Re: GPT partition removal
Hi All, Is there a way to get past the "blow off" answer I got back from Red Hat on: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733807 This is where SL6.0's fdisk won't remove a GPT partition but Fedora Core 15's fdisk will. Is there some mechanism where the SL community can get by the traffic cop and get something fixed over at RHEL? Many thanks, -T On 08/26/2011 09:19 PM, Kevin Wood wrote: > There are other tools available. TestDisk and Gparted are both in the epel repo. Parted is in the SL repos, and I think is installed by default. Tried Gparted. Would not touch GPT. Did not try TestDisk.
Re: GPT partition removal
There are other tools available. TestDisk and Gparted are both in the epel repo. Parted is in the SL repos, and I think is installed by default. From: Todd And Margo Chester To: "scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov" Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 8:47 PM Subject: GPT partition removal Hi All, Is there a way to get past the "blow off" answer I got back from Red Hat on: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733807 This is where SL6.0's fdisk won't remove a GPT partition but Fedora Core 15's fdisk will. Is there some mechanism where the SL community can get by the traffic cop and get something fixed over at RHEL? Many thanks, -T
Re: GPT partition removal
On 08/26/2011 07:20 PM, Tom H wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: Is there a way to get past the "blow off" answer I got back from Red Hat on: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733807 This is where SL6.0's fdisk won't remove a GPT partition but Fedora Core 15's fdisk will. Is there some mechanism where the SL community can get by the traffic cop and get something fixed over at RHEL? It's probably a version issue. SL6 has util-linux 2.17 and F15 has util-linux 2.19. SL6 and F15 are probably close enough that you can rebuild the F15 srpm for SL6. Hi Todd, If you use palimpsest (AKA "gnome-disk-utility" - which is part of the base SL installation), it is a 5 second job to change from GPT to MBR (and in reverse) Just plug in the drive, open palimpsest, choose the drive in the left-side pane, and click the "format drive" button (right-hand-middle/top), and then use the drop-down to select what you want the drive to be. I use it all the time and have never had an issue; it is a very useful partition management tool. Hope that helps, Alex
Re: Network failure on SL 6.1 with a kickstart file
On 08/26/2011 06:57 PM, Tom H wrote: > Add "--activate" to your "network" line. Done! Thank you very much. This worked! Of course, now that I know what option to look for, I find there is plenty of documentation on the activate parameter that we somehow overlooked. Doh! :D > If "%post" is ks.cfg because you deleted the post-script and deleted > "%end" with the script then ignore this comment. But if you have > "%post" without an "%end", add one (or delete "%post" since it's an > empty section). Yeah, I chopped out chunks of the kickstart file as I was narrowing down the problem. The file we use has an end section. Thanks for catching that anyway. Thanks again for your help! ~Stack~ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: GPT partition removal
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: > > Is there a way to get past the "blow off" answer I got back from Red > Hat on: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733807 > > This is where SL6.0's fdisk won't remove a GPT partition > but Fedora Core 15's fdisk will. > > Is there some mechanism where the SL community can get > by the traffic cop and get something fixed over at RHEL? It's probably a version issue. SL6 has util-linux 2.17 and F15 has util-linux 2.19. SL6 and F15 are probably close enough that you can rebuild the F15 srpm for SL6.
