Re: [rhelv5-list] RHEL 5.2 install - hostname can't start with #?

2008-08-25 Thread John Summerfield
Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Vanco Backup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting experience today. I was asked to install a number of servers with hostnames that started with numbers - but the installer would not proceed. I could, of course, change then after the

Re: [rhelv5-list] RHEL 5.2 install - hostname can't start with #?

2008-08-25 Thread Vanco Backup
Thanks for the comments all. I suspected it was an RFC issue, but it was a bit late to check the Interwebs. Should one not exist, I may open a Bugzilla ticket (and refer to the Fedora fix) just to see what opinion is on changing it. Don Hire me - dammit! http://ocnav.com/

[rhelv5-list] Kickstart %include directive

2008-08-25 Thread Michael Green
I'm trying to utilize %include Kickstart directive: % include /install/packages-list.txt Inside of packages-list.txt is %packages directive with a list of @groups and -packages like this: %packages @core @base device-mapper-multipath -nss-tools -nss_db -acpid snip Problem is it doesn't work.

Re: [rhelv5-list] Kickstart %include directive

2008-08-25 Thread Greg_Swift
I'm trying to utilize %include Kickstart directive: % include /install/packages-list.txt Inside of packages-list.txt is %packages directive with a list of @groups and -packages like this: %packages @core @base device-mapper-multipath -nss-tools -nss_db -acpid snip Problem is it

Re: [rhelv5-list] Kickstart %include directive

2008-08-25 Thread Hugh Brown
You have to have /install/packages-list.txt available to the local machine. I have to do: %pre mkdir /nfs/ks mount -t nfs -o nolock,ro server:/kickstart/stuff/includes /nfs/ks and then I include /nfs/ks/package-list Others on the list use wget in the %pre environment to pull down the

[rhelv5-list] RHEL5 - QLA2400 - HP EVA8100

2008-08-25 Thread Thomas Widhalm
Hi List, We frequently have problems connecting RHEL to our HP SAN. I already tried with support but got different answers any time I asked. :-( So, what are your experiences? We want to start a new server with the followin setup: * HP DL380 Server * 2 QL2400 HBAs (HP branded) * HP EVA8100

Re: [rhelv5-list] RHEL5 - QLA2400 - HP EVA8100

2008-08-25 Thread Corey Kovacs
I have a similar configuration using DL360's. So far it's worked great. THere are basically three options that I'll consider. 1. HP branded qlogic drivers setup for driver based failover which coalesces the device paths into a single path. 2. HP bradned qlogic drivers used along with

Re: [rhelv5-list] RHEL 5.2 install - hostname can't start with #?

2008-08-25 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Vanco Backup [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the comments all. I suspected it was an RFC issue, but it was a bit late to check the Interwebs. Should one not exist, I may open a Bugzilla ticket (and refer to the Fedora fix) just to see what opinion is on

Re: [rhelv5-list] RHEL 5.2 install - hostname can't start with #?

2008-08-25 Thread John Summerfield
Vanco Backup wrote: Thanks for the comments all. I suspected it was an RFC issue, but it was a bit late to check the Interwebs. Should one not exist, I may open a Bugzilla ticket (and refer to the Fedora fix) just to see what opinion is on changing it. If there be any remaining doubt, run