Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

Sorry for the late reply, I had to go away. > > > > > > > > > It's where tracker extracts files. > > > > > > Google for "centos7 tracker disable" > > > > > > I suspect the lu*.tmp directories are from when tracker uses LO to > > > extract and index documents. > > > > > > If you don't use,

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On 08/18/2017 11:12 AM, Kahlil Hodgson wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 1:36 AM, Yan Li wrote: > >> After this call, I need to schedule a meeting with a partner in London >> so I pressed the start key and typed in "london". Tracker showed the >> current time and I could

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On 08/18/2017 02:12 PM, Kahlil Hodgson wrote: On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 1:36 AM, Yan Li wrote: After this call, I need to schedule a meeting with a partner in London so I pressed the start key and typed in "london". Tracker showed the current time and I could press

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 1:36 AM, Yan Li wrote: > After this call, I need to schedule a meeting with a partner in London > so I pressed the start key and typed in "london". Tracker showed the > current time and I could press enter to see the weather in London. Now

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On 08/18/2017 03:33 AM, ken wrote: > On 08/17/2017 11:19 PM, Yan Li wrote: >> On 08/17/2017 05:05 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> Hmm. was unaware of tracker-etc. what are these indexes used for? >>> I can't think of anything I do on the system that would need to know >>> all bout some arbitrary file

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 03:49:19PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > in /tmp I found files of names... > systemd-private--colord and rtkit > I have never seen these files before. Unrelated to the disk space issues, but the systemd-private-* directories are created by systemd services that have

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On 08/17/2017 11:19 PM, Yan Li wrote: On 08/17/2017 05:05 PM, Fred Smith wrote: Hmm. was unaware of tracker-etc. what are these indexes used for? I can't think of anything I do on the system that would need to know all bout some arbitrary file somewhere on the filesysystem, so why would this be

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On 08/17/2017 05:05 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > Hmm. was unaware of tracker-etc. what are these indexes used for? > I can't think of anything I do on the system that would need to know > all bout some arbitrary file somewhere on the filesysystem, so why > would this be useful? > > thanks in advance!

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

> > A more interesting question would be: Where would one go to completely > STOP these files from being created / cached / logged / stored etc? > In Gnome 3. 1. Got o Settings 2. Select Search 3. Un-check all the things you don't want to be tracked or just turn search off.

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 20:05 -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:46:12PM +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 16:01 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > > > > > > This is a listing. > > > > > > total 44 > > > drwx-- 2 rootroot   6 Aug 17 15:36

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 10:46:12PM +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 16:01 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > > This is a listing. > > > > total 44 > > drwx-- 2 rootroot 6 Aug 17 15:36 lu26465gujqup.tmp > > drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 15:37 lu27063gukci0.tmp > >

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 16:01 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > This is a listing. > > total 44 > drwx-- 2 rootroot 6 Aug 17 15:36 lu26465gujqup.tmp > drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 15:37 lu27063gukci0.tmp > drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 15:43 lu3205guot5q.tmp >

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

On Thu, 2017-08-17 at 16:16 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > It looks like its these files: > drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 16:11 lu10398gvo2au.tmp > drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 16:14 lu3245gvrkvp.tmp > drwx-- 2 rootroot4096 Aug 17 16:14 lu4298gvwjcr.tmp > > That

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

Jerry Geis wrote: > It looks like its these files: > drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 16:11 lu10398gvo2au.tmp > drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 16:14 lu3245gvrkvp.tmp > drwx-- 2 rootroot4096 Aug 17 16:14 lu4298gvwjcr.tmp > > That just keep growing and "many" files in

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

It looks like its these files: drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 16:11 lu10398gvo2au.tmp drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 16:14 lu3245gvrkvp.tmp drwx-- 2 rootroot4096 Aug 17 16:14 lu4298gvwjcr.tmp That just keep growing and "many" files in each directory. Over time it

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 Install

This is a listing. total 44 drwx-- 2 rootroot 6 Aug 17 15:36 lu26465gujqup.tmp drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 15:37 lu27063gukci0.tmp drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 15:43 lu3205guot5q.tmp drwx-- 2 rootroot8192 Aug 17 15:48 lu4177guts1n.tmp drwx--

[CentOS] Centos 7 Install

I have a Centos 7 install that seems to be filling up disk space to 100% on the root partition. in /tmp I found files of names... systemd-private--colord and rtkit I have never seen these files before. there were also files of X.tmpin the /tmp folder. Why are these files

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install: closest mirror not supported?