GPT partition removal
Hi All, Is there a way to get past the "blow off" answer I got back from Red Hat on: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733807 This is where SL6.0's fdisk won't remove a GPT partition but Fedora Core 15's fdisk will. Is there some mechanism where the SL community can get by the traffic cop and get something fixed over at RHEL? Many thanks, -T
Re: Network failure on SL 6.1 with a kickstart file
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:42 PM, ~Stack~ wrote: > > firewall --disabled > install > repo --name="Scientifc Linux 6.1 - x86_64 - fastbugs" > --baseurl=http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/fastbugs/ > --cost=1000 > repo --name="Scientific Linux 6.1 - x86_64" > --baseurl=http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/os/ > --cost=1000 > repo --name="Scientific Linux 6.1 - x86_64 - security updates" > --baseurl=http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/security/ > --cost=1000 > rootpw --iscrypted > $6$pnfgdEaQ4qGc0n6f$PUbVoL9zugPXulD1Uvuy1dadTfm6a0/o3YUM3r2nO5D01aDEwMvW7SHZrNgHlLFYk5Yrj2tbClL4Lgjz1Ojnf1 > auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512 > text > keyboard us > lang en_US > selinux --disabled > skipx > logging --level=debug > timezone America/Chicago > network --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --gateway=192.168.0.1 > --ip=192.168.1.13 --nameserver=192.168.1.1 --netmask=255.255.0.0 --onboot=on > bootloader --append="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet" --location=mbr > --driveorder="sda" > zerombr > clearpart --all --initlabel --drives="sda" > part / --fstype="ext4" --size=20480 > part swap --fstype="swap" --size=4096 > part /home --fstype="ext4" --grow --size=1 > reboot > %post > %packages --nobase > %end Add "--activate" to your "network" line. If "%post" is ks.cfg because you deleted the post-script and deleted "%end" with the script then ignore this comment. But if you have "%post" without an "%end", add one (or delete "%post" since it's an empty section).
Network failure on SL 6.1 with a kickstart file
Good afternoon, My team has found an odd error with the kickstart process using SL6.1 when working on my physical systems. It seems that the problem revolves completely around the network configuration. Many of my physical systems have a kickstart file taylored to the specific needs and the network section is usually specific to a single machine (DHCP is not always a possible solution at this time due to other issues that are off topic). I am hoping maybe someone could take a look at it and suggest an alternative solution or fix. I looked through several of the kickstart threads but I didn't spot anything that looked like my problem. I have posted a kickstart below. This is not the exact kickstart file nor the exact process we use, but it is simple enough that it shows the problem (eg: I can recreate this problem using a physical system or a virtual machine and the sampled kickstart below). Both the SL 6.0 and Sl 6.1 ISO's that I used for testing/install match the sha256sum that is posted on the website as of a few moments ago. Steps to recreate this problem. Copy the kickstart information into a file ks.cfg. Edit the network information for your network. Copy this file to a USB thumbdrive. Boot a SL6.1 DVD with USB thumbdrive plugged in. At the CD install screen, hit tab to edit the boot parameters. Add " ks=hd:sdb1/ks.cfg" to the boot parameter and hit enter. It will format the hard drive and then it will fail out at a screen asking you to enter in the network information. If you do some sleuthing in the log files (ctrl+alt+f2) you can see that the network gets setup, but then gets cleared again. It appears that NetworkManager may be clearing the parameters just before it fails (not 100% but it certainly looks like the culprit from the log files). If you use the graphical installer rather than the text installer when you re-enter the information it seems to fail a few times before allowing you to enter the information successfully. I have no idea why. Obviously, this is not what we want. The point of a kickstart file is so that I _don't_ have to sit and watch the install on all my physical systems for manual entry of information. I would like it all automated as before. Now here is an interesting twist. Do the same steps above with the _exact_ same kickstart file using a SL6.0 DVD. It will finish perfectly. No questions, no network problems, it just works. I am stumped and would appreciate another set of eyes on this problem. Thank you! ~Stack~ #ks.cfg# firewall --disabled install repo --name="Scientifc Linux 6.1 - x86_64 - fastbugs" --baseurl=http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/fastbugs/ --cost=1000 repo --name="Scientific Linux 6.1 - x86_64" --baseurl=http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/os/ --cost=1000 repo --name="Scientific Linux 6.1 - x86_64 - security updates" --baseurl=http://ftp2.