Re: [CentOS] installing centos 6 on an old bird

2012-07-11 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 07/12/2012 07:23 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > In your kickstart file add this line: (this is for 5.x - not > tested it on 6.x yet) > > # Turn off SELinux. > selinux --disabled All the CentOS machines I've installed have had selinux set to disabled this way. However, the packet selinux-policy-tar

Re: [CentOS] installing centos 6 on an old bird

2012-07-11 Thread Keith Roberts
On 07/11/2012 02:53 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Guys, > > I've been trying to install centos 6.2, then 6.3 onto a > supermicro 6013P-8 which does not have a DVD rom drive. > Those newer version of CentOS only have DVD (not CD) iso > versions so I've been sharing the > install via NFS. > > With each

Re: [CentOS] Problem with RAID on 6.3

2012-07-11 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:44:45PM -0400, Stephen Harris wrote: [lots of detail] > However, I just patched to CentOS 6.3 and on reboot this array failed > to be built. The 2.6.32-279 kernel complained that /dev/sdj was too > similar to /dev/sdj3. But I reboot to -220.23.1 then it works. Well no

Re: [CentOS] installing centos 6 on an old bird

2012-07-11 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 07/11/2012 02:53 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Guys, > > I've been trying to install centos 6.2, then 6.3 onto a supermicro 6013P-8 > which does not have a DVD rom drive. Those newer version of CentOS only > have DVD (not CD) iso versions so I've been sharing the install via NFS. > > > With each try

Re: [CentOS] installing centos 6 on an old bird

2012-07-11 Thread Andrew S Reis
Or create a simple kickstart file that would specify the HTTP or FTP method and install from a public mirror? Andrew Reis Microsoft Windows/Networking Support Webmaster DBMS Inc. Toll-Free: (888) 862-0662 ext. 307 Direct: (318) 219-5034 a...@dbmsinc.com http://www.dbmsinc.com -Original Messa

Re: [CentOS] installing centos 6 on an old bird

2012-07-11 Thread Phil Savoie
Hi Tim, What if you symlink the shared nfs dir to /var/www/html/somedir and try the http protocol? May help? Phil On 07/11/2012 02:53 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Guys, > > I've been trying to install centos 6.2, then 6.3 onto a supermicro 6013P-8 > which does not have a DVD rom drive. Those newe

Re: [CentOS] Fwd: Bug 800181: NFSv4 on RHEL 6.3 over six times slower than 5.8

2012-07-11 Thread David C. Miller
- Original Message - > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Colin Simpson > wrote: > > > > But think yourself lucky, BTRFS on Fedora 16 was much worse. This > > was > > the time it took me to untar a vlc tarball. > > > > F16 to RHEL5 - 0m 28.170s > > F16 to F16 ext4 - 4m 12.450s > > F16 to

[CentOS] FYI, minor change in anaconda behaviour between 6.2 and 6.3

2012-07-11 Thread Stephen Harris
If you use a kickstart file to build unattended servers (eg virt-install) then new disks or virtual volumes will cause problems unless you have "zerombr true" in the kickstart file eg zerombr yes clearpart --all --initlabel part /boot --fstype=ext4 --asprimary --size=100 part swap --asprima

[CentOS] A couple of 32-bit packages got no update in 6.3/x86_64

2012-07-11 Thread Michael Lampe
Namely: * hivex * hivex-devel * librdmac * librdmac-devel * sanlock-libs * sanlock-devel and maybe others. Is this on purpose (I don't know if upstream has removed or updated the 32-bit rpms, but the old ones are still in C6.3/x86_64), or is it just the usual sloppyness (I've been told here on

Re: [CentOS] Fwd: Bug 800181: NFSv4 on RHEL 6.3 over six times slower than 5.8

2012-07-11 Thread m . roth
Gé Weijers wrote: > This is likely to be a bug in RHEL5 rather than one in RHEL6. RHEL5 > (kernel 2.6.18) does not always guarantee that the disk cache is > flushed before 'fsync' returns. This is especially true if you use > software RAID and/or LVM. You may be able to get the old performance > ba

Re: [CentOS] Fwd: Bug 800181: NFSv4 on RHEL 6.3 over six times slower than 5.8

2012-07-11 Thread Gé Weijers
This is likely to be a bug in RHEL5 rather than one in RHEL6. RHEL5 (kernel 2.6.18) does not always guarantee that the disk cache is flushed before 'fsync' returns. This is especially true if you use software RAID and/or LVM. You may be able to get the old performance back by disabling I/O barriers

