Craig,
> I have been trying to implement a R/O root file system with SLES10 SP2
The paper was based on SLES 10 "vanilla", and the changes are specific to
that version, I believe. Especially, on page 36 of the paper, the
modifySystem() function in the mkror.sh script has the lines:
patch $TGT/etc/i
Leland,
> I haven't read the cookbook, but you really don't need to generate
> the keys yourself. All you really need to do is delete all files
> beginning with "ssh_host" in /etc/ssh:
>
> rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host*
I didn't know that. This is a cleaner solution. I'll look at trying to
work it and d
Klaus,
> The "Virtualization Cookbook for SLES10 SP2", SG24-7493,
> also has this example, although it correctly states that the time is in
> milliseconds.
Thanks for the "head's up". The example:
# echo 1 > /proc/sys/appldata/interval
was not in previous copies of the books, but appears to ha
Lea,
> I have printed and looked at the Cookbook and I have a few problems
> with it.
We're here to serve :))
> On PG 151 it says to edit the file /etc/hostname and I do not have that
> file.
Hmm, I search for /etc/hostname and find two hits on pages 168 and 257 -
both with "/etc/HOSTNAME". Two
> But "losetup -a" comes up empty handed.
Hmm, you were showing at least /dev/loop0 being used earlier.
Try making 6 mount points and mounting the 6 ISO images manually. If this
fails then something may be wrong with you loopback devices. If it
succeeds then something may be wrong with the script
Bernard,
So you have 16 loopback devices. But I see the error:
> mount: could not find any free loop device
So I wonder how many of the 16 are available for use. What does "mount |
grep loop" return? (I'm not sure of another way of telling which loopback
devices are being used). Here's an exampl
Hello lists,
The latest "Virtualization Cookbooks" are now published IBM Redbooks, not
drafts. They are:
-) "z/VM and Linux on IBM System z The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10
SP2", SG24-7493 on the Web at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247493.html
-) "z/VM and Linux on IBM System z
Eddie,
> Any suggestion is a big help!
I can never seem to remember how to set up key-based authentication. When
I need to, I turn to section 8.5.9 in 'z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The
Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2' on the Web at
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg24749
Christian,
Thanks for your help. I think I "got" it :))
-) I was able to install some of the missing RPMs via zypper:
# zypper install openssl-devel curl-devl sgml-skel
...
-) I got the git tar file from
http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.0.2.tar.gz
-) I built from source but got an
Hello list,
A developer told me I could "git" his code at a certain URL. Not wanting
to admit that I've never used git, I decide to try it.
-) I log onto a SLES 10 SP2 s390x Linux (with application development RPMs
installed) and look for git => not found
-) I search for git through yast => not fo
John,
> could result in a successful lookup for gpok189 when a hardware problem
> (fallen-out network cable)
I still have never had my virtual network cable fall out of my virtual NIC
or my virtual switch (sorry, couldn't resist :))
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> This causes problems with applications like SAP, which make reverse and
> forward lookups to ensure it "understands" the network (security/sanity
> check maybe?). It expects the IP to be on one of the interfaces it is
> using for communication with other App Servers.
>
> For SAP the simple
Alan,
> That smells like someone manually created it. 127.anything, not just
> 127.0.0.2, is localhost.
No. I just reinstalled SLES 10 SP2 to test. On the "Hostname and Domain
Name" panel in the second half of the install I uncheck "Change Hostname
via DHCP" and leave "Write Hostname to /etc/hos
Hello list,
On a SLES 10 SP2 system, it seems the last line in /etc/hosts is:
# tail -1 /etc/hosts
127.0.0.2 gpok189.endicott.ibm.com gpok189
Where the DNS name of the machine is "gpok189.endicott.ibm.com". But the
IP address is not there.
Why is "127.0.0.2" and not Linux's IP address
Mark,
> I've uploaded a whole boatload of Linux and z/VM-related presentations
from SHARE 111 ...
An amazing array of presentations. This is a great resource. Thanks for
your tireless work!