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/updates/security/ --cost=1000 rootpw --iscrypted $6$pnfgdEaQ4qGc0n6f$PUbVoL9zugPXulD1Uvuy1dadTfm6a0/o3YUM3r2nO5D01aDEwMvW7SHZrNgHlLFYk5Yrj2tbClL4Lgjz1Ojnf1 auth --useshadow --passalgo=sha512 text keyboard us lang en_US selinux --disabled skipx logging --level=debug timezone America/Chicago network --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --gateway=192.168.0.1 --ip=192.168.1.13 --nameserver=192.168.1.1 --netmask=255.255.0.0 --onboot=on bootloader --append="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet" --location=mbr --driveorder="sda" zerombr clearpart --all --initlabel --drives="sda" part / --fstype="ext4" --size=20480 part swap --fstype="swap" --size=4096 part /home --fstype="ext4" --grow --size=1 reboot %post %packages --nobase %end #ks.cfg# Pastebin link just in case email screws things up. http://pastebin.com/6WJDCprZ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
LDAP problems with short user names in SL6.1
Good afternoon. Back history: I have run into an odd problem with our old Debian LDAP system with SL6.1 clients. I know that this LDAP configuration is old and needs to be updated quite a bit (it is on the ever-increasing To-Do list, honest!) but it functions rather well for what we need at the moment. I am bringing an old inherited system up to date and I started with the desktops at our lab. Scientific Linux seemed to fit better with what we are doing than the other distros and after a month of testing, I rolled out SL6.0. It worked beautifully. So well, in fact, that I am replacing the highly mixed environment (6 different Linux distros) by standardizing on SL6. Not long after I rolled it out, 6.1 was released. I thought I had done due diligence in testing out 6.1 with our servers and I thought everything was moving along perfectly. So I rolled out 6.1 to the desktops. For the vast majority of my users, this roll out went smoothly and they love 6.1. Problem: LDAP apparently doesn't like some of my users names. Specifically, I have a user named BJ (real birth name; doesn't stand for anything; yes, he has heard all the jokes) and another user who prefers to use his initials as his login name. For a very long time this has worked just fine with this old LDAP system. SL6.0 worked just fine and had no issues with two character user names. However, 6.1 does not like them at all. It seems that LDAP has issues trying to resolve the name and reports back that the user name is invalid. All the information I have found seems to point to the LDAP server not being correctly set up, but if the user logs into the SL6.0 boxes, everything works correctly. It is just SL6.1. So I doubt the full extent of the problem lays with the server. Also, this happens on EVERY 6.1 install. Any user name longer then 3 characters can log in and use the machine just fine (at least the one user with the login 'jim' works; everyone else has 5 or more characters). Any idea as to why this is happening? The log files are pretty sparse as they all just say LDAP user is invalid. Maybe I am not looking in the right place? Has anyone else run into this problem? Is this a bug? Should I try to fill out a proper bug report? Should I just give up and make my users get a new user name? Thank you! ~Stack~ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: usb attached mouse is dying and usbcore is missing
a few minutes of free time. Same sequence of events - turn PC on. It runs for 15 minutes or so then : [messages] Aug 26 17:59:49 server rtkit-daemon[2131]: Sucessfully made thread 5810 of process 5797 (/usr/bin/pulseaudio) owned by '500' RT at priority 5. Aug 26 17:59:50 server kernel: fuse init (API version 7.13) Aug 26 18:04:07 server kernel: usb 2-5: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 Aug 26 18:04:22 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:04:37 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:04:37 server kernel: usb 2-5: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 Aug 26 18:04:52 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:05:08 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:05:08 server kernel: usb 2-5: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 Aug 26 18:05:18 server kernel: usb 2-5: device not accepting address 5, error -110 Aug 26 18:05:18 server kernel: usb 2-5: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 5 Aug 26 18:05:29 server kernel: usb 2-5: device not accepting address 5, error -110 Aug 26 18:05:29 server kernel: usb 2-5: USB disconnect, address 5 Aug 26 18:05:29 server kernel: sd 6:0:0:3: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Aug 26 18:05:29 server kernel: scsi 6:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device Aug 26 18:05:29 server kernel: usb 2-5: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 6 Aug 26 18:05:44 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:05:59 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:06:00 server kernel: usb 2-5: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 7 Aug 26 18:06:15 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:06:30 server kernel: usb 2-5: device descriptor read/64, error -110 Aug 26 18:06:30 server