Ned Slider wrote on 07/20/2012 03:12 PM:
One issue I see here is that the original howto was written for CentOS-5
with dovecot 1.x.
The OP here is clearly using CentOS-6, which uses dovecot 2.x and no
surprises for guessing that there are a few incompatibilities between
the config files for
Wolf Bronski wrote on 06/15/2012 08:55 PM:
hello,
my name is RichardKennesson
I wrote a guide in LaTeX about how to get Redmine up and running with
mercurial. I plan on adding Git and SVN to the guide.
I would like to share it with the community so that they can critique
it and test it.
Yves Bellefeuille wrote on 05/11/2012 11:18 PM:
At number 14, the example partition should be /dev/sda1, not /dev/sda2,
and whatever device corresponds to the second USB partition should be
the first USB partition.
I got confused between the installation boot and the ISO image devices.
In
Yves Bellefeuille wrote on 05/01/2012 10:07 PM:
There are a few more points that should be added. They should all appear
after the end of the current list.
I finally got around to this. Please review the resulting changes, and
thanks again for the valuable advice.
Phil
Yves Bellefeuille wrote on 05/01/2012 10:07 PM:
On Sunday 29 April 2012, Alan Bartletta...@elrepo.org wrote:
Thank you, Yves. I've taken care of both of those points. Would you
like to check that it now reads correctly, please?
There are a few more points that should be added. They should
Christoph Galuschka wrote on 03/23/2012 03:37 PM:
Hi,
could you guys please grant me edit permissions on my personal page
wiki.centos.org/christophgaluschka
Cristoph,
Your proper WikiName should be ChristophGaluschka and it is also
considered proper to introduce yourself to the list and to
Christoph Galuschka wrote on 03/25/2012 07:11 AM:
Okay:
My name is Christoph Galuschka. I'm from Austria (Innsbruck to me more
precise). I know CentOS since around 2007 ( in the form of the basic OS
which was provided with Skyrix's Instant OGo Enterprise Server). I'm
using CentOS at home and
Corey Henderson wrote on 03/20/2012 02:13 PM:
Hello,
My wiki username: cormander
URL requesting perms for:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Nagios
Thanks
Corey,
Your WikiName should be something like CoreyHenderson, and it is good
form to introduce yourself, describe your qualifications,
New DRAFT page - comments are invited.
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Virtualization/VirtualBox/CentOSguest
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Yves Bellefeuille wrote on 09/24/2011 11:48 PM:
On Sunday 18 September 2011 11:42, Phil Schaffner wrote:
I'd put it the HowTos section (This page contains some longer HowTos
for achieving different tasks on CentOS systems.), and insert
cross-links with the old TipsAndTricks/ReinstallGRUB page
Yves Bellefeuille wrote on 09/19/2011 09:03 PM:
On Sunday 18 September 2011 11:42, Phil Schaffner wrote:
...
[[TableOfContents([1])]]
The Table of Contents syntax is mentioned but not really explained at
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Wiki/Editing and
http://wiki.centos.org/SyntaxReference
Yves Bellefeuille wrote on 09/06/2011 07:54 PM:
Did you try http://wiki.centos.org/YvesBellefeuille
and then create, or template it, from there?
You are not allowed to edit this page.
(Actually I got Vous n'êtes pas autorisé à modifier cette page.)
Yves
Ralph or someone else with the
Phil Schaffner wrote on 09/06/2011 09:36 AM:
Your first step should be to create a Wiki account and a WikiName
(YvesBellefeuille would be appropriate) and request creation of your
home page
Oops - I see you have already done that. Please skip to the following...
... , where you could
Manuel Wolfshant wrote on 08/15/2011 12:53 PM:
On 08/15/2011 06:42 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
...
I'd go for a separate page for
HowTos/JavaDevelopmentKit but could be persuaded otherwise.
Then maybe a single Howto/Java page, with separate links to JRE and JDK ?
Makes sense, and I would
Manuel Wolfshant wrote on 08/18/2011 08:26 AM:
On 08/18/2011 03:21 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
...
