Re: [CentOS] USB Drive is detected and but the device "/dev/sda1" is not initialized

2008-08-20 Thread Balaji
Sir, I have tried to mount the USB drive to "/dev/sda" and I have getting please specify valid filesystem on dev sda. Regard -S.Balaji Marcelo Roccasalva wrote: On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:25 AM, Balaji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear All, I have using CentOS 4.4 and My PC USB Drive

Re: [CentOS] Simple IPTABLES Question

2008-08-20 Thread Jussi Hirvi
Matt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) kirjoitteli (19.8.2008 17:33): > I added these rules to IPTABLES to slow brute force attacks. > > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s my_subnet/24 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent > --set --name SSH > iptables -A INPUT -p t

Re: [CentOS] USB Drive is detected and but the device "/dev/sda1" is not initialized

2008-08-20 Thread Karanbir Singh
Balaji wrote: I have tried to mount the USB drive to "/dev/sda" and I have getting please specify valid filesystem on dev sda. # parted /dev/sda print that will show you what the status of the drive is, if you then need to make a filesystem : mkfs /dev/sda - make sure you dont have any dat

Re: [CentOS] USB Drive is detected and but the device "/dev/sda1" is not initialized

2008-08-20 Thread Phil Schaffner
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 14:55 +0530, Balaji wrote: > Dear All, > > I have using CentOS 4.4 and My PC USB Drive is detected and > but the device "/dev/sda1" is not initialized and i have executed the ... > I am not sure why this is happening. Can some one throw light on this. What does

[CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

2008-08-20 Thread Kevin Thorpe
I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a CentOS 5 install between servers? I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was thinking of rsync this time. Is that an acceptable thing

Re: [CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

2008-08-20 Thread Rainer Duffner
Kevin Thorpe schrieb: I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a CentOS 5 install between servers? I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was thinking of rsync this time. Is t

Re: [CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

2008-08-20 Thread Test
I can recommend Mondorescue (http://www.mondorescue.org) It can backup to file, cd, network, disk etc... I made numerous backups and restores with this very good (free) tool... On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:23:00 +0100 Kevin Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: kevin> From: Kevin Thorpe I was just wo

Re: [CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

2008-08-20 Thread Kevin Thorpe
Rainer Duffner wrote: Kevin Thorpe schrieb: I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a CentOS 5 install between servers? I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was thinking of

Re: [CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

2008-08-20 Thread Kevin Thorpe
Looks good. I especially like the fact that it builds a custom boot cd for your system. That's the bit missing from my current backup system (bacula). I'll see if I can splice the two together for disaster time. Test wrote: I can recommend Mondorescue (http://www.mondorescue.org) It can backu

[CentOS] Unknown mail transport error

2008-08-20 Thread Anne Wilson
I've just signed a bunch of keys using the caff tools. A few minutes ago they started bouncing back at me, with the above error. Received: by anne-wireless.lydgate.net (Postfix, from userid 500) id CA4B230EF7; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:15:39 +0100 (BST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Your signed P

Re: [CentOS] Re: Is there a way to save the routing table permanently?

2008-08-20 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 01:22, Rob Townley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > two NICs each that would use two different gateways, If you are configuring default gateways on each interface, you are probably doing something wrong. The only reason why you would want to do that is to balance your out

Re: [CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

2008-08-20 Thread Les Mikesell
Kevin Thorpe wrote: I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a CentOS 5 install between servers? I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was thinking of rsync this time. Is tha

Re: [CentOS] Best way to migrate a server?

2008-08-20 Thread Kevin Thorpe
Les Mikesell wrote: Kevin Thorpe wrote: I was just wondering what recommendations you have on migrating a CentOS 5 install between servers? I've done similar in the past by setting up a minimal install in the new server, use tar to copy over the old install and reboot. I was thinking of rsyn

[CentOS] extlinux on centos 5.2

2008-08-20 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to use extlinux to boot a usb device. I ran the following on the device: mkdir -p /boot/extlinux extlinux /boot/extlinux cat /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin > /dev/sde cp /boot/vmlinuz.latest.kernel /boot/extlinux/linux I then attempt to boot it and it starts going however I says kernel pa

[CentOS] Dual-QUAD Intel NIC which bonding is supported in CentOS?

2008-08-20 Thread Drew Weaver
Is anyone aware of any Dual or Quad port Intel NICs which work out of the box in CentOS 5.2? we need bonding to work. Thanks, -Drew ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Re: Simple IPTABLES Question

2008-08-20 Thread Matt
> I added these rules to IPTABLES to slow brute force attacks. > > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s my_subnet/24 -j ACCEPT > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent > --set --name SSH > iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m recent > --update --

Re: [CentOS] Dual-QUAD Intel NIC which bonding is supported in CentOS?