kernel: usb 2-5: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 8 Aug 26 18:06:41 server kernel: usb 2-5: device not accepting address 8, error -110 Aug 26 18:06:41 server kernel: usb 2-5: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 18:06:51 server kernel: usb 2-5: device not accepting address 9, error -110 Aug 26 18:06:51 server kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 5 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: INFO: task Xorg:1991 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: Xorg D e1e27f30 0 1991 1989 0x00400080 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: f3805ab0 3086 8000 e1e27f30 0001 f56f7900 2f72 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: f56f7900 4ee9 f57b556c 4ee9 c0a8f120 c0a8f120 f3805d58 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: c0a8f120 c0a8ab54 c0a8f120 f3805d58 c1594000 0001 c15cb000 c16151c0 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: Call Trace: Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? ohci_urb_dequeue+0x60/0xe0 [ohci_hcd] Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? unlink1+0x2e/0xe0 [usbcore] Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? kobject_get+0xf/0x20 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? usb_hcd_unlink_urb+0x53/0xf0 [usbcore] Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? __cancel_work_timer+0x3e/0x180 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? prepare_to_wait+0x5b/0x60 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? usb_kill_urb+0x65/0xa0 [usbcore] Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? usbhid_close+0x84/0x90 [usbhid] Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? hidinput_close+0x13/0x20 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? input_close_device+0x48/0x70 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? evdev_release+0x80/0xa0 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? __fput+0xdc/0x1f0 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? filp_close+0x47/0x80 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? sys_close+0x67/0xb0 Aug 26 18:10:46 server kernel: [] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28 Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: INFO: task Xorg:1991 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: Xorg D e1e27f30 0 1991 1989 0x00400080 Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: f3805ab0 3086 8000 e1e27f30 0001 f56f7900 2f72 Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: f56f7900 4ee9 f57b556c 4ee9 c0a8f120 c0a8f120 f3805d58 Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: c0a8f120 c0a8ab54 c0a8f120 f3805d58 c1594000 0001 c15cb000 c16151c0 Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: Call Trace: Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: [] ? ohci_urb_dequeue+0x60/0xe0 [ohci_hcd] Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: [] ? unlink1+0x2e/0xe0 [usbcore] Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: [] ? kobject_get+0xf/0x20 Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: [] ? usb_hcd_unlink_urb+0x53/0xf0 [usbcore] Aug 26 18:12:46 server kernel: [] ? __cancel_work_timer+0x3e/0x180 Aug 26 18:12:46 serv
Re: Scientific mirrors in Japan
On Friday, August 26, 2011, Phil Perry elucidated thus: > I have to agree, if you have a mirrorlist then it kind of makes sense > to install yum-fastestmirror by default to make use of it. For what it's worth, +1 j -- Joshua J. Kugler - Fairbanks, Alaska Azariah Enterprises - Programming and Website Design jos...@azariah.com - Jabber: pedah...@gmail.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0x73B13B6A
FTP Server Access Error
Hi, Please Help me about this error: [root@Deimos ~]# ftp Selene Connected to Selene (172.20.1.177). 220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2) Name (Selene:root): pablo 331 Please specify the password. Password: 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/pablo Login failed. ftp> ftp> Thx a lot!! -- Pablo Cavero System Engineer +569 8920 9509
Developer history for Scientific Linux
With Troy leaving some may wonder who will "develop" Scientific Linux. I will continue with the Scientific Linux project. I started the Fermi Linux project in 1998 . The first Fermi Linux release was based on RedHat 5.x . Note that is not RHEL 5.x :-) . Troy joined the Fermi Linux project in 2001 . Troy and I have been co developers of Scientific Linux since the beginning of Scientific Linux in 2004 . There are other developers of Scientific Linux. Some from Fermi and some from CERN, DESY and ETHZ . Recently Fermi added 2 people to the Scientific Linux Team. They have been publishing the "SECURITY" errata and doing testing. -Connie Sieh
Re: Scientific mirrors in Japan