Hi, On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 09:28:03AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Yes but .. closest mirror only gets as detailed as per country. Maybe my question was not clear: the problem is that the install (when doing a virt-install with boot.iso) does not choose a mirror at all. It just requires that

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install: closest mirror not supported?

On 06/05/2017 09:28 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 06/04/2017 10:29 AM, Jos Vos wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Do CentOS 7 installs not automatically use a closest mirror for >> installing like Fedora does, or is that due to the way I'm starting >> the install (virt-install)? >> >> Background: >> >> I'm

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install: closest mirror not supported?

On 06/04/2017 10:29 AM, Jos Vos wrote: > Hi, > > Do CentOS 7 installs not automatically use a closest mirror for > installing like Fedora does, or is that due to the way I'm starting > the install (virt-install)? > > Background: > > I'm trying to find the best way to do installs using basic

[CentOS] CentOS 7 install: closest mirror not supported?

Hi, Do CentOS 7 installs not automatically use a closest mirror for installing like Fedora does, or is that due to the way I'm starting the install (virt-install)? Background: I'm trying to find the best way to do installs using basic local media (network install, but *without* the need to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

Hi, It's all in the documentation from Red Hat. kickstart snip https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-examples.html manual partitionning

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

First let me say I am not a true expert, but I am experienced. If this machine you purchased was some name brand, you must be speaking about hardware raid, true? If this is true, it normally presents you with what looks like a standard drive (/dev/sda) for every 2 drives configured as raid-1.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

In article <5ef97952-14c0-6ad2-0803-c24691a68...@gmail.com>, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 01/26/2017 01:40 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: > > Anaconda doesn't set up the boot sector on the second drive by default, > > so I put some grub commands in the post-install section of

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

On 01/26/2017 01:40 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: Anaconda doesn't set up the boot sector on the second drive by default, so I put some grub commands in the post-install section of kickstart to do so. I can't attest that it *works* (mostly since I use UEFI everywhere possible) but anaconda

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

In article <1485416344.2047.1.ca...@biggs.org.uk>, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > If you are using RAID 1 kernel mirroring, you can do that with /boot too, > > and Grub finds the kernel just fine. I've done it many times: > > > > > Hmm, OK. I wonder why anaconda doesn't do it

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

> > If you are using RAID 1 kernel mirroring, you can do that with /boot too, > and Grub finds the kernel just fine. I've done it many times: > > Hmm, OK. I wonder why anaconda doesn't do it then. Reading various websites, it looks like grub2 can do it, but you have to make sure that various

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

On 26/01/17 05:46, Tony Mountifield wrote: In article <1485342377.3072.6.ca...@biggs.org.uk>, Pete Biggs wrote: On Tue, 2017-01-24 at 17:14 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: So, it installed happily. Then wouldn't boot. No problem, I'll bring it up with pxe, then chroot and

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

Gordon Messmer wrote: > You didn't answer all of the questions I asked, but I'll answer as best > I can with the information you gave. > Manitu ate my email, *again*. > On 01/25/2017 04:47 AM, mark wrote: >> >> Made an md RAID 0 on the raw disks - /dev/sda /dev/sdb. No partitions, >> nothing. > >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

You didn't answer all of the questions I asked, but I'll answer as best I can with the information you gave. On 01/25/2017 04:47 AM, mark wrote: Made an md RAID 0 on the raw disks - /dev/sda /dev/sdb. No partitions, nothing. OK, so right off the bat we have to note that this is not a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

In article <1485342377.3072.6.ca...@biggs.org.uk>, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Tue, 2017-01-24 at 17:14 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > So, it installed happily. > > > > Then wouldn't boot. No problem, I'll bring it up with pxe, then chroot and > > grub2-install. > > > > Um,

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

On Wed, January 25, 2017 9:51 am, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Let me see if I can, um, reboot this thread > > I made a RAID 1 of two raw disks, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, *not* /dev/sdax > /dev/sdbx. Then I installed CentOS 7 on the RAID, with /boot, /, and swap > being partitions on the RAID. My

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

Let me see if I can, um, reboot this thread I made a RAID 1 of two raw disks, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, *not* /dev/sdax /dev/sdbx. Then I installed CentOS 7 on the RAID, with /boot, /, and swap being partitions on the RAID. My problem is that grub2-install absolutely and resolutely refuses to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