1. What else besides links goes on the higher-level page?
Explanation on the intent of the page
2. What should be preserved, if anything, from the current page?
maybe the how to create your own
Manuel Wolfshant wrote on 08/11/2011 08:29 PM:
Hi all
According to a report made in #centos, the procedure described at
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-sun-oracle-java-jdk-jre-7-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/
works OK for jdk 1.7
It looks pretty similar to
Yves Bellefeuille wrote on 08/10/2011 09:30 PM:
Hi:
I've finished the changes about installing Skype on CentOS 6. Thanks.
(Except that I still think that this information should be moved in the
list of HowTos from section 17, Misc., to section 18, Non CentOS
Applications.)
Yves,
I think
Phil Schaffner wrote on 07/22/2011 09:44 AM:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide/MigratingFiveToSix
Have at it. :-)
The page having had some attention by Alan, and another revision or two,
the DRAFT status is being removed and a link being added to
HowTos/MigrationGuide.
Phil
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/MigrationGuide/MigratingFiveToSix
Have at it. :-)
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Did not make it DRAFT as it has evolved from old pages, has been well
tested, and is near perfect. :-)
Constructive criticism is, as usual, solicited and welcomed.
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Alan Bartlett wrote on 06/03/2011 03:32 PM:
One comment. I thought linkage of the libjavaplugin_jni.so file is redundant?
May be superstitious behavior on my part. I saw it recommended
somewhere to use both and have followed that, but it seems to work fine
without the libjavaplugin_jni.so
Charles Polisher wrote on 04/10/2011 11:39 PM:
Perhaps something in my idea could be salvaged in some future
effort to enhamce the wiki's content.
The Wiki is in need of a lot of love, and need not wait on Website 2.0,
so please jump in with ideas and/or actions to improve it.
Phil
john.r.davis...@gmail.com wrote on 04/05/2011 03:29 PM:
I need permission to edit the CentOS Wiki and add in my Thinkpad L412 to
the Laptops Running CentOS.
username: johnrdavisjr
The WikiName convention is FirstLast; for example, mine is PhilSchaffner.
Phil
Alex/AT wrote on 03/27/2011 06:58 AM:
Manuel Wolfshantwo...@nobugconsulting.ro писал(а) в своём письме Sun,
27 Mar 2011 14:57:27 +0400:
I modified it a bit.
However, I fail to understand why is all this complicate procedure
needed, given that starting the installer with linux ext4 (linux
Manuel Wolfshant wrote on 03/27/2011 06:57 AM:
...
I modified it a bit.
However, I fail to understand why is all this complicate procedure
needed, given that starting the installer with linux ext4 (linux
ext4dev for the centos releases prior to 5.5, if I am not mistaken)
achieves the same
Alan Bartlett wrote on 03/27/2011 08:39 AM:
Perhaps one of the QA team would test / confirm an ext4 installation,
whilst QA'ing C-5.6 ?
Looks east . . . Wolfy ? Looks west . . . Phil ?
Doing that as we communicate. :-)
I also note that the procedure does not seem to be spelled out in the
Alex/AT wrote on 03/25/2011 02:07 AM:
Hello to everyone on the list.
I want to contribute to the Wiki, to the Tips and Tricks section,
Installation part thereof, on the topic of Installing CentOS anew to
ext4 partition(s).
My wikiuser name is AlexeyAsemov.
Overall contents of the TT
On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 12:26 +0100, Mats Karlsson wrote:
OK, Im happy to help.
Can you change so I have permits to do the appropriate changes?
My account is MatsOKarlsson
Mats,
Sorry, dropped the ball on this. Tried to add you but can't change ACL
despite having created the page. Could
Andrea Veri wrote on 01/28/2011 06:19 AM:
...
I would go for the website. This is what CentOS really need before anything
else at the moment.
Andrea,
I commend your decision and your judgment. It would be really good to
see Website 2.0 become a reality.
Phil
Mats Karlsson wrote on 01/20/2011 02:53 AM:
Nice Tips!
A comment about dhcp server info.
To get the dhcp lease info from a dhclient, that info is stored in
dhclient.leases.
The router/dhcp server info described in section Home router with
DHCP and DNS could be made more generic by
Per Alan's suggestion:
http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/EmulateFixedAddressByDHCP
Comments please.
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Ralph Angenendt wrote on 01/15/2011 03:39 PM:
...
To me the article looks good, if you can incorporate it into the current
wiki article (and not just replace that).
