server) from CentOS

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

2011-01-30 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | On 1/29/11 5:05 AM, carlopmart wrote: | | | It is very important that the virtual machine consumes the | | least | | resources | | possible (host has 5GB RAM and i need to run three virtual | | machines | | minimum, | | including this

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

2011-01-30 Thread aurfalien
Personally, I don't think that the OP really knows what they want, or they want the best of all worlds without compromise. I can't help but feel this is another classroom based scenario. I mean 5GB on an actual host, seems kinda silly to me? No real mention of what these hosts will actually

[CentOS] Groups

2011-01-30 Thread Jason S-M
Hi All, On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I disable root for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When 'scp'ing files I usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move them to /var/www/html. I can sftp I realize, but what group can I add my personal account

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Jason S-M slackmoehrle.li...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I disable root for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When 'scp'ing files I usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move them

Re: [CentOS] How to relocate $HOME directory

2011-01-30 Thread Keith Keller
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 06:58:36AM +0900, Soo-Hyun Choi wrote: Well, yes and no. In case of Debian/Ubuntu, we need to modify apparmor settings (e.g., by changing etc/apparmor.d/tunables/home information) to get it right apart from just copying them and changing passwd file. I wondered if

Re: [CentOS] How to relocate $HOME directory

2011-01-30 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Soo-Hyun Choi s.c...@terabit.org.uk wrote: Hi there, As you know, $HOME is generally located at /home/$username by default. I would like to re-locate all users' $HOME directories to something like /export/home/$username without having a hassle/trouble.

Re: [CentOS] How to relocate $HOME directory

2011-01-30 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Rudi Ahlers r...@softdux.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Soo-Hyun Choi s.c...@terabit.org.uk wrote: Hi there, As you know, $HOME is generally located at /home/$username by default. I would like to re-locate all users' $HOME directories to

Re: [CentOS] How to relocate $HOME directory

2011-01-30 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Rudi Ahlers r...@softdux.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Soo-Hyun Choi s.c...@terabit.org.uk wrote: As you know, $HOME is generally located at /home/$username by default. I would like to re-locate all users' $HOME directories to something like

Re: [CentOS] Ext4 on CentOS 5.5 x64

2011-01-30 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of cpol...@surewest.net Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 5:02 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Ext4 on CentOS 5.5 x64 Sorin Srbu wrote: snip Anyway, I get a bad block