AW: [gentoo-server] experiences with Gentoo on a Tyan Thunder K8QW (S4881)?

2006-06-14 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
Hi Tamas! I can not contribute much to this specific case. I only have experience with dual core HP Opteron Blades. All I can say is, that there is no recognisable speed penalty compared to the same number of cores with single core CPUs. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Matthias Witschel Infraserv G

[gentoo-server] Boot installation system from network

2006-05-24 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
Title: Boot installation system from network Hi there! I'm in need of a network based installation for Gentoo servers. I tried to get the 2006.0 universal Installation CD booted via PXE/TFTP with nfsroot, but did not succeed :-( Here is what i tried so far: I put kernel and initrd from t

AW: [gentoo-server] cupsd server error when i want to configure a printer via web interface

2006-05-24 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
 Have you checked /var/log/cups/error_log? There could be somethin in pointing to the problem. If not, try setting "LogLevel" to debug in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and reproduce the error. Can you post the last few lines of error_log?   Mit freundlichen Grüßen Matthias Witschel Infras

[gentoo-server] Dial in terminal - urgent

2006-03-02 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
Title: Dial in terminal - urgent Hi there! Normally I wouldnt bother the list with that, but this is kind of urgent... I need a modem dial in on a gentoo box, that gives me a login prompt. Mgetty is installed. Can someone just give me the correct entry for /etc/inittab? Sorry for raising

AW: [gentoo-server] rsyncd inside vserver

2006-01-31 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
run mysql in one virtual server apache in another and your MTA in another and pop3/imap in yet another? (only examples of what I mean) Can the virtual servers share folders/partitions? etc. etc. -Original Message- From: Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] S

AW: [gentoo-server] rsyncd inside vserver

2006-01-31 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
No. NFSD is not running on the Host. But since i virtualized the function that was running on the host I found rsync running on the host without spcific IP binding (well, it seems rsync cant be bound to a specific IP?), so the deamon on the host blocked the virtual IP. After stopping rsyncd on t

[gentoo-server] rsyncd inside vserver

2006-01-30 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
Title: rsyncd inside vserver Hi there!! I try to run rsyncd inside a gentoo vserver. After init-script run, theres no rsyncd process visible. The error in /var/log/messages reads: Jan 30 15:07:16 scylla rsyncd[20351]: rsync: open inbound socket on port 873 failed: Address family not suppor

AW: AW: [gentoo-server] boot from san with multipath support

2005-09-19 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
s. Any Suggestions? Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE wrote: > Up to now I have installed gentoo an SAN attached disks. I hvae for now > experience with SLES9 and SAN. I'm running a bunch of HP Blades which use SAN > storage. HP provides a devicedriver for these boxes, that enables

AW: AW: [gentoo-server] boot from san with multipath support

2005-09-18 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
Hi Simon. Your right. SecurePath is proprietary and expensive. And it is not needed any more for linux. HP has integrated some of the SecurePath features into Qlogics drivers with integrated Multipathing suport. These drivers can be downloaded from the HP site freely (well... read the license ;

AW: [gentoo-server] boot from san with multipath support

2005-09-17 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
Up to now I have installed gentoo an SAN attached disks. I hvae for now experience with SLES9 and SAN. I'm running a bunch of HP Blades which use SAN storage. HP provides a devicedriver for these boxes, that enables multipathing within the driver. I plan to use this driver to enable SAN access f

[gentoo-server] Printserver for Windows Network wit Samba/CUPS

2005-08-19 Thread Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE
Hi everybody! I have a question about the setup of a printserver using samba an cups. The goal is a central printserver for about 2000 users, managing something around 1500 Queues. Queues should be attached to clients without the need for local driver installation. I have read the Gentoo howto