I beg to differ. The current Wiki article contains a lot of confusing
and obsolete information, and in trying to cover a
Manuel Wolfshant wrote on 01/15/2011 07:59 PM:
I took advantage of you invitation to complete/correct the page and
fixed a minor typo + added a reference to the xenblk module
Thanks. Instructions on adding other modules would be good to add too,
when someone gets a Round Tuit.
Phil
Jasper Siepkes wrote on 01/16/2011 07:30 AM:
...
If anyone is interested I could put up a wiki page outlining the steps
to create RPM's with JPackage ?
Very much so, particularly your spec mods and details on your
alternatives configuration, which seems to cover more bases than I have
done in
Ralph Angenendt wrote on 01/15/2011 03:40 PM:
...
Maybe a word on adding non loaded modules would be fine at this point :)
Please do feel free to provide that. I neglected to add my usual
invitation for others to edit the page, but consider it, in the
traditional Wiki spirit, as a blanket
Although CentOS 3 EOL was announced by Tru on Nov 3, 2010 it is still
listed on the home page with no indication of the EOL status. This has
been the source of some confusion already.
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Robert P. J. Day wrote on 10/07/2010 07:51 AM:
...
ok, since i don't have edit access to the wiki, do i simply post
proposed changes to this list in terms of precisely what text should
be replaced by newer text?
Perhaps it is time to remedy that situation. Have you created a
WikiName
Robert P. J. Day wrote on 10/07/2010 05:25 PM:
BTW, i do have a wiki username: RobDay. i simply don't have edit
rights.
Perhaps Ralph will now be willing to remedy that.
Phil
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On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 07:07 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
(hoping this is the right way to submit updates for wiki pages.)
Made your recommended changes.
Thanks,
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Ralph Angenendt wrote on 08/20/2010 05:10 PM:
Am 19.08.10 16:11, schrieb Phil Schaffner:
Santanu Das wrote on 08/19/2010 08:19 AM:
that's fine; as you think it's better for the community.
OK - Pending other comments, we need to await Ralph to grant access.
Hmmm. Hmmm. Shouldn't that go
Santanu Das wrote on 08/19/2010 08:19 AM:
that's fine; as you think it's better for the community.
OK - Pending other comments, we need to await Ralph to grant access.
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Ned Slider wrote on 07/29/2010 04:24 PM:
...
I agree 100%
IMHO discussion should best take place on this docs discussion mailing
list, not within the docs themselves.
Let me add my 100% agreement. Queries and comments within the Wiki
articles will only confuse and frustrate Wiki readers.
R P Herrold wrote on 07/29/2010 06:32 PM:
Time to get rid of some wiki cruft
An excellent and constructive idea.
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Ed Heron wrote on 05/27/2010 04:27 PM:
On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 10:30 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote:
Proposed new page for comment:
http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallFromGRUB
Phil
I suggest adding links to some supporting documentation. For example,
you could add a prerequisites
Manuel Wolfshant wrote on 05/27/2010 08:22 AM:
...
My example is adequate (and used) for remote upgrades (hence the
upgradeany from the kernel line) rather than fresh installs.
I don't doubt that it works, but still wonder if the root= is a NOP.
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Just updated the subject page
http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General/RebuildReleaseProcess
based on Karanbir's comment on centos-devel:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2010-May/005545.html
Is there better material available to replace the erroneous content, or
should the page be
Karanbir Singh wrote on 05/21/2010 12:54 PM:
Hi,
On 05/21/2010 05:30 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
OK, thanks - but begs the question - What is the current process?
I published this a while back :
http://www.karan.org/stuff/c5-release-plan.jpeg ; which if you look at -
reflects the same
Marcus Moeller wrote on 04/30/2010 02:45 AM:
Dear Phil.
Thanks for the feedback. Will have a look when I get time, which may not be
soon with 5.5 QA heating up. I was actually thinking about depreciating
that procedure and recommending UNetbootin which is a lot simpler to use. I
created
R P Herrold wrote on 03/03/2010 04:23 PM:
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Phil Schaffner wrote:
Added an entry to http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General :
23. How do I provide appropriate information about my system when asking
questions?
Comments, corrections, and other (constructive :-) ) criticisms
Ned Slider wrote on 03/04/2010 11:21 AM:
...
