Domnick, glad to hear it worked perfectly for you. Eric, yeah, I agree about using RPMs for the perl modules. I'm out of town until late today, but I'll update my script to make that change ASAP when I get back. --Ron
Sent from my iPad On Jul 18, 2012, at 11:36 PM, Domnick Eger <de...@cobercafe.net> wrote: > I can confirm this works on CentOS 6.2 on XenServer 6.0 it took 35 > minutes, and I was able to go live as soon as the script finished. > > I migrated from cents 5.2, and did the backup, and restore took an hour. > Perfect setup. Thanks a bunch for that script. > > On 7/18/12 8:24 PM, "Eric Shubert" <e...@shubes.net> wrote: > >> Just for the record, using RPMs is the preferred method (instead of >> using CPAN), for several reasons that I don't think I need to expound. >> RPMs will be used in the 'official' version, so doing so now would be >> prudent. >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> On 07/18/2012 03:25 PM, Ron Pacheco wrote: >>> Oh, actually, looks like I may have interpreted your question backward. >>> I suppose it would have been better to find the YUM packages for all the >>> perl modules instead of using CPAN, but again, each of those sections >>> was taken from code that essentially already did the heavy lifting, I >>> simply adapted them to fit into the larger picture, and once it worked, >>> I left it alone. That flow chart that starts "Does it work?" and later >>> asks "Did you f*** with it?" comes to mind . . . :D >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:21:18 PM, Ron Pacheco wrote: >>>> Eric, >>>> >>>> Fair question. The short answer is that this script evolved as I >>>> tackled each install issue in turn, and being partly pieced from other >>>> install procedures and partly from my own code, what worked was simply >>>> left alone and kept intact. I believe that particular code that pulls >>>> those perl modules using YUM was part of one of the original CentOS 5 >>>> install scripts where I borrowed part of the code from. >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 5:07:14 PM, Eric Broch wrote: >>>>> On 7/18/2012 2:03 PM, Ron Pacheco wrote: >>>>>> List, >>>>>> >>>>>> This question appears to come up often enough that a turnkey CentOS >>>>>> 6.x installer script is probably worth sharing in its entirety. It is >>>>>> available for now via a folder on my company's Box account in both >>>>>> 7zip and gzipped tar formats with accompanying MD5 and SHA1 hashes >>>>>> (if >>>>>> someone has a more appropriate hosting location, let me know): >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.box.com/shared/de954e52e0816ffc2e93 >>>>>> >>>>>> This is not officially supported for anyone but myself, but as it can >>>>>> make CentOS 6.x installs trivial---I and several colleagues have used >>>>>> it without issue---I will try to respond to any queries about it that >>>>>> are posted here to this list. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you plan to use this, read the README thoroughly, and as with any >>>>>> unsupported script or software, it is strongly recommended that you >>>>>> browse through the script to be sure you understand it before using >>>>>> it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ron >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>>>> qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>>> qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>>>>> >>>>> That looks good, Ron. May I ask one question? Why don't you install >>>>> the >>>>> perl modules using YUM instead of CPAN as your script installs the >>>>> rpmforge repo which maintains these modules? >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>> qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>> qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >>> For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com >> For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com >> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com