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See section 12.4 - Rescuing a Linux system.
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> I expect the problem is using 'dd' for the copying may not get the
> magic signatures
Also 'dd' expects a dasdfmt'd disks or it loses its way. Another approach
might be to try dasdfmt'ing the disk before 'dd'.
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Sorry, I am working with the ITSO to get it put up on their FTP server. In
the meantime I will contact you off-list.
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I just read in the Sept Linux journal (p94) there is a tool called
checkinstall - the Tech Tip starts "If the program you want to install
doesnt have a package for your distro, you can use checkinstall to make
one." See http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/
I've never tried it, but
Carsten,
> I am willing to guide you through the setup process.
> In short, you'll have to do the following steps:
> - use DERFSEG to define a dcss with one page "exclusive write" and the
> rest "exclusive nonsaved" access mode
Can you give one example of this command? Is it OK to do this step fro
Hello list,
I am pleased to announce a new draft IBM Redbook on the Web at:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247493.html?Open
A number of sections have been updated or changed from the current version
that is on http://linuxvm.org/present :
-The z/VM sections are updated from v5
Jonathan,
> What's the current "best practices" cloning solution for z/Linux under
> z/VM?
"What Brad said." (I started replying before Brad did, but now the entire
weekend is almost burned - better late than never I guess.)
I started to write - a Linux shell script is included with, and hopeful
Hello list,
Anyone heard of cobbler? (no, not the shoe repairman nor the "deep-dish
fruit dessert with a thick top crust" :)) This one:
http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/
I wouldn't bother asking, but it seems they are looking at a port to
s390x: https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/SssThreeNinety
> One presumes that the August issue actually comes out some time in
> July. That's not unusual.
Correct. What I wrote was the entire text of the blurb in the "diff -u"
column.
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> But just the fact that the community *can* pick up the
> source code does not mean it will happen.
"ReiserFS has migrated its development from the NameSys servers to
kernel.org where work is continuing. Edward Shinkin and others continue to
develop the filesystem in spite of Hans Reiser's murder
Thanks to all who replied.
I did get a note off-list that Aduva does still support System z:
>Yes, we do still have a version that
>supports Z - but most of our growth is really in the distributed Linux
>and Solaris space.
So I apologize to Aduva for suggesting their product might be dead.
"Mike
> What is this message telling me?
>
> unresolvable R_390_PC32DBL relocation against symbol `yylval'
Sounds like a lex and yacc thing. Just grasping at a straw here - do you
have to link in the compiled code that is output of lex and yacc?
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Marcy,
> Define "systems management" :)
Yes, that is what I hope to do in an hour at SHARE :))
I tried to leave the "form" open-ended. But let's say systems management =
monitoring, provisioning and patching, while performance management is
perhaps a separate science unto itself.
"Mike MacIsaac
Hello list,
I'm preparing for a SHARE presentation (week of Aug 11, San Jose, CA) on
z/VM and Linux systems management. If you use Linux and z/VM on System z,
do you have time for a quick survey?
I tried to categorize what's available today into 4 main areas (I
apologize if I your software is not
Bernard,
> How do I mount this disk which contains 2 partitions,
> to the sles10 controller, so that the clone scripts
> from the cookbook would still work.
The clone.sh script only modifies files on the target system under /etc/,
so it *should* just work (as long as /etc/ is not one of the file
Do you have:
Options +Includes
in each Directory statement in the /etc/apache2/default-server.conf (or
whichever config file you are using)?
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We are often told to use 1500 as the MTU size. When I install SLES 10 SP2
it seems the default is 1492.
I don't see "MTU=" as a PARMFILE option in Appendix A.2 of the document
"preparation.pdf" on DVD 1. Is this a PARMFILE parameter? Or should a MTU
variable be added to the appropri
Mark,
> Novell Technical Support considers systems that have Base pattern
packages "missing" as problematic for support and updates. So, I can't
recommend doing that at all.
OK, good to know. If the books are ever updated we'll either rip that
section out, or add strong warning words. Thanks.