On 26/08/11 17:55, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: On 08/26/2011 11:22 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: [Starting a new thread] 2011/8/26 Ichihara Takashi: Hi, Dag, http://dag.wieers.com/blog/centos-devel-ml-feels-like-devnull We are all expecting your efforts on the Scientific Linux ! Could you please add our mirror of your repository to your mirror list? http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/dag/ Best Regards, Takashi Ichihara Scientific Linux used to be unknown in Japan but has been gaining much attention. I find many blogs/web articles about SL written in Japanese. One of the subjects I see often is "how to edit the repo file to add SL mirror sites in Japan". Connie, could you consider adding at least one site from Japan? The riken site, as requested by Mr. Ichihara is fast and being used by many users in Japan, as I understand. In relation to this, I also wish yum-plugin-mirrorlist is installed (and enabled) by default. Akemi Hi Akemi, I haven't read the article, so I cannot comment to everything, but we do have 4 mirror sites in Japan. http://www.scientificlinux.org/download/mirrors And they are in the mirrorlist http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/mirrorlist/ Troy What I meant (and probably Mr. Ichihara too) was to have the mirror(s) added to the baseurl= line in the repo file (sl-release). That's what SL users in Japan are editing so that they can get to the sites within Japan. They (users in .jp) also need to manually install the fastest mirror plugin to take advantage of this. So, my wish to see this plugin installed by default. :) Akemi I have to agree, if you have a mirrorlist then it kind of makes sense to install yum-fastestmirror by default to make use of it. CentOS do this by adding yum-fastestmirror (or yum-plugin-fastestmirror on el6) as a dependency to yum. Regards, Phil PS: I should probably declare that I have a vested interest though as elrepo users without yum-fastestmirror installed hit our main server rather than using the mirror system and that's crippling access to other services hosted on that server (like the main website/wiki and bugs). If all SL users had yum-fastestmirror installed, that could significantly reduce the load we experience on our main server. As a large proportion of elrepo users are SL users, I would very much like to see yum-fastestmirror installed by default.
Re: Scientific mirrors in Japan
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: > On 08/26/2011 11:22 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> >> [Starting a new thread] >> >> 2011/8/26 Ichihara Takashi: >>> >>> Hi, Dag, >>> http://dag.wieers.com/blog/centos-devel-ml-feels-like-devnull >>> We are all expecting your efforts on the Scientific Linux ! >>> Could you please add our mirror of your repository to your mirror list? >>> http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/dag/ >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Takashi Ichihara >> >> Scientific Linux used to be unknown in Japan but has been gaining much >> attention. I find many blogs/web articles about SL written in >> Japanese. One of the subjects I see often is "how to edit the repo >> file to add SL mirror sites in Japan". >> >> Connie, could you consider adding at least one site from Japan? The >> riken site, as requested by Mr. Ichihara is fast and being used by >> many users in Japan, as I understand. In relation to this, I also wish >> yum-plugin-mirrorlist is installed (and enabled) by default. >> >> Akemi > > Hi Akemi, > I haven't read the article, so I cannot comment to everything, but we do > have 4 mirror sites in Japan. > http://www.scientificlinux.org/download/mirrors > > And they are in the mirrorlist > > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/mirrorlist/ > > Troy What I meant (and probably Mr. Ichihara too) was to have the mirror(s) added to the baseurl= line in the repo file (sl-release). That's what SL users in Japan are editing so that they can get to the sites within Japan. They (users in .jp) also need to manually install the fastest mirror plugin to take advantage of this. So, my wish to see this plugin installed by default. :) Akemi
Re: Farewell from Troy
owen.sy...@desy.de writes: > Did you know you made the slashdot headlines? > > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/08/25/2058228/Scientific-Linuxs-Troy-Dawson-Leaves-FermiLabs-For-Red-Hat Maybe Troy was some inspiration for CmdrTaco. http://meta.slashdot.org/story/11/08/25/1245200/Rob-CmdrTaco-Malda-Resigns-From-Slashdot Good luck in your future endeavors, Troy. -Brett. pgpnehJem4nTF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Scientific mirrors in Japan
On 08/26/2011 11:22 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: [Starting a new thread] 2011/8/26 Ichihara Takashi: Hi, Dag, http://dag.wieers.com/blog/centos-devel-ml-feels-like-devnull We are all expecting your efforts on the Scientific Linux ! Could you please add our mirror of your repository to your mirror list? http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/dag/ Best Regards, Takashi Ichihara Scientific Linux used to be unknown in Japan but has been gaining much attention. I find many blogs/web articles about SL written in Japanese. One of the subjects I see often is "how to edit the repo file to add SL mirror sites in Japan". Connie, could you consider adding at least one site from Japan? The riken site, as requested by Mr. Ichihara is fast and being used by many users in Japan, as I understand. In relation to this, I also wish yum-plugin-mirrorlist is installed (and enabled) by default. Akemi Hi Akemi, I haven't read the article, so I cannot comment to everything, but we do have 4 mirror sites in Japan. http://www.scientificlinux.org/download/mirrors And they are in the mirrorlist http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/mirrorlist/ Troy -- __ Troy Dawson daw...@fnal.gov (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group __
