Re: [CentOS] Best way to virtualize Windows XP on Centos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/19/2014 03:39 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Frank Cox > wrote: >> I may have a need to run some version of Windows (XP?) on my >> desktop. >> >> As this will likely be a short-term thing, and since I have never >> used Windows, I would like to do this in the most painless way >> possible. A method that requires me to make the least changes to >> my Centos computer would be nice, since I'll probably want to >> back it out again later. >> >> I have never used any of the current virtualization technologies, >> so it's all new to me. >> >> My objective is to have Window run in a window on my desktop. I >> don't want to dual-boot my computer. >> >> I was looking at virtualbox. Is this the best approach? I get >> the impression that there are special kernel modules that are >> required for virtualbox, but if I install dkms then that will be >> automatically handled for me whenever there is a kernel upgrade. >> Install dkms, install the virtualbox repo, install virtualbox >> rpms, set up image, done. Is that all there is to it? Would >> something other than virtualbox be better? >> >> Any recommendations or suggestions will be appreciated. > > Virtualbox will work, but if you want to stick to stock packages > and aren't concerned about running your images on other types of > hosts, try KVM first. > > Yum groupinstall Virtualization "Virtualization Client" > "Virtualization Platform" "Virtualization Tools" might be overkill > but should have everything you need. And then you'll find the GUI > under Applications ->System Tools -> Virtual Machine Manager. > > If you want to give the guest VM bridged access to your NIC, you > also need the bridge-utils package and have to move your host > network setup to the bridge device. > Just one small point to make here. KVM will not work on a 32 bit installation. That's not all that important these days as most all installations are 64 bit. - -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTBsRYAAoJEOKvcl2cb48HH1YH/i/dWrar4SpwDsElePbP2nUS ybOr65xnjrT2hgM2iRm/+QXvbRvnyke49K0UiLwpsmY/w/w9Q1VUB0vHxoEttfRf O6m5y+zFqscTNksgv8C4nMAznCTlaB/T6zNYf3kMEyq40UDbH48lUafKynYlH6mJ 9we2xchIihhqKYeQM0HFzMLUBp8ZI6JcSh5IQT+QC4RuSH+ATsUzhYZ50UjRfH/D /fgFX75xGWYQ5ffpAigGLsapxGfeuweQo5i+E4osaO7Rl6D/gmhsPH4qh6v9elOx Z2ZRx4afLUGeJoDV7qgnTdrORLXOENn+eIE4pmORwk7HR3ZdnCJq6TbJ98Hk7FM= =0dFg -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem with wireless router
> On Feb 20, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Joseph Hesse wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using wireless N on a DLink-655 wireless router. It is the "A" > hardware version with the latest firmware. > I am using a channel that no one in my vicinity is using, according to > iwlist. > I checked the Statistics from the router web interface and they are > shown below for a period of less than an hour. > It looks like the errors are excessive, especially the "RX Packets Dropped" > Is this par for the course and TCP takes care of it or am I having > hardware problems with my router? > > Thank you, > Joe > > Wireless Statistics > Sent :138143 > TX Packets Dropped :41 > Received :99485 > RX Packets Dropped :50911 50% is a high drop rate. Are you using 2.4ghz? Try a different channel. While iwlist may not show anything talking 802.11 on your channel other things not may be one the channel. Baby monitor, bluetooth, wireless security camera, etc could be 'constant transmitters' on the same frequency causing the 50% drop rate which you are seeing. I'm not sure what wifi linux tools can identify constant transmitters. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
On 20/02/14 21:50, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:42:35 -0600 > Joseph Hesse wrote: > >> Apparently my hardware is not sufficient. When I run "iwlist scan" I get: >> >> lo p5p1; Interface doesn't support scanning > > I'm pretty sure you have to run it as root user. > and you normally need to specify the wireless interface that's doing the scanning (e.g, wlan0). So the normal usage would be, as root: iwlist wlan0 scan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Problem with wireless router
Hello, I am using wireless N on a DLink-655 wireless router. It is the "A" hardware version with the latest firmware. I am using a channel that no one in my vicinity is using, according to iwlist. I checked the Statistics from the router web interface and they are shown below for a period of less than an hour. It looks like the errors are excessive, especially the "RX Packets Dropped" Is this par for the course and TCP takes care of it or am I having hardware problems with my router? Thank you, Joe Wireless Statistics Sent :138143 TX Packets Dropped :41 Received :99485 RX Packets Dropped :50911 Errors :27 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