"
> What I use, during install, is based on the "z/VM and Linux on IBM
> System z: The Virtualization Cookbook" is:
Then, Marian Gasparovic did a lot of work to document how to further pare
it down. See section 7.5.5 for complete details (book is on
linuxvm.org/present). But the bottom line is that
Hi,
We have some SLES 10 SP1 and SP2 systems which were installed using the
default of identifying disks by device ID.
This weekend our raised floor took a power hit so all LPARs and disk
arrays crashed. Most Linux systems came back fine, but a few SLES 10 SP1
and SP2 systems that identified disk
Jae-hwa,
> Are there any ways to collecting and saving the performance data?
> How does the other customers running Linux on their mainframe manage
> the performance data for chargeback or planning for capacity?
There's a good Redpaper "Accounting and Monitoring for z/VM Linux guest
machines", nu
Mark,
> It seems that most things related to YaST and rug/zmd are in /var.
This is good information. I poked around, and tried the "rug sd "
command, but it did not like the various URIs I tried ("rug sl" does not
seem to list the entire URI).
Then I went back to the screen that was "freezing".
Hello list,
I have a SLES 10 SP1 system that was migrated from another VM system and
is now "pointing to" the install source on an unreachable network.
When I try "yast => Software => Software Management", I get a progress
window named "Downloading files ..." that freezes at 0% (I've waited qu
> > 2) Click "Create" => choose "/dev/dasda" => choose "Do not format" =>
> > enter all blanks for "Mount point" (I see now that the last entry in
the
> > dropdown menu is "blanks" - aha - the hidden key :)).
> >
> This is what I've always done. If you want to give a partition to LVM,
you have to
Mark,
> It's always worked fine for me.
> I just went through a new SP1 install on my test
What steps did you take? I found if you leave space on /dev/dasda, then
click "LVM", that the free space on /dev/dasda would not be available for
use in a volume group.
> system, just to make sure nothing h
> X and a graphical desktop? Should we be encouraging this?
Installing them and running them are two different things. It's sometimes
nice to have one installed so it can be started only when a graphical
environment is necessary. But you do bring up a good point.
> can't you make partition1 dasd
Hello list,
It's difficult to come up with a one-size-fits-all disk layout for Linux.
In the past I've just "punted" and created a single 3390-3-sized root file
system. That often fills up quickly, so most would probably agree that
more space is require. Here is a proposed minidisk layout for two
John,
> I was trying to find Ian's concerns, _not_ your guesses. I can guess
> too, but I'm not willing to assume I can read his mind.
Hey, aren't we supposed to be a friendly list?
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On March 24th I wrote:
> I'm trying to install SLES 9 SP4. I believe I built an install tree per
> the README file on CD1 of SP4. This tree is NFS-exported and can be
> mounted on another running system in the same subnet. I have a 768M
> machine.
>
> When I use the kernel and RAMdis
Hello list,
I'm trying to install SLES 9 SP4. I believe I built an install tree per
the README file on CD1 of SP4. This tree is NFS-exported and can be
mounted on another running system in the same subnet. I have a 768M
machine.
When I use the kernel and RAMdisk from the SP4 CD1, during netw
> The process starts normally and then starts to considerably slow down
Do you have at least 512M of storage (memory)?
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A related queston ...
> let me try a CPFMTXA frst.
Whenever I get the opportunity to use new DASD, the first thing I do is
CPFMTXA every cylinder of every volume. This is because I've shot myself
in the toe a few times by *not* doing it (and that hurts :). Once a
"virgin" volume has b
> Linux for System z is at its heart still Linux, and hence was never
> or will ever be designed nor engineered with the IBM System z in mind.
But I would like to think that System z Linux developers are driving
virtualization features into the Linux kernel. A couple of examples might
be the tracki
Alan,
> There Be Dragons down this path.
Yes, you are right of course. I was just all riled up and sent an email
that I should have. Most of us know how that goes. (you should have seen
the one I sent that cc:d Sam Palmissano - my hand still smarts from the
spanking I got after that :))
I am sor
Rob,
> by such posts.