[CentOS] installing centos 6 on an old bird

2012-07-11 Thread Tim Dunphy
Guys, I've been trying to install centos 6.2, then 6.3 onto a supermicro 6013P-8 which does not have a DVD rom drive. Those newer version of CentOS only have DVD (not CD) iso versions so I've been sharing the install via NFS. With each try the install hangs forever installing 'selinux-policy-ta

Re: [CentOS] question on initrd.img file from images/pxeboot

2012-07-11 Thread Andrew Reis
If you're updating your CentOS 5.X installation regularly at all, xz and xz-libs should be automatically downloaded as a dependency for something, can't quite remember what. Most of our 5.X machines have pulled it when updates are run weekly. --- _ANDREW REIS_ MCTS, Network+ Software/Network

Re: [CentOS] So, just wondering, is OpenJDK7 in CentOS 6.3??

2012-07-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> Neither ... :) > > I guess those are very valid reasons. The explanation was a little > convoluted and my lack of sleep prevented me from actually > understanding most of it, yet I

Re: [CentOS] question on initrd.img file from images/pxeboot

2012-07-11 Thread SilverTip257
Just grab the xz package. I roll initrds (for a custom pxe boot setup) on a CentOS 5.8 host. I've rerolled the initrd for 6.2 some time ago and you've reminded me to take care of 6.3 today. Name : xz Arch : x86_64 Version: 4.999.9 Release: 0.3.beta.20091007git.el5 Size :

Re: [CentOS] So, just wondering, is OpenJDK7 in CentOS 6.3??

2012-07-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Neither ... :) I guess those are very valid reasons. The explanation was a little convoluted and my lack of sleep prevented me from actually understanding most of it, yet I managed to decipher the last paragraph... so if I install CentOS 3.6

Re: [CentOS] Fwd: Bug 800181: NFSv4 on RHEL 6.3 over six times slower than 5.8

2012-07-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Colin Simpson wrote: > > But think yourself lucky, BTRFS on Fedora 16 was much worse. This was > the time it took me to untar a vlc tarball. > > F16 to RHEL5 - 0m 28.170s > F16 to F16 ext4 - 4m 12.450s > F16 to F16 btrfs - 14m 31.252s > > A quick test seems to sa

Re: [CentOS] So, just wondering, is OpenJDK7 in CentOS 6.3??

2012-07-11 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 07/11/2012 07:42 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > http://www.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2012/6/red-hat-enterprise-linux-63-globally-available > > "Developer Tools: In addition to OpenJDK6 support in Red Hat > Enterprise Linux 6, the newly introduced OpenJDK7 allows customers > running Red Hat Ent

Re: [CentOS] Fwd: Bug 800181: NFSv4 on RHEL 6.3 over six times slower than 5.8

2012-07-11 Thread Colin Simpson
We have this issue. I have a support call open with Red Hat about it. Bug reports will only really forcibly get actioned if you open a support call and point at the bug report. I also have this issue though much much worse on Fedora (using BTRFS), which will surely have to be fixed before BTRFS b

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread m . roth
Joerg Schilling wrote: > Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > >> On 11 July 2012 13:06, Steve Clark wrote: >> > I think it is more the fact the Oracle seems to be two faced in their >> dealings with foss as opposed to IBM. >> So correct. Way back in 2001, in London I was there when IBM clearly >> stated they

Re: [CentOS] Best way to duplicate a live Centos 5 server?

2012-07-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > On 7/11/12, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Hours? This should happen in the time it takes to transfer a >> directory listing and read through it unless you used --ignore-times >> in the arguments. If you have many millions of files or not en

Re: [CentOS] question on initrd.img file from images/pxeboot

2012-07-11 Thread Michael Coffman
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:48 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > What format is the images/pxeboot/initrd.img file on the DVD ? > > Its not gzip > its not straight cpio > > What is it? > I wish to change it. > > I'm finding information on changing the gzip version of initrd > but not the PXE one. > > If I do

Re: [CentOS] OT: libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Benjamin Hackl
Please write your concern to supp...@redhat.com. No one here really cares, because it's off topic. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Joerg Schilling
Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > On 11 July 2012 13:06, Steve Clark wrote: > > I think it is more the fact the Oracle seems to be two faced in their > > dealings with foss as > > opposed to IBM. > So correct. Way back in 2001, in London I was there when IBM clearly > stated they are going to spend one b