Joseph Hesse writes: > Apparently my hardware is not sufficient. When I run "iwlist scan" I get: > > lo p5p1; Interface doesn't support scanning Is CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT enabled in the kernel? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HP dl580 g5 RAID management
John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/20/2014 1:27 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> If this were a Dell RAID, I could use megaraid while the system's >> running. >> Does anyone know what I need to use to manage the HP "amart array" RAID? >> I've got an orange light on a drive, and can't find, googling, whether I >> can just pull the drive, or if I have to separate it from the RAID, >> or >> And can't bring the system down to use the firmware interface, not >> without >> upsetting users. >> >> Dealt with this a year or two ago, and can't find anything. > > hpacucli THANK YOU! That was *exactly* what I needed. Boy, is that interface user hostile. Finally got it to tell me the drive'd failed. Now, if we've got a spare 2.5" drive (I have grave doubts) > > this page seems to suggest what all you need to install to get it to > play, I'd check HP's site for newer versions, of course, but then a g5 > is a pretty old server. > http://koo.fi/blog/2008/06/08/hp-array-configuration-and-diagnostic-utilities-on-linux/ It is. We inherited it, sorta, and it's in use in an intramural collaboration between us and another Institute. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
Thank you to you for the offer. As a learning experience I will try to do it myself. Also, thank you to the user who pointed out that the iwlist command has to be run as root. On 02/20/2014 11:52 AM, Billy Crook wrote: > there's the iwlist command. I put together an awk script to columnate > the data I cared about, and a cronjob that runs it analyzes it for > things i care about (like neighbors using my same or similar network > name, same frequencies, etc, and put it in a cronjob to log and email > me anomalies. > > Works pretty well. I can share my script and awk if helpful > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Tom Bishop wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Joseph Hesse wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I am having interference with my neighbouring wireless networks. >>> Is there a linux tool that enables me to monitor the ESSID, channel, >>> power output and other information for neighbouring wireless networks? >>> I am especially interested in the channel so I can choose a different one. >>> Thank you, >>> Joe >>> ___ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> There is a really good Android app, WIFI analyzer >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer if >> you have access to a phone or better yet a tablet. Very nice and allows >> you to look at all kinds of things, I also know of another one called Wifi >> Radar for linux but not nears as good. >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Growing HW RAID arrays, Online
We add disks to an LSI raid array periodically to increase the amount of available space for business needs. It is understood that this process starts with metal, and has many layers that must each adjust to make use of the additional space. Each of these layers also says that it can do that 'online' without interruption or rebooting. But making it happen is not that easy. When the HW raid controller's grow completes, we echo 1 to /sys/bus/scsi/devices/#:#:#:#/rescan and the kernel notices and updates the size of the block device. (sdc in this case) sdc1 is the only partition on the device, and should consume the entire device. sdc1 is a PV in a VG that holds production data and must not become unavailable at any time. After growing sdc as mentioned earlier, parted notices that the end-of-drive partition table is missing, fixes it, and grows its disk size to match the new size of sdc. It all makes sense up to this point. but what happens next is what I need some advice on. How do we grow sdc1, online? parted says it doesn't support 'resize' on the filesystem (LVM PV). The usual answer to parted's lack of support for filesystems, and insistence to only resize partitions when it can stick its nose in the filesystem and do that too is: parted sdc rm 1, parted mkpart primary 0% 100% (thus making a new partition "Around" the old one) That should work, but I can't get the kernel to 'notice' that sdc1 is now larger. hdparm -z barfs up an error that sdc is in use. I know that rebooting likely will fix it. But we cannot reboot. We also cannot keep making more partitions every time we add a disk. So that's not a solution either. We need to GROW the gpt partitions online, or use another partitioning type that supports >6TB I've googled it for hours and found no good solutions. This same situation would affect VMs with virtual disks that grow over time to satisfy business needs, as well as servers mounting iSCSI/FC storage that grows over time. How would you grow this online? Going without partitions at all and putting the pv directly on sdc