Could that be the pot calling the kettle black? I've seen plugs for
Velocity products which don't seem to be interpreted as spam.
Of course I do appreciate that Velocity Software donates the resources for
linuxvm.org, but I'm just trying to keep things in perspective.
"Mik
Mark, Ted,
Which is more difficult to swallow? Comments like these:
> I wanted to take this opportunity and forum to ask if any of you are
> impressed with unsolicited ads for products hijacking a listserve?
- and -
> We're not here to be stationary targets for any drive-by marketer.
- or this
I'll look into NFS and/or FTP and watch for FUSE.
Thanks for all the replies.
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I see the cmsfs package has the cmsfscp command, but that seems to only
copy from CMS to Linux. Is there a way to create/append CMS files from
Linux? Thanks.
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> every time I boot I have to wait for WAS to finish coming up
I'll ask a dumb question - Did you try starting it in the background?
(e.g. in the startup script, change "startServer.sh server1" to
"startServer.sh server1 &") I must confess I've never tried this and don't
have a WAS system available
> This script will also have problems with
> non-English character sets
OK, another important assumption is flawed.
Thanks to all who replied.
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> I'd parse the q vswitch details output in Perl
Learning Perl has been on my list of "things to do" for years now :((
> Just beware that we continually change the format of QUERY VSWITCH
> DETAILS. It is for that very reason we created Diagnose 0x26C.
I'll show my ignora
Hello list,
I was hoping to use a bash script to determine Linux user IDs and IP
addresses attached to a certain VSWITCH. With the vmcp module and the
QUERY VSWITCH DETAILS command, I get a lot of good information. I wrote a
short function that makes some assumptions:
1) "Adapter owner:" lines hav
Eric,
> Can anyone point me to docs (IBM preferable) that will help
> me to build the basic knowledge I need to get started.
You might try the Virtualization Cookbooks. The most recent are for SLES
10 and for RHEL 5. See the top two entries http://linuxvm.org/present/
They were originally written
Robert,
I list the files with a file type of PARM-S10 on a Linux user ID's 191
disk (which is actually a LINK not an MDISK) with a function named foo:
# ./foo
Setting device 0.0.0191 offline
Done
Setting device 0.0.0191 online
Done
LINUX116 PARM-S10 D1 V 73 9 1 11/20/2007
Jae Hwa,
> How about rpm update works(except kernel updates) for these
> systems using shared root fs? Are there any ways to apply
> the updates to many cloned system?
Good question. The short answer is that I defer to either Steve Womer, if
he cares to comment, or to the current thread "Applying
Nigel,
> any plans for a version based on Red Hat ?
The short answer is no - we had relatively few cycles on the "residency"
which was really just two people for one week.
However, thinking about it, the mkror.sh script should only need a few
small changes. I'm not sure how different SuSE and Red
Hello all "linux-390" and "ibmvm"ers,
A draft Redpaper "Sharing and maintaining Linux under z/VM" is now up on
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp4322.html?Open
Here is the abstract:
"Large operating systems, such as z/OS®, have, for several decades,
leveraged shared file
struc
Hi,
linuxvm.org seems to be up, but can't seem to find its data.
I always take that wonderful resource for granted. I'd like to take the
time to thank Mark Post for tirelessly maintaining it. And thanks too to
Velocity Software for supplying the resources.
OK Mark, now that I've "buttered you up
> Perfect -- didn't show up on the IBM Redbook site when I searched.
Right - we did a "whitebook" because we had the time and motivation (and a
RHEL 5 flavor as well), but not a redbook because there are extra steps,
logistics, etc.
> Is there a redbook in the works?
Can't make any promises, but w
> I could have sworn that during the Redbook residency that we used
> some facility on the HMC to write screen contents into a file
> that we could subsequently transfer off to a PC. Mike?
Yes, we had an OS/2 app, PMCAMERA I believe.