Scientific mirrors in Japan
[Starting a new thread] 2011/8/26 Ichihara Takashi : > Hi, Dag, > http://dag.wieers.com/blog/centos-devel-ml-feels-like-devnull > We are all expecting your efforts on the Scientific Linux ! > Could you please add our mirror of your repository to your mirror list? > http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/dag/ > > Best Regards, > Takashi Ichihara Scientific Linux used to be unknown in Japan but has been gaining much attention. I find many blogs/web articles about SL written in Japanese. One of the subjects I see often is "how to edit the repo file to add SL mirror sites in Japan". Connie, could you consider adding at least one site from Japan? The riken site, as requested by Mr. Ichihara is fast and being used by many users in Japan, as I understand. In relation to this, I also wish yum-plugin-mirrorlist is installed (and enabled) by default. Akemi
Re: Farewell from Troy
Hi Troy, Thanks so far for a long time. We miss you forever. Also we are expecting your continuity of effort on your next life. I sent several mails to scientific-linux-users ML and Troy and Connie replied always. They are all helpful for us. We miss you. Hi, Dag, http://dag.wieers.com/blog/centos-devel-ml-feels-like-devnull We are all expecting your efforts on the Scientific Linux ! Could you please add our mirror of your repository to your mirror list? http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/dag/ Best Regards, Takashi Ichihara
Re: Farewell from Troy
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Yasha Karant wrote: I certainly hope that you find your new position with a for profit corporation as stimulating and useful to society as the position that you are leaving -- the for-profit world is very different from the academic (except perhaps for that of the Rubbia-like worlds in nominally academic fields). One small question: is there anyone else who knows the same material with respect to SL that you do? That is, with you totally divorcing yourself from SL, have you built in programmer job security that will take a large amount of effort on the part of the remaining SL support team to re-invent? Both Troy and myself have been co developers for many years. Not much to re-invent . -Connie Sieh Best wishes on your new career. Yasha Karant On 08/25/2011 05:52 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: On 08/24/2011 01:54 PM, Christopher Tooley wrote: You still going to remain part of the mailing list? ;) I know you put a ;) after that, but I am still going to answer it. The answer is no. Scientific Linux has been such a part of my life for so long that I need to have a clean cut to separate myself from it. That is the only way it would be fair to my new employer. That would be true whoever my new employer is. It is possible that sometime in the future I might join the SL lists again and answer a question or two. But for now, I will not be on any SL mailing lists after September 2. Thanks to everyone Troy
Re: Farewell from Troy
I certainly hope that you find your new position with a for profit corporation as stimulating and useful to society as the position that you are leaving -- the for-profit world is very different from the academic (except perhaps for that of the Rubbia-like worlds in nominally academic fields). One small question: is there anyone else who knows the same material with respect to SL that you do? That is, with you totally divorcing yourself from SL, have you built in programmer job security that will take a large amount of effort on the part of the remaining SL support team to re-invent? Best wishes on your new career. Yasha Karant On 08/25/2011 05:52 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: On 08/24/2011 01:54 PM, Christopher Tooley wrote: You still going to remain part of the mailing list? ;) I know you put a ;) after that, but I am still going to answer it. The answer is no. Scientific Linux has been such a part of my life for so long that I need to have a clean cut to separate myself from it. That is the only way it would be fair to my new employer. That would be true whoever my new employer is. It is possible that sometime in the future I might join the SL lists again and answer a question or two. But for now, I will not be on any SL mailing lists after September 2. Thanks to everyone Troy
Re: Farewell from Troy
Good luck and you will be missed .. you were the central figure of life
(work life :) ) for a lots of sysadmins from science...