is no good either. So we need partitions, and msdos tables don't support >2TB and the only other in practical use that I know of is gpt, and thse aparently can't expand online! Here's where I'm at now in case you're curious [root@host lib]# parted /dev/sdc unit s print free Model: SMC SMC2108 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 818943s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 34s8189439966s 8189439933s primary Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. [root@host lib]# cat /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0\:2\:2\:0/block\:sdc/size 818944 [root@host lib]# cat /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0\:2\:2\:0/block\:sdc/sdc1/size 7019519933 # I bet the above 7billion will be around 8billion at the next reboot. (Each physical disk has about a billion sectors -- Billy Crook * Network and Security Administrator * RiskAnalytics, LLC ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:42:35 -0600 Joseph Hesse wrote: > Apparently my hardware is not sufficient. When I run "iwlist scan" I get: > > lo p5p1; Interface doesn't support scanning I'm pretty sure you have to run it as root user. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HP dl580 g5 RAID management
W dniu 20.02.2014 22:27, m.r...@5-cent.us pisze: > If this were a Dell RAID, I could use megaraid while the system's running. > Does anyone know what I need to use to manage the HP "amart array" RAID? > I've got an orange light on a drive, and can't find, googling, whether I > can just pull the drive, or if I have to separate it from the RAID, or > And can't bring the system down to use the firmware interface, not without > upsetting users. > > Dealt with this a year or two ago, and can't find anything. > >mark "CentOS 6.5" Hi. You must install raid managemnt aplication from HP. Look at hp WWW - software related to serwer of yours and installed OS. I have Centos 5 and have this software running via web browser. CLI version is available also. Irek > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HP dl580 g5 RAID management
On 2/20/2014 1:27 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > If this were a Dell RAID, I could use megaraid while the system's running. > Does anyone know what I need to use to manage the HP "amart array" RAID? > I've got an orange light on a drive, and can't find, googling, whether I > can just pull the drive, or if I have to separate it from the RAID, or > And can't bring the system down to use the firmware interface, not without > upsetting users. > > Dealt with this a year or two ago, and can't find anything. hpacucli this page seems to suggest what all you need to install to get it to play, I'd check HP's site for newer versions, of course, but then a g5 is a pretty old server. http://koo.fi/blog/2008/06/08/hp-array-configuration-and-diagnostic-utilities-on-linux/ -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
Apparently my hardware is not sufficient. When I run "iwlist scan" I get: lo p5p1; Interface doesn't support scanning On 02/20/2014 11:52 AM, Billy Crook wrote: > there's the iwlist command. I put together an awk script to columnate > the data I cared about, and a cronjob that runs it analyzes it for > things i care about (like neighbors using my same or similar network > name, same frequencies, etc, and put it in a cronjob to log and email > me anomalies. > > Works pretty well. I can share my script and awk if helpful > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Tom Bishop wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Joseph Hesse wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I am having interference with my neighbouring wireless networks. >>> Is there a linux tool that enables me to monitor the ESSID, channel, >>> power output and other information for neighbouring wireless networks? >>> I am especially interested in the channel so I can choose a different one. >>> Thank you, >>> Joe >>> ___ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS@centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> There is a really good Android app, WIFI analyzer >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer if >> you have access to a phone or better yet a tablet. Very nice and allows >> you to look at all kinds of things, I also know of another one called Wifi >> Radar for linux but not nears as good. >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] HP dl580 g5 RAID management
If this were a Dell RAID, I could use megaraid while the system's running. Does anyone know what I need to use to manage the HP "amart array" RAID? I've got an orange light on a drive, and can't find, googling, whether I can just pull the drive, or if I have to separate it from the RAID, or And can't bring the system down to use the firmware interface, not without upsetting users. Dealt with this a year or two ago, and can't find anything. mark "CentOS 6.5" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