On 01/24/17 19:00, Gordon Messmer wrote: On 01/24/2017 02:14 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: So, it installed happily. Then wouldn't boot. What did the storage configuration look like, exactly? I'd guess that you put one partition on each disk, combined those in a RAID1 MD array, made than an

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

On Tue, 2017-01-24 at 17:14 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > So, it installed happily. > > Then wouldn't boot. No problem, I'll bring it up with pxe, then chroot and > grub2-install. > > Um, nope. I edited the device map from hd0 and hd1 being the RAID to > /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, then ran

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

On Tue, January 24, 2017 4:14 pm, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > So, it installed happily. > > Then wouldn't boot. No problem, I'll bring it up with pxe, then chroot and > grub2-install. > > Um, nope. I edited the device map from hd0 and hd1 being the RAID to > /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, then ran

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [not-so-SOLVED]

So, it installed happily. Then wouldn't boot. No problem, I'll bring it up with pxe, then chroot and grub2-install. Um, nope. I edited the device map from hd0 and hd1 being the RAID to /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, then ran grup2-install. It now tells me can't identify the filesystem on hd0, and can't

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [SOLVED]

On Tue, January 24, 2017 1:10 pm, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Gordon Messmer wrote: >> On 01/24/2017 08:33 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and >>> swap, on*one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than >>> mdadm...,*is*

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [SOLVED]

Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 01/24/2017 08:33 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and >> swap, on*one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than >> mdadm...,*is* there any way in the graphical installer to do >> this? All I

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1

On 01/24/2017 08:33 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and swap, on*one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than mdadm...,*is* there any way in the graphical installer to do this? All I see is a way to make three separate

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1

> Am 24.01.2017 um 17:33 schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: > I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and swap, on > *one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. the first sentence is in conflict with the last one ("I want three partitions" vs. "not three separate partitions")

[CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1

Hi, folks, I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and swap, on *one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than mdadm..., *is* there any way in the graphical installer to do this? All I see is a way to make three separate partitions. Pointers to links

Re: [CentOS] Centos 7 install on dual SSD disk Asus

Install the 'ntfs-3g' package from EPEL and re-run grub2-mkconfig to generate the grub.cfg in the appropriate place (uefi or legacy boot). -- Jonathan Billings > On Jun 19, 2016, at 15:56, Bachir Bachir wrote: > > Dear all,I installed centos 7 on the second disk of my

[CentOS] Centos 7 install on dual SSD disk Asus

 Dear all,I installed centos 7 on the second disk of my Asus laptop. The laptop i have has two SSD disks 240 G and 480G consecutively   the fist  disk (240) has already windows 10 installed on , the second disk now has Centos 7 installed on.while insalling Centos 7 i let the bootloader part and

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error

For RAID-1 on CentOS 7, have a look at the following: http://binblog.info/2014/10/25/centos-7-on-md-raid-1/ It deals with the situation, including mirroring of /boot. Note that in my case, I disabled UEFI in the BIOS, so didn't have /boot/efi come up on autopartition. That URL also implies a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error

On 12/06/2014 08:32 AM, Ted Miller wrote: 2. I cannot comment from experience about the separate drive for /boot/efi, but needing a separate partition surprises me. I have not read about others needing that. I would think that having an accessible /boot partition would suffice. Systems

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error

A few comments in-line and at the bottom. Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:32:24 -0500 From: Ted Miller tedli...@sbcglobal.net To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error On 12/05/2014 01:50 PM, Jeff Boyce wrote: - Original Message - From

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error

On 12/05/2014 01:50 PM, Jeff Boyce wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Milhollan m...@pixelgate.net To: Jeff Boyce jbo...@meridianenv.com Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error On Wed, 3 Dec 2014, Jeff

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error

- Original Message - From: Mark Milhollan m...@pixelgate.net To: Jeff Boyce jbo...@meridianenv.com Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error On Wed, 3 Dec 2014, Jeff Boyce wrote: I am trying to install

[CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error

Greetings - I am trying to install CentOS 7 into a new Dell Precision 3610. I have two 3 TB drives that I want to setup in software RAID1. I followed the guide here for my install as it looked fairly detailed and complete (http://www.ictdude.com/howto/install-centos-7-software-raid-lvm/).

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 install software Raid on large drives error

On Dec 3, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Jeff Boyce jbo...@meridianenv.com wrote: My objective is to RAID1 the two drives, use LVM on top of the RAID btrfs will meet both your functional objectives (mirroring, management, and expandability) and should be simpler to set up within the CentOS 7 installer.