Which is exactly the point of bringing it to this list for discussion,
so what started life as a (suggestion for a) tool to assist forum
community members/helpers may also be considered by helpers in other
community support channels (i.e, IRC and
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 18:37 -0600, donavan nelson wrote:
I suspect if you tried with 6G you would significantly less than 5.1G
used post install.
Agreed, as previous tests showed. Doesn't help much with estimating the
minimum requirement if the OS won't install, and a practical system
needs
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 09:24 +0300, Lev Shamardin wrote:
Some later thoughts go below.
On 01/21/2010 01:50 AM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
1. The user should be instructed to start rescue mode with networking in
order to be able to retrieve the patch for mkinitrd.
The mkinitrd instructions
On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 08:57 +0300, Lev Shamardin wrote:
On 01/21/2010 01:50 AM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
4. It is not necessary to change LABEL=... to /dev/md_d0... in
/etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf.
Have you tested this? I'm not quite sure, but it seems to me that this did not
work
Lorenzo Quatrini wrote on 01/21/2010 06:26 AM:
Phil Schaffner ha scritto:
2. The command to create /etc/mdadm.conf will result in an extra line
spares=1 while the array is still syncing. Adding | head -1 to
the command to create it fixes the problem.
May I suggest to add | grep -v
Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on 10/19/2009 04:00 PM:
Hey
Unfortunately I have to delay the Newsletter for a day as I still have
no Interview. Could I also remind people to proof read it.
Sorry about this.
Cheers Didi
Added some media links. Didn't see anything to recommend changing on
Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on 10/14/2009 09:51 PM:
Hey
And it is this time of the month again when we are about to release a
new Newsletter (#0906).
Please could people start checking spelling and contribute their parts.
The deadline is the 19th of Oct as we don't want to release on a
On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 00:29 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
Am 16.10.09 22:48, schrieb Phil Schaffner:
Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote on 10/14/2009 09:51 PM:
If someone is interested in helping please contact me.
Seems to be too well protected.
I guess that's why ... see above :)
Well
On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 23:19 +0100, Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote:
...
Oh, and as the live CD will also be released close to the distribution
itself, the 5.4 live CD pages are also already there.
...
Will it support a persistent install on a flash drive?
No, not yet. Check the centos-devel list
On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 09:47 -0700, Artem Zhirkow wrote:
Is this kind of advertisment? Dropbox isnt centos or opensource
project, so why did we received it?
Looks like spam to me.
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Artem Zhirkow wrote on 10/09/2009 10:53 AM:
Hello,
Why do you includes bluez-utils in each release? I pretty sure what centos is
server distro, not desktop-oriented. If some hacker will use centos on his
desktop or laptop he will install bluez from repository without any problem.
That's a
Ralph Angenendt wrote on 10/05/2009 04:40 AM:
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Dag Wieers d...@wieers.com wrote:
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
Could it be that entry to collaborate is not low enough to make it work ? If
you have too many rules, people might be afraid/unable to make
On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 16:25 -0700, Steve Bonds wrote:
As requested on http://wiki.centos.org/Contribute, here is my info:
# your FirstnameLastname username [SteveBonds]
# the proposed subject of your Wiki contribution(s) [Personal Page]
# the proposed location of your Wiki contribution(s)
Ned Slider wrote on 09/16/2009 06:12 AM:
...
That tends to change as the drivers move forward over time, older cards
become legacy and are no longer supported by the latest driver.
For a list of cards supported by the latest driver, the user is better
off referring to nvidia's
lostson wrote on 09/16/2009 08:23 AM:
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 07:50 -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote:
...
In the doc we have been toying with the finding the correct driver is
in there.
Yes, I see it in the draft - just suggesting ideas to beef it up.
Phil
P.S. [soapbox]Trimming quotes
Ned Slider wrote on 09/14/2009 01:23 PM:
...
Do we need to decide what the official (or preferred) CentOS Way is for
this? Or do we just present all the options without prejudice?
There are (to my knowledge) the Nvidia binary installer, dkms driver
from rpmforge, kmdl package from ATrpms,
lostson wrote:
On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 23:39 -0400, JohnS wrote:
...