there's the iwlist command. I put together an awk script to columnate the data I cared about, and a cronjob that runs it analyzes it for things i care about (like neighbors using my same or similar network name, same frequencies, etc, and put it in a cronjob to log and email me anomalies. Works pretty well. I can share my script and awk if helpful On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Tom Bishop wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Joseph Hesse wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am having interference with my neighbouring wireless networks. >> Is there a linux tool that enables me to monitor the ESSID, channel, >> power output and other information for neighbouring wireless networks? >> I am especially interested in the channel so I can choose a different one. >> Thank you, >> Joe >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > There is a really good Android app, WIFI analyzer > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer if > you have access to a phone or better yet a tablet. Very nice and allows > you to look at all kinds of things, I also know of another one called Wifi > Radar for linux but not nears as good. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Billy Crook * Network and Security Administrator * RiskAnalytics, LLC ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] bridge network question
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Digimer wrote: > On 19/02/14 05:46 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > > What is your complete network configuration? > > > > Please see: > > > > > https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/s2-networkscripts-interfaces_network-bridge.html > > > > Alexander > > Iirc, there is/was a bug where the bridge's file name had to sort > [ I'm happy I didn't get bitten by any bug like that! ] Maybe there _was_ a bug. I have interfaces that start with a "c" and that alphabetically comes before "ethX" or "pXpY". I haven't seen any problems with this configuration. I don't have an IP address (and gateway+dns info) on my bridges. > *after* the slaved interfaces. So I always use 'vbrX' instead of 'brX This "bug" you speak of may be entirely related to your Ethernet bonding though and not the bridging aspect. ' > (virtual bridge). I don't think the actual DEVICE="..." matter, just the > file name, but I like to make the match so I just do vbrX for both. > > Here is an example of my bridges: > > > vim /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vbr2 > > # Internet-Facing Network - Bridge > DEVICE="vbr2" > TYPE="Bridge" > NM_CONTROLLED="no" > BOOTPROTO="none" > IPADDR="10.255.50.1" > NETMASK="255.255.0.0" > GATEWAY="10.255.255.254" > DNS1="8.8.8.8" > DNS2="8.8.4.4" > DEFROUTE="yes" > > > Then an example interface (I use bonds, but this could just as easily be > a normal ifcfg-ethX) > > > vim /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond2 > > # Internet-Facing Network - Bond > DEVICE="bond2" > BRIDGE="vbr2" > NM_CONTROLLED="no" > BOOTPROTO="none" > ONBOOT="yes" > BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 miimon=100 use_carrier=1 updelay=12 downdelay=0 > primary=eth2" > > > Note that the IP moves to the bridge. > > hth > Thanks for sharing configs. It's always helpful to see how others are configuring their systems. > > -- > Digimer > Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ > What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without > access to education? > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Lars Hecking wrote: > >> There is a really good Android app, WIFI analyzer >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer if >> you have access to a phone or better yet a tablet. Very nice and allows >> you to look at all kinds of things, I also know of another one called Wifi >> Radar for linux but not nears as good. > > Fully seconded. Agreed - and the Wifi analyzer is in the subset of android apps that you can get on the kindle fire, too. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks
On 20/02/14 15:39, Joseph Hesse wrote: > Hi, > I am having interference with my neighbouring wireless networks. > Is there a linux tool that enables me to monitor the ESSID, channel, > power output and other information for neighbouring wireless networks? > I am especially interested in the channel so I can choose a different one. > Thank you, > Joe try: iwlist wlan0 scan which will scan for wireless networks and give you the information you mention above. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
> There is a really good Android app, WIFI analyzer > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer if > you have access to a phone or better yet a tablet. Very nice and allows > you to look at all kinds of things, I also know of another one called Wifi > Radar for linux but not nears as good. Fully seconded. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks OT