2008-08-20 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Drew Weaver wrote: Is anyone aware of any Dual or Quad port Intel NICs which work out of the box in CentOS 5.2? we need bonding to work. Intel 9402PT (Dual Port Copper Gigabit PCI-E). Works great with CentOS 5.2 x86_64 (e1000e driver). -- Paul Heinlein <> [EMAIL PROTECT

[CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

2008-08-20 Thread Scott R. Ehrlich
I have a new Dell PowerEdge 2950 running CentOS 5.0 out-of-box and a Dell MD3000i. I am new to iscsi and, with google and included documentation, am having a heck of a time trying to get the RAID volumes I have created on the 3000i to be seen by the OS as usuable drives.I have printed out

RE: [CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

2008-08-20 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: > > I have a new Dell PowerEdge 2950 running CentOS 5.0 > out-of-box and a Dell MD3000i. I am new to iscsi and, with > google and included documentation, am having a heck of a > time trying to get the RAID volumes I have created on the > 3000i to be seen by the OS as usuab

Re: [CentOS] USB drive detected, but nothing gets mounted.

2008-08-20 Thread MHR
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Dan Halbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MHR wrote: >> >> I have a brand new, unaltered (as yet) 4Gb USB flash drive from Micro >> Center that does not get automounted when I plug it into my 5.2 >> desktop (home or work). > > The 1GB flash drive I got from Micro Ce

Re: [CentOS] Simple IPTABLES Question

2008-08-20 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Tue, August 19, 2008 19:04, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:15 AM -0500 David Dyer-Bennet > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> That's the right general approach; duplicate the drop rule but with a >> LOG >> target and appropriate logging parameters. > > Another approach is

Re: [CentOS] USB drive detected, but nothing gets mounted.

2008-08-20 Thread nate
MHR wrote: > So, is this a bug in the automounter? Is there a reason why a > removable (flash) drive MUST have a label for the automounter to see > it? This doesn't happen with flash memory cards (compact flash, SD), > just USB flash (disk) drives. Seems funky Anything in the logs? nate

Re: [CentOS] Unknown mail transport error

2008-08-20 Thread mouss
Anne Wilson wrote: I've just signed a bunch of keys using the caff tools. A few minutes ago they started bouncing back at me, with the above error. Received: by anne-wireless.lydgate.net (Postfix, from userid 500) id CA4B230EF7; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:15:39 +0100 (BST) MIME-Version: 1.0 S

Re: [CentOS] Unknown mail transport error

2008-08-20 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 20 August 2008 18:48:54 mouss wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > I've just signed a bunch of keys using the caff tools. A few minutes ago > > they started bouncing back at me, with the above error. > > > > Received: by anne-wireless.lydgate.net (Postfix, from userid 500) > > id C

Re: [CentOS] Simple IPTABLES Question

2008-08-20 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:49 PM +0300 Jussi Hirvi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fail2ban keeps up blacklists of ip:s that have failed authentication too many times. What is "too many", and the duration of blacklisting can be configured easily in /etc/fail2ban.conf. The installation is ea

Re: [CentOS] Re: Simple IPTABLES Question

2008-08-20 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:01 AM -0500 Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Would it be better to TARPIT rather then DROP the packets? Is TARPIT compiled into the default kernel? Back when I thought it (and several other netfilter modules) might be interesting to play with, it was still

[CentOS] qt3.3 is default in environment, I want it to be qt4

2008-08-20 Thread Paul Johnson
At the current time, the environment is using qt3 values, as in $ env | grep QT QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.3 QTINC=/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include QTLIB=/usr/lib/qt-3.3/lib $ env | grep PATH PATH=/usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/lib/ccache:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/pauljohn/bin I also have Q

[CentOS] RE: Adaptec 2820 & 2gig+ partitions

2008-08-20 Thread Brian Marshall
Hi All, I have some general questions about setting up partitions. I have been struggling to get an array to mount since I upgraded the drives and exceeded a 2 gig partition so now the logical drive won't mount after the install. That being said I have a few questions. Does anyone have a

Re: [CentOS] qt3.3 is default in environment, I want it to be qt4

2008-08-20 Thread Toshaan Bharvani
Paul Johnson wrote: > I guess my question is > > 1. is 3.3 preferred for some reason by the Centos framework? If a > program looks for "qt-mt.pc", does that mean it wishes to use qt3.3 > rather than qt4? > what program are we talking about? > 2. aside from just hand editing that file and chang