[1] http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/Nvidia_Graphics
JohnStanley
I was reading yours over today and yes they are very similar, hopefully
i can get edit permissions soon and we can get it all squared away.
Might want to
Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
Phil Schaffner wrote:
...
Thanks, please also consider changing the title. Nothing about it tells
you that the instructions are for first time install only. Perhaps
adding instructions for switching to console during install time will
reinforce that fact
Brian Mathis wrote:
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Phil
Schaffnerphilip.r.schaff...@nasa.gov wrote:
... but left /dev/sda and /dev/sdb in
place as changing to /dev/sdX|Y looked very awkward to me.
...
Phil
That's exactly the point of using something like X/Y. It stands out
and looks
Eric Schewe wrote:
Thanks! I believe I've completed my page. Feel free to let me know
what I've done wrong :)
On the repo config - I'd suggest creating a separate CentOS-Testing.repo
rather than adding to the existing CentOS-Base.repo, and no need to
specify the editor (vim) and risk getting
hans...@gmail.com wrote:
...
Thanks for the offer Phil. Sorry I'm a noob to the process, specifically
how do you suggest we work together on this documentation? Are you
proposing we email back and forth, and if so, do you mean here within
the list or privately?
If the CentOS wiki works
JohnS wrote:
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 09:48 +0700, hans...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Phil Schaffner philip.r.schaff...@nasa.gov
Do you like the idea of suggesting the LiveCD image rather than the
net install? Lots of advantages and no disadvantages that I can think
of. . .
---
hans
Phil Schaffner wrote:
JohnS wrote:
...
Sorry I neglected to remove the *SPAM* tag. Something about your post
made our filters unhappy. Tried editing this Subject: as an experiment.
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hans...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm currently testing a process very similar to that found here:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
And would like to update that doc with my observations once confirmed.
Would be glad to work with you on the USB install procedure[s]. Sounds
like
JohnS wrote:
...
Hmm I think I have a script somewhere that will do that. Pretty nice.
Would be a good addition if you would care to contribute.
What's the reason for fat16? Why not ext2,3? Just curious.
None that I know of. Just a choice made by the guy on the CentOS Users
ML - John Doe -
Karanbir Singh wrote:
On 06/19/2009 11:54 AM, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
...
right, you can just copy the isos to the usb key, and run a normal HDD
install process.
True, and would be glad to note that, but having it all on the USB key
is what caught my attention when I saw the original post.
Gerald and P.J.,
I just finished setting up VNC services following
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/VNC-Server
and have a few comments.
2.3. Edit the server configuration
The last line should be corrected from
VNCSERVERARGS[1]=-geometry 800x600
to
VNCSERVERARGS[3]=-geometry 800x600
2.4.
Alan Bartlett wrote:
...
Pedantically and ignoring the RAID aspect, just looking at the
equations scientifically, I would say that only the first one is wrong
as (64K / 4K) = 16, not 16K. It should be expressed as (64 / 4)K =
16K.
The other two lines do read correctly but, in the spirit of
Dag Wieers wrote:
...
I don't see anything compelling on the CentOS website frontpage that is
worth going to from the Wiki.
How about the links to the mirror network, IRC Chat, Mailing Lists,
Forums, FAQ, and Commercial support all within 2 lines; Descriptions of
all the major releases with
Patrice Guay wrote:
I created both English and French release notes pages for the upcoming
CentOS LiveCD
5.3:
Patrice,
Not essential, but it would be nice to add a note about what you had to
cut out from the 5.2 package set to make things fit (emacs, scribus, and
k3b IIRC) and the ease of
Vladislav Rastrusny wrote:
Created a draft. Any comments?
Please don't top-post. Would also be good to do a new post with a
descriptive title like:
Subject: Draft TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo page
That would better capture attention than one buried in a long thread.
Will have a look at
Ed Heron wrote:
...
I think so. I use rsync to synchronize samba shares and web sites between
servers so I've gotten used to using it for other things. It also looks
more like a copy, which might be easier to understand for those less
familiar. I was considering adding the tar option.
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
Vladislav Rastrusny wrote:
...
And also I would like to contribute automated RPM forge repository
installation script:
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=20222forum=38post_id=76525#forumpost76525
after it will be checked by forum users and found
Apropos http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo
Suggested changes (mostly nit-picky :-) ...