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Joseph Hesse wrote: > Hi, > I am having interference with my neighbouring wireless networks. > Is there a linux tool that enables me to monitor the ESSID, channel, > power output and other information for neighbouring wireless networks? > I am especially interested in the channel so I can choose a different one. > Thank you, > Joe > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > There is a really good Android app, WIFI analyzer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer if you have access to a phone or better yet a tablet. Very nice and allows you to look at all kinds of things, I also know of another one called Wifi Radar for linux but not nears as good. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Monitor Wireless Networks
Hi, I am having interference with my neighbouring wireless networks. Is there a linux tool that enables me to monitor the ESSID, channel, power output and other information for neighbouring wireless networks? I am especially interested in the channel so I can choose a different one. Thank you, Joe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Old harware (intel 82845G card) stopped working after update (centos 6)
alain.coch...@unistra.fr writes on Wed 19 Feb 2014 08:44: > At any rate, what are my options now? > > Could it be possible to downgrade to the working state? Google tells > me about 'yum downgrade', but is it a good route in this case? Should > I and could I go back to 6.4? Or could I try to identify a particular > package? > > Or is it more promising to try to reinstall? > > Also, is there a hope that I could find a workaround with some > configuration file, like xorg.conf? I followed the following, found at https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/10613/intel-82845g-integrated-graphics-hanging-in-fedora-18-i686-desktop/ from someone with the same problem: * When your machine boots into the login screen (or a black screen with cursor if you are unlucky like me) hit CTRL+ALT+F2 to get to screen TTY2 * Login as root * type 'init 3' to shut down the graphical interface * type 'X -configure' (case sensitive) * The new xorg.conf.new will be in root's home folder. optionally type 'cd /root' to get to that file. * type 'nano xorg.conf.new' to open the file * Find the line under "Device" which says 'Driver "intel"' and change it to 'Driver "vesa"' * save and exit with CTRL+X, press 'Y' then hit * rename existing xorg.conf, if any: mv -i /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/xorg.conf.old * copy your new file with "vesa" line to the right place: cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf * start in graphical mode with 'init 5' or just 'reboot' and let things start up again. In my case, there was no "intel"; instead, the line was 'Driver "modesetting"'. I first replaced 'modesetting' by 'vesa', but it failed. Then I kept the file without modifications, i.e., with 'Driver "modesetting"' and it worked. Regards, a. -- EOST (École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre) IPG (Institut de Physique du Globe) | alain.coch...@unistra.fr 5 rue René Descartes [bureau 106] | Phone: +33 (0)3 68 85 50 44 F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France| Fax: +33 (0)3 68 85 01 25 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] createrepo command for 6.4 respin
On 02/19/2014 10:57 AM, Steve Clark wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I have been searching for the correct createrepo command to make a 6.4 respin.
> We have been doing this with previous versions using
> createrepo -u "media://$discinfo" -g ${DIR}/my_kickstart${VER}/comps.xml .
>
> Which had worked fine until now.
>
> Thanks,
>
Hmm... I got my respin build to work by installing the createrepo 0.4.11 from
centos 5.x
I even tried the step by step instructions I found at
https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/TUSKpub/Build+Custom+RHEL+or+CentOS+Respin+DVD
and got the same error message - something to the effect it can't find the repo.
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Re: [CentOS] Dug myself into a hole
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dug myself into a hole > > > Bob S > Disable the offending repositories and then run > yum distro-sync > > Louis > One more relevant note on this thread. The "yum distro-sync' works well. I discovered the priorities plug-in in the CentOS wiki. (wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities) You can make sure a third party rpm never replaces a base rpm. Of course if not replacing the base rpm means the application does not work... Well you have to decide what you want to do. Bob S ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] createrepo command for 6.4 respin
On 02/20/2014 01:21 AM, Ashish Yadav wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Steve Clark wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I have been searching for the correct createrepo command to make a 6.4
>> respin.
>> We have been doing this with previous versions using
>> createrepo -u "media://$discinfo" -g ${DIR}/my_kickstart${VER}/comps.xml .
