Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-27 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/27/2015 05:47 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 12:21 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 08/24/2015 05:31 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:36 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1. What a disaster. :'( Is there an approved upgrade tool? Or did you use

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 12:21 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 08/24/2015 05:31 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:36 AM, ToddAndMargo >> wrote: >>> >>> I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1. >>> >>> What a disaster. :'( >> >> Is there an approved upgrade tool? Or did you use the experimenta

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-26 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/25/2015 11:33 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 08/24/2015 02:36 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the eSata drive(s). And do you t

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-26 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/25/2015 03:48 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 24/08/15 18:59, ToddAndMargo wrote: Be careful. The "Cloud" is marketing "weasel speak" for "client / server" with a really, really crappy, unreliable connection between the two. Yes, some abuse "cloud" for what you describe. But the cloud i

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-25 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/24/2015 02:36 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the eSata drive(s). And do you think I would remember? In other words. I

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-25 Thread Thomas Hartmann
Hi all, just my 2c: with encfs (FUSE-based encrypted filesystem) you can run it in 'reverse' mode - e.g., to backup into *the cloud* encrypted and skip the local encrypted backup (of course, giving up one backup layer...) i.e., > encfs --reverse /home/myuser /mnt/point/enc and run your backup cli

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-25 Thread David Sommerseth
On 24/08/15 18:59, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > Be careful. The "Cloud" is marketing "weasel speak" for > "client / server" with a really, really crappy, unreliable > connection between the two. Yes, some abuse "cloud" for what you describe. But the cloud is actually far more than just a service avai

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/24/2015 04:18 AM, Bill Maidment wrote: -Original message- From: ToddAndMargo Sent: Mon 24-08-2015 19:36 Subject:SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster To: scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov ; Hi All, I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1. ¡Ay, caramba! 1) I have to have

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/24/2015 06:17 AM, John Rowe wrote: 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the eSata drive(s). And do you think I would remember? In other words. I

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/24/2015 05:31 AM, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:36 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1. ¡Ay, caramba! 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller and freezes up. After booting

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread Miles O'Neal
On 08/24/2015 10:53 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 24/08/15 15:17, John Rowe wrote: 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the eSata drive(s). And do you thi

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread David Sommerseth
On 24/08/15 15:17, John Rowe wrote: >> 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. >> SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller >> and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the >> eSata drive(s). And do you think I would remember? >> In other word

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread John Rowe
> 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. > SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller > and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the > eSata drive(s). And do you think I would remember? > In other words. I have top boot up twice. I would str

Re: SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:36 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1. > > ¡Ay, caramba! > > 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. > SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller > and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the > eS

SL 7.1 upgrade has been a disaster

2015-08-24 Thread ToddAndMargo
Hi All, I just upgraded from SL 6.6 to 7.1. ¡Ay, caramba! 1) I have to have my backup sata drives removed to boot. SL7 tries to mount them as my 9750-4I raid controller and freezes up. After booting up I can insert the eSata drive(s). And do you think I would remember? In oth