On May 11, 2015, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > Not to start a flame way, but genuinely curious--why?
+1 on the question. I've been curious about CentOS for a while, and would like to know more of why people who use it choose it over something else. Again, no flame war intended. I am not indicating any distro better than another. I just want to know other opinions than mine. :) --- Dan On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:10 AM, David Phillps <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn’t want one either just have worked with both distro's and went with > the enterprise repo for stability and the large players, like HP, IBM and > even Microsoft sell support for redhat.. So being a 20yr vet of Unix admin > and 10yr of linux I look for the biggest and most stable distro. Also in my > exp there is lots of docs online for all the projects I have had to do, > like openstack and salt. iSCSI was so simple to setup from that repo, so I > had to mention my bias. > > dp > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicholas Leippe [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 5:04 PM > To: Provo Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: iSCSI howto? > > Not to start a flame war, but genuinely curious--why? > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 1:01 PM, David Phillps <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/ISCSI > > > > Not to be a jerk , but so glad I am in the centos repo world.. > > > > dp > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dan Egli [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:57 AM > > To: Provo Linux Users Group > > Subject: Re: iSCSI howto? > > > > On May 7, 2015, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > > > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ISCSI > > > > > > > > Finally got the #!%^)*( proxy to let me view the page, and I must say > > that it was not wholly informative. Maybe one page if I was to print > > it. Some good info on running the iscsiadm command, but it doesn't > > cover creating iscsi target files or anything of that nature. In fact > > the information was extremely limited. I'll keep looking and perhaps > > between several sites I'll find enough to be able to explain the > > process, and perhaps even update the Gentoo wiki so that it's more > > informative. :( > > > > > > > > Thanks though! > > --- Dan > > > > On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yea, I saw that one, but then the proxy I'm forced to go through > > > decided to throw a hissy fit and wouldn't let me into the Gentoo > > > site to look at that. I'll keep trying and perhaps I'll get lucky > > > one of these days. I hate mis-configured transparent proxy servers! > > > > > > > > > --- Dan > > > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Nicholas Leippe <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> 1st hit on google: > > >> > > >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ISCSI > > >> > > >> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > > >> > On May 4, 2015, David Phillps wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Depending on the OS. There is a lot of docs on iscsi-initiator > > >> > > for > > >> > redhat/centos/deb clients. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_6&p=iscsi > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > I'll check that url. Thanks. While not using redhat/centos or a > > >> > debian based client, I imagine the steps are going to be similar > > >> > for Gentoo. Of course there's some changes. But the core should > > >> > be the same, > > >> especially on > > >> > the server end. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > --- Dan > > >> > > > >> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:18 AM, David Phillps > > >> > <[email protected]> > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Depending on the OS. There is a lot of docs on iscsi-initiator > > >> > > for redhat/centos/deb clients. > > >> > > > > >> > > http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_6&p=iscsi > > >> > > > > >> > > You can use raw/lvm/image as a target. If you are booting off > > >> > > of > > >> iSCSI, I > > >> > > have never used that method. > > >> > > > > >> > > David > > >> > > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > > >> > > From: Dan Egli [mailto:[email protected]] > > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 12:56 AM > > >> > > To: Provo Linux Users Group > > >> > > Subject: iSCSI howto? > > >> > > > > >> > > I was talking to someone here today and we got on the topic of > > iSCSI. > > >> I > > >> > > had to admit that I didn't know how to setup an iSCSI install, > > >> > > and > > >> that > > >> > > kind of bugged me. Anyone know of a good site that explains how > > >> > > to > > >> setup > > >> > > iSCSI (probably using gPXE since that's the only way I've seen > > >> > > it > > >> done on > > >> > > Linux)? > > >> > > That way I can correct the gap in my knowledge? > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Thanks! > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > --- Dan > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > /* > > >> > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > >> > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > >> > > Don't fear the penguin. > > >> > > */ > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > /* > > >> > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > >> > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > >> > Don't fear the penguin. > > >> > */ > > >> > > > >> > > >> /* > > >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > >> Don't fear the penguin. > > >> */ > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
