Re: Update via SL 7.5 install USB flash drive

2018-10-17 Thread Yasha Karant
As I explained, I cannot transmit or receive URLs within SMTP email and perhaps other modalities due to the security measures of the campus with which I am associated, as you can see below in URL modification.  Until I can get my SL users email address permanently reset, please email any URL

Re: Update via SL 7.5 install USB flash drive

2018-10-17 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 12:07 PM Yasha Karant wrote: > > How does one update SL 7 using a mounted USB flash drive as the source > of a repo, rather than using any external network? There were > instructions for doing this for EL pre-7 distributions, but I cannot > find similar instructions for

Re: is the disk failing ?

2018-10-17 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 11:57:34PM +, Hinz, David (GE Healthcare) wrote: > I'd like to submit an opposing viewpoint. > If SMART disk analysis says it's going to break, replace it. > Nothing is worth risking lost data. I second this. My only case of false positive (SMART reports complete

Re: is the disk failing ?

2018-10-17 Thread Hinz, David (GE Healthcare)
I'd like to submit an opposing viewpoint. If SMART disk analysis says it's going to break, replace it. Nothing is worth risking lost data. On 10/17/18, 4:50 PM, "owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov on behalf of Konstantin Olchanski" wrote: > > # smartctl -a /dev/sda

Re: is the disk failing ?

2018-10-17 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 09:09:36PM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote: > > to be clear I wasn't saying Smart is useless just that smartctl doesn't > always tell you every thing so you shouldn't rely as a definitive answer on > all issues on all disks. > I disagree with "smartctl doesn't always tell

Re: is the disk failing ?

2018-10-17 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> > # smartctl -a /dev/sda > ... > Device Model: TOSHIBA MG03ACA100 > ... Thank you for posting your data, here is my reading of smartctl data: > > === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === > SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED > this you can ignore, I have held in my

ansible playbook script to upgrade SL versions

2018-10-17 Thread Orion Poplawski
Perhaps other might find this useful. I'm using it to update SL machines. -- Orion Poplawski Manager of NWRA Technical Systems 720-772-5637 NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane or...@nwra.com Boulder, CO 80301