>>
> What kind of error you are getting when you type above command?
>
>
Actually I should have been more clear. The above command works fine but when I
try to actually use
my new iso image - all goes well up to the point where the repo is needed and I
get an error message
from anaconda saying it can find the repo.
I did get it to work by going back and doing the build of the 6.x iso under
CentOS 5.x and all worked.
One thing I noticed is the output of the createrepo command under 6.4 had md5
filenames like
repodata/e7264c5a718d3d8b6fd4bb966ee52c81374e5f16d3882cec5cef1a145fb3a158-filelists.xml.gz
but when I build under 5.x all I see is
repodata/filelists.xml.gz
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Today's Topics:
1. CESA-2014:0186 Moderate CentOS 5 mysql55-mysqlUpdate
(Johnny Hughes)
2. Software Collections for CentOS-6 (x86_64 only) (Johnny Hughes)
3. CESA-2014:0173 Moderate mysql55-mysql SCL Security Update
(Johnny Hughes)
4. Updates Included in CentOS Software Collections (Johnny Hughes)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:53:22 +
From: Johnny Hughes
Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2014:0186 Moderate CentOS 5
mysql55-mysql Update
To: centos-annou...@centos.org
Message-ID: <20140219135322.ga16...@chakra.karan.org>
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CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2014:0186 Moderate
Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0186.html
The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename )
i386:
5aea344ecba1099443217fea54e15c7c2ad85922ca93bcead50c57a1a8714145
mysql55-mysql-5.5.36-2.el5.i386.rpm
9291da5286222e844abf55c89051593ac38347889c56036e79907f3f3b96f453
mysql55-mysql-bench-5.5.36-2.el5.i386.rpm
76e37b949b2d43589e645daf13b35899fee7ad17a0e95b4c0a4612663cffdab7
mysql55-mysql-devel-5.5.36-2.el5.i386.rpm
105fe958561c38b751139aa1d43c3f82f2eda4c38f214803f5163b661f2e90f1
mysql55-mysql-libs-5.5.36-2.el5.i386.rpm
f44593fd893778ed9c1642020f438e0d0497ae2d7d833fee685ca3637539c8a4
mysql55-mysql-server-5.5.36-2.el5.i386.rpm
8343922201ed50377377849f1cacc098c49e7a5b80f07cbed0a84018dd1082ed
mysql55-mysql-test-5.5.36-2.el5.i386.rpm
x86_64:
d3adaf28e281d5fccc9ff5889b7214abe57499d8f8bc88c32c5af2c88cc424f1
mysql55-mysql-5.5.36-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
93967d07b987bb2a6eebbf4a8c4eca6768658a3cde5f3e9d056388daff7c08a3
mysql55-mysql-bench-5.5.36-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
76e37b949b2d43589e645daf13b35899fee7ad17a0e95b4c0a4612663cffdab7
mysql55-mysql-devel-5.5.36-2.el5.i386.rpm
3fb686d421e18f1390b478f6b5e3b09ac3c7b032a9202c0aea2e3265e8b9eb08
mysql55-mysql-devel-5.5.36-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
da98ca57de9d5252f0a8bf532cdc3675060c955998869b5c4b372141ca7e2829
mysql55-mysql-libs-5.5.36-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
63bfff4879c7f34cdd297c33fc1cbf022feb42107b5f4f5b7db3b5f5709efc28
mysql55-mysql-server-5.5.36-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
07661872b2a08cba956e6435b860469f037b7a543a170c1aa5effe96aaa88ac4
mysql55-mysql-test-5.5.36-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
Source:
ee393cede335aa6587445a8866cef1e9d04d22834f17f0bec88aadc8ab06844c
mysql55-mysql-5.5.36-2.el5.src.rpm
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Johnny Hughes
CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ }
irc: hughesjr, #cen...@irc.freenode.net
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:53:15 -0600
From: Johnny Hughes
Subject: [CentOS-announce] Software Collections for CentOS-6 (x86_64
only)
To: CentOS-Announce
Message-ID: <5304c55b.3090...@centos.org>
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The CentOS Project wants to announce that we have released the Software
Collections (SCL) for CentOS-6 x86_64.