RE: [CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

2008-08-20 Thread Joseph L. Casale
> having a heck of a time trying to get the RAID volumes I have created >on the 3000i to be seen by the OS as usuable drives. What's the size of the volume(s)? Post the output from #fdisk -l jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.cen

Re: [CentOS] RE: Adaptec 2820 & 2gig+ partitions

2008-08-20 Thread nate
Brian Marshall wrote: > Hi All, > > I have some general questions about setting up partitions. I have been > struggling to get an array to mount since I upgraded the drives and > exceeded a 2 gig partition so now the logical drive won't mount after > the install. Get a new controller? 2gig is pret

Re: [CentOS] Disabling IPv4

2008-08-20 Thread Nifty Cluster Mitch
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:52:52AM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Darryl Ross wrote: >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >>> So looks like I am stuck with IPv4 no matter what. Unless there is some >>> magic glue in rc.sysinit. >>> >> >> Build a custom kernel and remove ipv4 support (or make it

Re: [CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

2008-08-20 Thread Jim Wildman
Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: I have a new Dell PowerEdge 2950 running CentOS 5.0 out-of-box and a Dell MD3000i. I am new to iscsi and, with google and included documentation, am having a heck of a time trying to get the RAID volumes I have created on the 3000i to be seen by the OS as usuable driv

Re: [CentOS] RE: Adaptec 2820 & 2gig+ partitions

2008-08-20 Thread Brian Marshall
The controller is 8 channel SATA 300. That's not the problem. The problem is getting the OS to mount a 4TB array after the initial install of the OS. We had a 1.5 TB on there for a few years and never had this problem with arrays under 2 TB. The os installer can create a partition and forma

Re: [CentOS] RE: Adaptec 2820 & 2gig+ partitions

2008-08-20 Thread nate
Brian Marshall wrote: > The controller is 8 channel SATA 300. That's not the problem. The > problem is getting the OS to mount a 4TB array after the initial > install of the OS. We had a 1.5 TB on there for a few years and never > had this problem with arrays under 2 TB. > > The os installer can cr

Re: [CentOS] RE: Adaptec 2820 & 2gig+ partitions

2008-08-20 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 at 5:19pm, Brian Marshall wrote The controller is 8 channel SATA 300. That's not the problem. The problem is getting the OS to mount a 4TB array after the initial install of the OS. We had a 1.5 TB on there for a few years and never had this problem with arrays under 2 TB.

Re: [CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

2008-08-20 Thread Scott R. Ehrlich
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Jim Wildman wrote: Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: I have a new Dell PowerEdge 2950 running CentOS 5.0 out-of-box and a Dell MD3000i. I am new to iscsi and, with google and included documentation, am having a heck of a time trying to get the RAID volumes I have created on the 3

RE: [CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

2008-08-20 Thread Scott R. Ehrlich
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Joseph L. Casale wrote: having a heck of a time trying to get the RAID volumes I have created on the 3000i to be seen by the OS as usuable drives. What's the size of the volume(s)? I am currently experimenting with 2 x 500 GB Post the output from #fdisk -l Done many

Re: [CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

2008-08-20 Thread Jim Wildman
Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Jim Wildman wrote: Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: I have a new Dell PowerEdge 2950 running CentOS 5.0 out-of-box and a Dell MD3000i. I am new to iscsi and, with google and included documentation, am having a heck of a time trying to get the RAID volume

Re: [CentOS] CentOS5 running very slowly on a core 2 duo with 4 GB RAM

2008-08-20 Thread qsm
hi Israel i have the same problem in the past and the problem is not CentOS. in my case, i have an Intel Mobo with a 965 family chipset. I upgrade the BIOS and thats all, the problem is gone and everythin work so fine. -- -- Original Message --- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [CentOS] CentOS5 running very slowly on a core 2 duo with 4 GB RAM

2008-08-20 Thread Mogens Kjaer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, I've installed CentOS5.2 on an INTEL Core 2 Duo (Intel(R) Core(TM)2 > Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz), 4 GB RAM (MemTotal: 4072176 kB) and > my system gets sevarel minutes to startup, specially on udev daemon. If your disk controllers aren't properly recognized, i

Re: [CentOS] Simple IPTABLES Question

2008-08-20 Thread Jussi Hirvi
>> Fail2ban keeps up blacklists of ip:s that have failed authentication too >> many times. What is "too many", and the duration of blacklisting can be >> configured easily in /etc/fail2ban.conf. Kenneth Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribio (20.8.2008 22:55) > The installation is easy, but the confi