Now that the HMC is Linux-based, there is no way (to my knowle
Mark,
> I would say that's a doc APAR in the making. Mike?
We'll definitely look into it.
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>> see if mksles10root is available yet.
> You don't need to.
Amen :))
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FYI ...
IBM now offers the IBM Integrated Removable Media Manager (IRMM) for the
Enterprise on IBM System z?. IRMM is a new robust systems management
product for Linux® on IBM System z? that manages open system media in
heterogeneous distributed environments and virtualizes physical tape
libra
Paul,
> setup the hipersocket network as 12. for testing and so it stands out
Would it be better to use 10.? 12. is a real class A IP address range. 10.
is the private class A range (RFC 1918 I believe).
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> Doesn't matter.. when the console connection is lost, you have 15
> minutes to reconnect or the system will force the virtual machine logoff
Do you have "Disconnect_Timeout off ," in your SYSTEM CONFIG Features
statement?
I'm not sure how to query this setting.
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John,
> No licence? I'm not allowed to use it?
I guess it's public domain by default.
> Why not a non-noncontroversial BSD-type licence? No warranty, use as you
> wish at your own peril.
They're just 30-40 line scripts.
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Thanks to all who replied. The info was helpful. I decided the task was
too cumbersome to always type from the command line, and also
straightforward enough to write some scripts. So I wrote two scripts: dssh
(to issue commands) and dscp (to copy files) to multiple Linux systems.
First yo
Hello list,
Does anyone have a simple wrapper around SSH to run the same command on
multiple Linuxes?
If I have key-based authentication set up from one server to another
server, call it "linux01", I can issue the command:
# ssh linux01 ls /root
bin
and see the output from linux01 without nee
Susan,
> I'd like to save disk storage as well as simplify maintenance so thought
> the concept of a basevol/guestvol penguin colony sounded perfect.
Some shops have used it and are using it, I believe. Some have backed away
from it. Are people still using basevol/guestvol?
> I'm a relative newb
Hello list,
An ISV uses the function coredump() on AIX in C/C++ code to dump a
program's core, but NOT terminate - for debugging. Apparently there is no
such function on Linux.
I came across the google-coredumper which sounds like a solution, but
there seems to be some Intel assembly code in it,
> couple 0600 to system vsw1
>
> after I did that everything worked fine
Hmmm - that is interesting
> I am using the z/vm and linux on ibm system z cookbook for sles9
Did you use the nicdef statement:
NICDEF 600 TYPE QDIO LAN SYSTEM VSW1
in the PROFILE LNXDFLT as described and bring the changes
>> After looking I fount that there are several Wiki
>> engines available. Which one is the best?
> Mike MacIsaac and I have installed and played with both MediaWiki, and
Confluence.
Yes, and I've also run moinmoin on z. moinmoin's backend is just the
filesystem, so you can "cheat" and modify cont
Mark,
> Do you still have that system up and running?
No sorry, I cannibalized the DASD for the new cookbooks.
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Tom,
> Does anyone have a list of the absolute minimum packages ...
In the SLES9 Virtualization Cookbook we tried to get to the smallest
package set of around 700MB. After a minimal install, we found some more
RPMs that seem to be safe to remove:
# rpm -e eject fvwm2 hfsutils initviocons ntfspro
Gene,
Yes, VSWITCH seems to be the most popular. We describe how to implement
it in a number of "Virtualization Cookbook"s on
http://linuxvm.org/present/. For z/VM 5.1 you have to manually define the
VSWITCH controllers. See:
http://linuxvm.org/present/misc/virt-cookbook-1.pdf
If you move up to
>> I find it interesting that nobody so far mentioned RFC1178 (Choosing a
>> name for your computer): ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1178.txt.
>> There are several excellent ideas in that document.
> Wow! Thanks. Been looking for that.
That is a good reference, I agree. I could add one sug
> We have been able to ping the nfs server from LNXMAINT
OK, good, your z/VM is on the network.