Software collections only work with CentOS-6.4 and CentOS-6.5 .. earlier
versions of CentOS-6 may not work with some SCL packages.
Information about SCLs can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Software_Collections/
Sections of the upstream documentation that discuss RHN for delivery or
reporting bugs to the upstream bugzilla are not applicable to CentOS
(that is Section 2.1, Section 2.8 and all of Chapter 3 of the Revision
1.0-17.400 of the linked Release Notes).
To get Software Collections for CentOS, you need to do:
yum install centos-release-SCL
After installation of the release file, to get specific SCL packages the
linked upstream release notes can be used (ie, yum install php54
mariadb55).
All bugs for the CentOS Software Collections should be made via
http://bugs.centos.org/
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:28:37 +
From: Johnny Hughes
Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2014:0173 Moderate mysql55-mysql SCL
Security Update
To: centos-annou...@centos.org
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CentOS Errata and Security Advis
Re: [CentOS] CLAMAV problem: Error message "outdated version" although "yum list installed" reports correct version
On 02/19/2014 09:53 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 09:20:05PM -0600, Johnny Hughes (joh...@centos.org) > wrote: >> On 02/19/2014 08:29 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> I posted this on the clamav list as well, as I do not know whether this is >>> a rpm issue or clamav issue. >>> Strange problem indeed: >>> >>> [root /tmp] #>yum list installed "clamav*" >>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror >>> Installed Packages >>> clamav.x86_64 0.98-2.el5.rf installed >>> clamav-db.x86_64 0.98-2.el5.rf installed >>> clamav-milter.x86_64 0.98-2.el5.rf installed >>> [root /tmp] #> >> Yes, repoforge needs to build the new version if clamav (version 0.98.1) >> instead of 0.98. >> > But according to the RPM numbers (see above) it already did ... this is why > it is so confusing. > > Jobst > No, they didn't ... they built 0.98-2 ... that is their 2nd build of 0.98 If they built the new version it would be: 0.98.1-1 or 0.98.1-2 ... not 0.98-2 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OpenSSL in CentOS 7
On 02/20/2014 09:54 PM, Kristoffer Rath Hansen wrote: > > What version of OpenSSL will CentOS 7 ship with? >From RHEL7 beta: 1:openssl-1.0.1e-23.el7.x86_64 CentOS 7 will be the same. Peter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Best way to virtualize Windows XP on Centos
On 19/02/2014 23:09, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 02/19/2014 05:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:31 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 2/19/2014 2:25 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: When I got a server with too much RAM for the free version of ESXi that limit was rescinded in August.ESXI 5.5 is now free for unlimited memory. about the only restriction is max 8 CPU cores per VM. Figures... I think I built those in June or so. Anyway, while the VMware console client is somewhat slicker I don't see any functional reason to change back - KVM runs them just the same. I ran (in my previous job) four Windows 2008 server VMs, two Windows XP VMs, and one Windows 7 VM on KVM with CentOS-5.x as the base OS. I did not have any major issues .. but I did not try to do things like USB connections, etc. I run, on Centos 6.5, a headless Virtualbox system with phpVirtualbox which runs: 17 Centos 6.5 Systems 1 Windows 7 System 1 FreeBSD System Works a treat, the hardware is a dual Quad core Xeon system with 96GB of RAM. Not had any problems with CPU over-subscription. -- Regards, Giles Coochey, CCNP, CCNA, CCNAS NetSecSpec Ltd +44 (0) 8444 780677 +44 (0) 7983 877438 http://www.coochey.net http://www.netsecspec.co.uk gi...@coochey.net ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] OpenSSL in CentOS 7
Hello, What version of OpenSSL will CentOS 7 ship with? Mvh. / Best regards Kristoffer Rath Hansen Teknisk chef Serverfruit https://www.serverfruit.com/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