Thank you for all of your excellent work!
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Re: Farewell from Troy
Troy, I'm relatively new here. But it's also highly evident that we're
going to miss you.
I hope it all goes well for you and for us.
{^_^}
On 2011/08/24 11:40, Troy Dawson wrote:
Hi,
I have loved all the years that I have been a developer and architect for
Scientific Linux, but it is time for me to move on. I have accepted a job offer
from Red Hat to work on their new openshift project.
( https://www.redhat.com/openshift/ )
My last day working for Fermilab, and on the Scientific Linux project will be
September 2, 2011.
Thank you to everyone who has encouraged, thanked, and helped me over
the past 8 years that I have worked on Scientific Linux. I have said it before,
and I'll say it now, The Scientific Linux community is one of the best
communities there is.
Troy
Re: usb external 3TB drive problem
On 08/26/2011 03:22 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: hi, running sl 6.1, fully patched. I have a sharkoon drivelink ide/sata usb adaptor (http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/drivelink-usb20) and when I plug in a 3TB wd drive I see this: Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: JMicron Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 01D91CA1 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: scsi12 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] 5860533168 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sdb: Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 The adaptor shows as Bus 002 Device 009: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA& PATA Combo Bridge in lsusb Is it possible to use 3TB in SL ? I routinely use external drives, although this is my first 3TB one and was not expecting problems to be honest (just spoilt, I guess, everything just works most of the time). I really look forward to your suggestions. Right now I just have a linux laptop to test with, so I will have to wait until monday to give a try in a Windows pc at work. -- Groeten, natxo Hi, Check this out: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/fdisk-unable-to-create-partition-greater-2tb.html and http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/WhitePapers/ENG/2579-771501.pdf Basically the theory is to use GPT (GUID) partition table (not MBR) and must be used on a 64bit O/S. There is also a discussion in the WD forums (with some useful advice) here: http://community.wdc.com/t5/Desktop/WD30EZRX-formatting-under-linux/td-p/203536 The really important part in there would be running parted like so: parted -a optimal /dev/sdX No doubt someone else will have more suggestions, but hopefully the above is of some use. Regards, Alex
usb external 3TB drive problem
hi, running sl 6.1, fully patched. I have a sharkoon drivelink ide/sata usb adaptor (http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/drivelink-usb20) and when I plug in a 3TB wd drive I see this: Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2338 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: JMicron Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: SerialNumber: 01D91CA1 Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Aug 26 11:13:39 host kernel: scsi12 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access WDC WD30 EZRX-00MMMB0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] 5860533168 512-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB) Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16). Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: sdb: Aug 26 11:13:44 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:45 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: sd 12:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 Aug 26 11:13:46 host kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 0 The adaptor shows as Bus 002 Device 009: ID 152d:2338 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JM20337 Hi-Speed USB to SATA & PATA Combo Bridge in lsusb Is it possible to use 3TB in SL ? I routinely use external drives, although this is my first 3TB one and was not expecting problems to be honest (just spoilt, I guess, everything just works most of the time). I really look forward to your suggestions. Right now I just have a linux laptop to test with, so I will have to wait until monday to give a try in a Windows pc at work. -- Groeten, natxo