> q vswitch detail
> VSWITCH SYSTEM VSW1 Type: VSWITCH Connected: 1 Maxconn: INFINITE
> PERSISTENT RESTRICTED NONROUTER Accounting: OFF
> VLAN Unaware
> State: Ready
> IPTimeout: 5 QueueStorage: 8
> Por
> 512M/home
FWIW, in the new Virtualization Cookbooks we describe using LVM, NFS,
automount and LDAP to create an automount'ed /home/ (especially, section
12.3). You can create a big /home/ LV on one server and have it
automatically NFS-mounted on any other server. This way the user's home
dir
> I'm in the process of building a file server using SAMBA
> but will like to use our current Windows Active Directory
> for authentication purposes. Where can I find more information
> on how to accomplish this task? We are running SLES9 SP3.
I've been out of the loop for a while, but ...
There is
> I didn't think it took a POR to
> get the feature recognized - is there something I'm missing here?
What does "cat /proc/driver/z90crypt" say?
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> I walked away from my VNC session for a drink of water and when I came
back
> my VNC session was gone and the sles10x installation guest was down. I
> assumed all was well and rebooted and selected the boot newly installed
> system. Now I get the following:
>
> Enter your root partition (e.g., /d
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]# rpm -i libgcc-3.4.6-3.s390.rpm
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> already installed
I got an error similar to this recently and the problem turned out to be
that I was pointing to a different install tree than the one that I
instal
Brad,
> When I login under zVM 5.2, I get the error:
>
> HCPKFL663E The crypto cannot be defined because no real crypto facility
> is installed.
Yes, I get that error too. But the crypto card still works. I'm not sure
why.
Try a:
==> #cp q crypto
This is what I get:
00: CP Q CRYPTO
00: No CAM or
Hello list,
The third line of information from top now has a steal percentage. For
example, in RHEL4 the third line was:
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 100.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi,
0.0% si
Now in RHEL5, I see a new field, "st":
Cpu(s): 0.1%us, 0.5%sy, 0.8%ni, 96.8%id, 0.2%wa, 0
Linux on 390 Port wrote on 04/03/2007 02:09:07
PM:
> Hi,
>
> Our vservers setup was mostly done using the procedures described in
> "From LPAR to Virtual Servers in 2 Days" by Michael MacIsaac, et al. So
> currently we have a cloning controller server and about a do
> What do I need to do?
Be sure the IP@ is associated with a DNS name and use the DNS name.
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Jon,
> It can be effective, but it can't be *counted on* to be effective.
It was kind of a joke - note the smiley face.
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> Level of paranoia?...
>
Low - rely on the probability that the Windows admin will never find/look
for the key file in the file system (security through obscurity can be
very effective :))
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> SELinux is great until you actually want to get something done.
>
> Run it in warning mode first for a while to get a glimpse of what's
> going to break when you turn it on for real, is my advice.
If you install RHEL5, it will be running by default:
# cat /etc/selinux/config
# This file control
> And here's the mkslesroot script run with debug. I got a couple of rsync
> broken pipe msgs at the bottom that I don't get when doing the ISO
mounts.
...
> + rsync -HlogptrS sp3-9/CD1/s390x .
> rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes: phase "unknown":
Broken
> pipe
> rsync error: error
> The problem with a layout like this is the granularity.
OK, "what Robert said."
I am not in a position of having to maintain any real production servers.
So I often just clone a new one when I need one.
For the /home/ issue, I agree, if you have a set of users. In the latest
two cookbooks we de
> service nscd stop
Whoops - or "rcnscd stop" on SLES 9 or earlier (SLES 10 and RHEL x have
the service command, SLES 9 does not)
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> Do I need to reboot after turning off nscd? Or kill the pids?
No. "service nscd stop"
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> If in the install I set say 10 2.3g disks into one lvm
> Setting the Mount point to /
Others have described issues when using a logical volume for the root file
system. If LVM gets confused, which happens from time to time, then your
system doesn't boot. I would recommend keeping the root file
Brendan,
> perhaps the CDs are bad.
Did you run md5sum?
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