Re: [CentOS] Filesystem for Maildir

2007-11-26 Thread Christopher Chan
Heitor Augusto M Cardozo wrote: Hi all, In last year, i had made some research and benchmarks based on CentOS 4 to know which filesystem is better for Maildir: ReiserFS, XFS or EXT3. My conclusion was as follows: - EXT3: reliable but very slow to read many small files. - ReiserFS: best perf

[CentOS] Kickstart install via network, nonexistant disk sda

2007-11-26 Thread ethan
Hello all, I have 3 Supermicro 1u servers, each with dual 250gb SATA drives. I have a server with CentOS 5 64bit setup for pxebooting and kickstart installs. I have a kickstart install file that doesn't specify the disks specifically. It works like a champ, and the operating system ins

Re: [CentOS] Re: Filesystem for Maildir

2007-11-26 Thread John R Pierce
Scott Silva wrote: Ext3 is pretty good if directory indexes are on.; See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ext3_Filesystem_Tips and, disable 'access time', which is almost always a good idea. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://

[CentOS] Re: Filesystem for Maildir

2007-11-26 Thread Scott Silva
on 11/26/2007 11:22 AM Heitor Augusto M Cardozo spake the following: Hi all, In last year, i had made some research and benchmarks based on CentOS 4 to know which filesystem is better for Maildir: ReiserFS, XFS or EXT3. My conclusion was as follows: - EXT3: reliable but very slow to read ma

Re: [CentOS] Filesystem for Maildir

2007-11-26 Thread Joshua Gimer
We use ext3 for maildir. I have not had any issues to date. This is also on fibre SAN drives, not ATA. On Nov 26, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Heitor Augusto M Cardozo wrote: Hi all, In last year, i had made some research and benchmarks based on CentOS 4 to know which filesystem is better for Maildi

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Tom Brown
We do not have DHCP addressing for the networks I manage. I wish we did, but I have written scripts that automatically generate the kickstart configuration files and manually typing the linux ks=... lines don't take a lot of time. I wish I didn't have to do that either, but hey, it works.

Re: [CentOS] boot is stopping in the system log gor status for a while

2007-11-26 Thread Brian Mathis
On Nov 26, 2007 2:44 PM, ann kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > The system is stopping in the system log gor status. > what is next? how do I check > > thank you > I'm going to assume you are using "tail -f" to watch a log file, since you have provided no more information about what you a

[CentOS] boot is stopping in the system log gor status for a while

2007-11-26 Thread ann kok
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Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread James A. Peltier
James A. Peltier wrote: We do not have DHCP addressing for the networks I manage. I wish we did, but I have written scripts that automatically generate the kickstart configuration files and manually typing the linux ks=... lines don't take a lot of time. I wish I didn't have to do that eith

[CentOS] Filesystem for Maildir

2007-11-26 Thread Heitor Augusto M Cardozo
Hi all, In last year, i had made some research and benchmarks based on CentOS 4 to know which filesystem is better for Maildir:  ReiserFS, XFS or EXT3. My conclusion was as follows: - EXT3: reliable but very slow to read many small files. - ReiserFS: best performance but unreliable and bad r

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread James A. Peltier
Tom Brown wrote: have you had a look at cobbler and koan? They will do all this for you automagically ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos We do not have DHCP addressing for the networks I mana

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Tom Brown
The CentOS DVD images (not sure about CD images) have an images directory that contains a boot.iso file that can be used to net boot machines. That's the one I used. Together with a combination of autofs, lighttpd, rsync'ing and cron I am able to fully support a lab of about 500 machines

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread James A. Peltier
Jeff Larsen wrote: Not only that, but you can make a nice small (10Mb) iso image that you can use to boot from. Great for mounting virtual media in a Dell DRAC to launch a network install. Here's the docs on how to do it: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Installation_Guide-en-US/ch02s04.html

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Jeff Larsen
On Nov 26, 2007 11:50 AM, James A. Peltier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Ehrlich wrote: > > Maybe I missed the install option, but I didn't know this was possible! > > > > I thought the install could only occur from CD or DVD media? > > > > Scott > Far from it, you can install from CD, DVD, N

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread James A. Peltier
Scott Ehrlich wrote: Maybe I missed the install option, but I didn't know this was possible! I thought the install could only occur from CD or DVD media? Scott Far from it, you can install from CD, DVD, NFS, FTP and HTTP. Google for kickstart install media to see. just pass the parameters

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Scott Ehrlich
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Tim Verhoeven wrote: On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Hiep Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.cento

Re: [CentOS] Re: Adobe products under Linux?

