[CentOS] real SATA RAID

2009-02-08 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi Last week I had a lengthy thread in which someone indicated the my SIL card is a FRAID (don't know if F stands for the F word or Fake, though it doesn't really matter). I want to replace the controller with a controller that Linux will see the RAID1 group as a single HD and not multiple HDs as

[CentOS] yum update fails

2009-02-08 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi I have a system that I'm trying to run `yum update` on. It fails with the following error: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/man/man1/xdelta.1.gz from install of xdelta-1.1.4-1.el5.rf conflicts with file from

Re: [CentOS] sound problem

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
s ... -- TIA Paolo On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Ned Slider wrote: > Paolo Supino wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have CentOS 5.2 installed on a computer (the same one that I just > posted > > a message on: Intel DG33BU motherboard) and for even though audio is &g

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi William I didn't trun acpi back on (it's a sure way to freeze the computer). I did however find out that Linux ignores the RAID1 that is set by the SIL SATA card I have installed :-( See my last post (just a few minutes ago) with more details. -- TIA Paolo

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi William You're right ... I do have 2 HDs and my root is not what I thought it is! Here is what is happening with this system: It has a SIL SATA RAID0/1 card installed with 2x 160GB SATA HDs connected to it. The card is configured to mirror between the HDs (RAID1). But as I saw now Linux actua

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
s you can see there's no mentioning of "acpi=off" anywhere and unless I stop it and change the command line parameter from acpi=off to pci=nommconf it still boots with acpi=off ... :-( -- TIA Paolo On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Toby Bluhm wrote: > Paolo Sup

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 15 10:04 /boot/grub/menu.lst -> ./grub.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 15 10:04 /etc/grub.conf -> ../boot/grub/grub.conf -- TIA Paolo On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > On Tuesday 03 February 2009, Paolo Supino wrote

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
hich makes me wonder, and ask, where does it take the boot parameters from if not from /boot/grub/menu.lst? -- TIA Paolo On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Ralph Angenendt > wrote: > Paolo Supino wrote: > > Kernel comman

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi Ralph Which brings me back to my original post: how do I enable multicore on a DG33BU motherboard, booting with pci=nommconf didn't change the situation :-( -- TIA Paolo On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Ralph Angenendt > wrote: > Agile Aspect wrote: > > Paolo Supin

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
nly 1 core used ... -- TIA Paolo On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Agile Aspect wrote: > Paolo Supino wrote: > > Hi Peter > > > > I tried that and it the result is the same: Linux only finds, > > initializes and uses only 1 core ... :-( Is there anything else I

Re: [CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
009, Paolo Supino wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've installed CentOS 5.2 (i386) in a computer with a DG33BU > motherboard > > ... When I installed it it crashed because of ACPI issues. Searching > Google > > I found that I need to turn ACPI off in order to

[CentOS] sound problem

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi I have CentOS 5.2 installed on a computer (the same one that I just posted a message on: Intel DG33BU motherboard) and for even though audio is reported to be found and working Linux just doesn't play anything through the speakers. The computer dual boots Linux/Windows and when in Windows sou

[CentOS] Intel DG33BU motherboard

2009-02-03 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi I've installed CentOS 5.2 (i386) in a computer with a DG33BU motherboard ... When I installed it it crashed because of ACPI issues. Searching Google I found that I need to turn ACPI off in order to successfully install CentOS, which I did. After a while I noticed that because of ACPI is off

Re: [CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread Paolo Supino
mouss wrote: > Paolo Supino a écrit : >> Hi >> >> I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix. The problem I'm having is >> that postfix insists on using $myhostname in the from field even if I > > Prove that it is postfix that does so, and not Sendmai

Re: [CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread Paolo Supino
John Plemons wrote: > Try installing WebMin and configure Postfix using their interface and > see if that works for you... It is menu driven and a quick and easy way > to configure your server... > > john > > > > > > Paolo Supino wrote: >> Hi >>

[CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix. The problem I'm having is that postfix insists on using $myhostname in the from field even if I instruct it to use $mydomain in /etc/postfix/main.cf or even if I hard code the domain name into $myorigin. What am I missing? BTW: postconf shows

[CentOS] PVFS2 RPMs

2008-09-16 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi Where can I find PVFSv2 RPMs for CentOS 5? -- TIA Paolo ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-04 Thread Paolo Supino
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Romeo Ninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paolo, this problem occur only in RHEL/CentOS/other RH based distros and not > in Slack, SuSE, Debian, etc. I was not going deeper in the problem, but that > is the reality. BTW: You can play with MAC address in incfg files, bu

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-04 Thread Paolo Supino
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Romeo Ninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): > >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Marco Fretz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >>hi, &g

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-03 Thread Paolo Supino
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >This is a VERY common problem. I see it all the time. > > I also can confirm this *very* typical behavior. > > Paolo, > Remind me what the issue is that prevents you from working through > this based on the known exis

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-03 Thread Paolo Supino
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:47 PM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paolo Supino wrote: > > > > The situation got me so aggravated that I was contemplating > resurrecting > > my old private distro (not going to do that) that does things in a much > > simpler

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-03 Thread Paolo Supino
; has no connectivity at this time. > > hope this is helpful... > > bests > marco > > Paolo Supino wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Romeo Ninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > >

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-03 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Richard Karhuse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9/2/08, Paolo Supino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> : >> >> Hi Joseph >> >>After sending the last reply I fixed the kickstart config file

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >I boot via NIC0 and my configurations are as follows: > > Yeah, that's what I thought. > Have a look at: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Installation_Guide/ch-pxe.html > & > http://

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >I boot via NIC0 and my configurations are as follows: > > Yeah, that's what I thought. > Have a look at: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Installation_Guide/ch-pxe.html > & > http://

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:04 PM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paolo Supino wrote: > > > I boot via NIC0 and my configurations are as follows: > > pxe (for node3): > > Just to rule it out try plugging in all NICs to the same > switch/VLAN and kickstart

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >WHat do you mean? > > Do you boot from one of the NICS, or a CD, or what? > If you boot from a NIC via a TFTP server, you may be encountering the issue > I describe which simply needs a kernel arg to fix you up. > jlc >

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >Network autoconfiguration failed, most likely there is not > >a compatible driver for the network card in your system. > > Paolo, > You are using multihomed systems, I remember a problem with pxe booting > whereby the in

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Romeo Ninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): > >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Romeo Ninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> >> >&g

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Romeo Ninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Paolo Supino wrote / napísal(a): > >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >>Paolo Supino wrote:

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-02 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paolo Supino wrote: > > Hi Nate > > > > > 3: After the error comes up I get the HTTP setup configuration screen > with > > the source website (in IP) and CentOS directory as I entered them in

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-01 Thread Paolo Supino
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:14 AM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paolo Supino wrote: > > Hi Nate > > > > > 3: After the error comes up I get the HTTP setup configuration screen > with > > the source website (in IP) and CentOS directory as I entered them in

Re: [CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-01 Thread Paolo Supino
u deleted are not expressed # here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is # not guaranteed to work zerombr clearpart --all --drives=sda part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=100 --ondisk=sda . . . On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:03 PM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paolo Supino wro

[CentOS] kickstart problems

2008-09-01 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi I'm having a problem with setting up a kickstart environment based on CentOS 5.2 x86_64, on a Sun X2200 M2 server (both the server and the client in the kickstart environment are Sun X2200 M2 systems): the first attempt to load stage2.img fails with the error screen: "unable to retrieve http: