Re: Upgrading kernel only from SL5.6 to SL6.2

2012-04-16 Thread Oleg Sadov
15/04/2012 17:06 -0700, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 02:46:49PM -0500, Kevin K wrote: > > Depending on what special features you might use on your system > (virtualization, third party drivers), it might be possible to build a > kernel from kernel.org. I've tried this in t

Re: Upgrading kernel only from SL5.6 to SL6.2

2012-04-16 Thread Rich
That would either require it be paravirtualized to run the newer kernel (e.g. the same version as the host), which doesn't solve any of his problems with SL6 kernel on SL5 userland, or fully virtualized and he still runs a custom kernel in the VM. Either way, virtualizing this doesn't solve the p

Re: Upgrading kernel only from SL5.6 to SL6.2

2012-04-16 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 02:46:49PM -0500, Kevin K wrote: > > Depending on what special features you might use on your system > (virtualization, third party drivers), it might be possible to build a > kernel from kernel.org. I've tried

Re: Root password

2012-04-16 Thread Chris Schanzle
On 04/16/2012 02:29 AM, Larry wrote: On 04/16/2012 01:28 AM, vivek chalotra wrote: Dear all, I have forgotten the root password of my main server having SLC 5.7. Kindly let me know the easiest way to change or retrieve it. boot to single user mode and reset it :) Unless you've changed /et

Re: Remote package management

2012-04-16 Thread Chris Schanzle
On 04/15/2012 03:43 PM, Christopher Brown wrote: Hi, My apologies if members don't consider this list appropriate, if so perhaps a more appropriate forum could be suggested. I am using scientific linux 6.2. I will be installing it on 4-5 computers that will make up my lab. I plan to add some

usb device "cannot reset port" error

2012-04-16 Thread William Lutter
Friday, on a desktop running SL 6.1, I tried mounting an external USB hard drive and got hub port status errors. External USB HD is a Cavalry CAXM3701T0 Series 1 TB USB 2.0 / eSATA device.  It worked fine with older linux SL (4.9) immediately after the SL6.0 error.  It has worked in past on SL5

Re: Remote package management

2012-04-16 Thread Brett Viren
Hi, Christopher Brown writes: > /opt You are already up to a dime or so but here are my 2c. > I have my environment setup pretty well on one machine NFS export /opt (and /home) from this machine and mount it on the lab nodes. Manage /opt's non-standard user environment with either usepackag

Re: Root password

2012-04-16 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:58:31AM +0530, vivek chalotra wrote: > > I have forgotten the root password of my main server having SLC 5.7. Kindly > let me know the easiest way to change or retrieve it. > Boot from installation CD into "rescue" mode, cd /mnt/sysimage/etc, vi shadow to reset the pas

Re: Root password

2012-04-16 Thread Todd And Margo Chester
On 04/16/2012 09:11 AM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:58:31AM +0530, vivek chalotra wrote: I have forgotten the root password of my main server having SLC 5.7. Kindly let me know the easiest way to change or retrieve it. Boot from installation CD into "rescue" mode,