2007-11-26 Thread John R Pierce
John Bowden wrote: On Monday 26 November 2007 03:18:23 Chris Mauritz wrote: Scott Silva wrote: I'm not sure if Windows XP will do 8 cpu's. I don't think it will. I was under the impression that the non-server incarnations were limited to two physical cpus. (Which could theoret

Re: SOLVED: Re: [CentOS] Dual boot box: WinXP & CentOS 5: Impossible to restore WinXP?

2007-11-26 Thread Lanny Marcus
Some thoughts, for anyone faced with this type of problem on a dual boot box in the future: My first thought was to try to Rescue the WinXP Spanish language installation that came on the Dell Dimension 2400, out of the Dell factory. Later, I decided to wipe the entire drive, since I now have a WinX

Re: [CentOS] Re: apc deemon

2007-11-26 Thread paul
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Euroka wrote: Hi, I'm using Centos 5 (64bit) and connected an APC battery to the server and used the USB cable for monitoring this setup, but I can't find the apc daemon anymore in the offcial yum repo's. >>> http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Hiep Nguyen
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Tim Verhoeven wrote: On Nov 26, 2007 3:45 PM, Hiep Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i used mirror.steadfast.net for web site and centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS/ for directory, but i got this error: Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata direct

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Tim Verhoeven
On Nov 26, 2007 3:45 PM, Hiep Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i used mirror.steadfast.net for web site and centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS/ > for directory, but i got this error: > > Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing repodata > directory. Please ensure that your instal

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Hiep Nguyen
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Tim Verhoeven wrote: On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Hiep Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.cento

[CentOS] Re: apc deemon

2007-11-26 Thread Ugo Bellavance
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Euroka wrote: Hi, I'm using Centos 5 (64bit) and connected an APC battery to the server and used the USB cable for monitoring this setup, but I can't find the apc daemon anymore in the offcial yum repo's. http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apcupsd/ Home page of apcup

[CentOS] Custom Installer Kernel

2007-11-26 Thread Darryl Ross
Hi All, I'm trying to remaster the boot.iso image with a custom kernel as the nForce based boards I have are not supported by the stock CentOS 5.0 installer, but they are supported by newer kernels. I need this so I can do kickstarted network installs. Is there a howto available for how to go ab

Re: [CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Tim Verhoeven
On Nov 26, 2007 3:21 PM, Hiep Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put > in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone > give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/??? > > i only

Re: [CentOS] Re: apc deemon

2007-11-26 Thread paul
> Euroka wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using Centos 5 (64bit) and connected an APC battery to the server >> and used the USB cable for monitoring this setup, but I can't find the >> apc daemon anymore in the offcial yum repo's. > > http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apcupsd/ Home page of apcupsd has cha

[CentOS] install via http

2007-11-26 Thread Hiep Nguyen
hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/??? i only have the boot cd & i don't want to download and burn all 6 cds. than

[CentOS] Re: apc deemon

2007-11-26 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Euroka wrote: Hi, I'm using Centos 5 (64bit) and connected an APC battery to the server and used the USB cable for monitoring this setup, but I can't find the apc daemon anymore in the offcial yum repo's. http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/apcupsd/ __

[CentOS] A real bluetooth device manager for gnome?

2007-11-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I would like to move away from command-line tools for my bluetooth devices. The gnome bluetooth manager is extremely limited in features. And I can't find anything going on like on the gnome-bluetooth site. Any one have any experience one this? It would be nice to start getting on par with Ma

[CentOS] apc deemon

2007-11-26 Thread Euroka
Hi, I'm using Centos 5 (64bit) and connected an APC battery to the server and used the USB cable for monitoring this setup, but I can't find the apc daemon anymore in the offcial yum repo's. Has aocd become obsolete and has it been replaced by something else or do i need to add a third party re

Re: [CentOS] Re: Adobe products under Linux?

2007-11-26 Thread John Bowden
On Monday 26 November 2007 03:18:23 Chris Mauritz wrote: > Scott Silva wrote: > >> I think you should go for windows XP, as support for these apps is > >> much better than in centos IMO > >> and 4 gigs should be fine for a desktop > > > > I'm not sure if Windows XP will do 8 cpu's. > > I don't thin