Re: [CentOS] KVM upgrade to 6.3

2012-07-11 Thread Digimer
On 07/11/2012 06:58 AM, Chris wrote: > Hello, > > I upgraded my centos 6.2 machine (KVM virtualization host) to 6.3. > > Do I need to upgrade my virtual machine config files? > > Result: /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml > > hvm > > Expected result: > > hvm > > -- > Chris You shouldn't need to, no. I

Re: [CentOS] question on initrd.img file from images/pxeboot

2012-07-11 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 07/11/2012 02:48 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: > If I do "file initrd.img" it just says data. $ file initrd.img initrd.img: LZMA compressed data, streamed That may give you a hint. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, m...@lemo.dk http://www.lemo.dk ___ CentOS mailing

[CentOS] question on initrd.img file from images/pxeboot

2012-07-11 Thread Jerry Geis
What format is the images/pxeboot/initrd.img file on the DVD ? Its not gzip its not straight cpio What is it? I wish to change it. I'm finding information on changing the gzip version of initrd but not the PXE one. If I do "file initrd.img" it just says data. Thanks, Jerry ___

[CentOS] [CentOS 6.3] rsyslog 5.8.10-2 - PreserveFQDN directive ignored

2012-07-11 Thread SilverTip257
Hello, I recently upgraded a server from CentOS 6.2 to 6.3 I found a change in the behavior of rsyslog's configuration file that I found particularly interesting. The "$PreserveFQDN on" directive was not being recognized as the config remained unchanged during the upgrade. This incorrect behavior

[CentOS] So, just wondering, is OpenJDK7 in CentOS 6.3??

2012-07-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
http://www.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2012/6/red-hat-enterprise-linux-63-globally-available "Developer Tools: In addition to OpenJDK6 support in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the newly introduced OpenJDK7 allows customers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 to develop and test with the latest ve

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Steve Clark wrote: > I think it is more the fact the Oracle seems to be two faced in their > dealings with foss as > opposed to IBM. Since the Sun acquisition, and despite the LO-OpenOffice spat (which btw the 'community' forkers destroyed the future of the former

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: > I think this is getting dangerously close to trolling. Not really, I just wanted to express my POV, which is not the mainstream opinion. I didn t come here to argue against LO in CentOS, the OP did. For me, fine, I'll just ignore it, as

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
On Wednesday 11 July 2012, Fernando Cassia wrote: > The jihadists against Sun Contributor Agreement created the so-called > "exodus" of programmers from OpenOffice.org to "Libre" Office, then > spit Oracle in the eye and subsequently invited them for dinner (to > join "the document foundation").

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 11 July 2012 13:06, Steve Clark wrote: > I think it is more the fact the Oracle seems to be two faced in their > dealings with foss as > opposed to IBM. So correct. Way back in 2001, in London I was there when IBM clearly stated they are going to spend one billion on Linux on that year. They d

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Steve Clark
On 07/11/2012 07:28 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >> Most informed people know how much Oracle has >> contributed to OSS, but also how it has tried 'monetize' other stuff > Gee, someone could think that they are a for-profit corporation, like > I

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: > Most informed people know how much Oracle has > contributed to OSS, but also how it has tried 'monetize' other stuff Gee, someone could think that they are a for-profit corporation, like IBM (whose DB2 is NOT open source, or Lotus Notes, also

[CentOS] KVM upgrade to 6.3

2012-07-11 Thread Chris
Hello, I upgraded my centos 6.2 machine (KVM virtualization host) to 6.3. Do I need to upgrade my virtual machine config files? Result: /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml hvm Expected result: hvm -- Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Natxo Asenjo
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:25 AM, John R Pierce > wrote: > > LibreOffice was created when Oracle bought Sun, a bunch of the core > > developers quit and started their own project, > > BS if you ask me... > Oracle bought Sun in APRIL 2009.

Re: [CentOS] libre office

2012-07-11 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:25 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > LibreOffice was created when Oracle bought Sun, a bunch of the core > developers quit and started their own project, BS if you ask me... Oracle bought Sun in APRIL 2009. Sun programmers, on Oracle´s payroll, kept developing OpenOffice.org a

[CentOS] Strange httpd problem

2012-07-11 Thread Eric Viseur
Hi, I'm currently setting up an IP accouting machine using CentOS 6 and pmacct, compiled from source. The machine has two network interfaces : - a "normal" one, used for SSH remote administration and viewing the accouting data through a webserver (eth0) - a "monitor" one, plugged into a mirror