Change:
Webmin is a web-based interface ...
to:
[http://www.webmin.com/index.html WebMin] is a web-based interface
Scott Robbins wrote:
...
Again, it was a generalization--there are plenty of excellent Linux man
pages and obscure BSD man pages.
... and virtually all of them are better than MS pages that all too
frequently end up by advising the admin looking for answers: Ask your
administrator. :-P
Phil
Karanbir Singh wrote:
Phil Schaffner wrote:
Apropos http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/InstallWebminRepo
Suggested changes (mostly nit-picky :-) ...
Just brief look at the page, can do with some grammar checks I think
Lalit Dhiri wrote:
...
I could not get the Ethernet to work when I first installed 5.2 on
the XPS M1530 so I chose to use the same route and made use of WiFi.
I will try Ethernet with out making changes with 5.3 to see if things
get going if not this is probably still the easiest route imho.
Ed Heron wrote:
Has anybody had a chance to look at this?
Moving it up on my to-do list...
When cloning the root partition need to add H to the rsync flags to
preserve hard links. Don't think /boot uses hard links, but wouldn't
hurt to use it there also. An often-recommended alternative
Lalit Dhiri wrote:
Good morning,
Would anyone with CentOS Wiki experience consider giving feedback on
the state of my draft article at?
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Dell/XPS_M1530
I will be adding info ref Nvidia graphics card driver, hard drive
Load Cycle and hope to have the
Lalit Dhiri wrote:
Good afternoon,
I'd like to write a Wiki article for the Dell XPS M1530 laptop which
will include additional mods eg installation of Nvidia driver, WiFi
firmware, laptop hard disk Load Cycle control etc. Can someone get me
started?
Username: LalitDhiri
Thanks
Hay,
Sean Gilligan wrote:
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
...
Maybe someone with a bit better java background than I have would like to
chime in?
Ned-style disclaimer, I am not a Java expert; OTOH, I have
built/rebuilt-from-SRPM a lot of Java packages over the years using the
HowTo or variations
Ned Slider wrote:...
/remembering my disclaimer/ I'm not a raid/grub expert...
You are too modest. :-) I should put in that disclaimer too!
Presumably Section two is required because grub is installed to the mbr
of /dev/sda so /dev/sdb isn't bootable in the event /dev/sda should fail?
Ned Slider wrote:
...
... I guess even the first part above is unnecessary if grub has already
been correctly installed to the mbr of /dev/sda during installation.
Yes, but it won't hurt and makes the method robust for recovering from a
failed disk.
IMHO I don't think there's a need for
Ed Heron wrote:
From: Ed Heron, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:09 AM
Does documentation exist describing how to convert a simple, single disk
non-RAID CentOS 5 system to software RAID1 using the CentOS install CD/DVD
as a rescue disk?
(Assuming not) Is there a need for such?
(Assuming
Ed Heron wrote:
From: Phil Schaffner, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:31 AM
Having a RAID section in the HowTos page makes sense to me, rather than
cluttering up Misc. Does not require /RAID/ in the directory structure.
How about HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID for a more Wiki-like name
Karanbir Singh wrote:
While articles are being worked on, can we have a policy that says
something like 'must contain a banner on the top indicating its a draft
article'
I see that has been added to the Guidelines.
I put such a notice in my latest draft effort. Is there a way to
Ned Slider wrote:
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I can't think of a good argument for not having /boot on the raid1.
Presumably performance isn't an issue as the contents of /boot gets read
once at system boot (other than maybe fast booting performance, but
that's not really going to be an issue for a server running
Phil Schaffner wrote:
Karanbir Singh wrote:
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Perhaps what we need is a complete section in the howto's page that
talks about storage devices and management of these ( need better phrase ).
That sounds like a good idea, and more general than the
recently-suggested RAID section. How
R P Herrold wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Ned Slider wrote:
There's always going to be an argument about whether to put /boot and swap
on RAID. It's all about performance most of the time being slightly better
versus stability in the event of device failure.
I can't think of a good
Ed Heron wrote:
Please, how would I create a colored area with fixed space text to emulate
computer response?
Ralph and Akemi have already given good (polite!) answers, but one way
to get going on Wiki editing is to find a page that is an example of the
way you want yours to look and under
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