Re: [CentOS] Gathering information about RAM in sockets

2009-09-30 Thread Marko A. Jennings
On Wed, September 30, 2009 12:56 pm, Timo Schoeler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi list, > > I have an IBM xseries 345, running CentOS 5.3, hosting a few Xen domUs. > > However, I need more RAM -- but cannot remember if all (four) RAM > sockets are populated (which w

Re: [CentOS] Gathering information about RAM in sockets

2009-09-30 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/30/2009 05:56 PM, Timo Schoeler wrote: > > Any hints? > dmidecode ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread happymaster23
No this is not solution. I have tried to run firstboot but without result. There should be some script, that is making these files (including writing MAC address and full device name). Other thing is modprobe.conf - there is name of driver connected to device name (eth0, eth1, e.g.), but there is n

Re: [CentOS] Gathering information about RAM in sockets

2009-09-30 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thus Marko A. Jennings spake: > On Wed, September 30, 2009 12:56 pm, Timo Schoeler wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi list, >> >> I have an IBM xseries 345, running CentOS 5.3, hosting a few Xen domUs. >> >> However, I

Re: [CentOS] Gathering information about RAM in sockets

2009-09-30 Thread Preston Connors
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Timo, dmidecode can show what RAM sockets are populated if your motherboard supports retrieval of this information. - From 'man dmidecode' dmidecode is a tool for dumping a computer's DMI (some say SMBIOS) table contents in a human-readable format.

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
happymaster23 wrote: > No this is not solution. I have tried to run firstboot but without > result. There should be some script, that is making these files > (including writing MAC address and full device name). Other thing is > modprobe.conf - there is name of driver connected to device name > (et

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Rob Kampen
Joseph L. Casale wrote: Don't bother with that, go straight to the source! http://packages.asterisk.org/ These get updated rather quickly. jlc +1 for this suggestion. Starting out it may be easier to pull packages from a repo if you're not familiar with building from source. BUT, in th

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
happymaster23 wrote: > No this is not solution. I have tried to run firstboot but without > result. There should be some script, that is making these files > (including writing MAC address and full device name). Other thing is > modprobe.conf - there is name of driver connected to device name > (et

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread happymaster23
Thank you, this looks good, but I don´t want unconfigure whole system... 2009/9/30 John R Pierce : > happymaster23 wrote: >> No this is not solution. I have tried to run firstboot but without >> result. There should be some script, that is making these files >> (including writing MAC address and

Re: [CentOS] Gathering information about RAM in sockets

2009-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
Marko A. Jennings wrote: > Take a look at dmidecode. > and, to cut the clutter, try... # dmidecode -t memory on most servers, the first entry will be the mainboard memory array, which should show how many slots and max capacity, while the rest of the entries will show the installed modu

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
Rob Kampen wrote: > >> > I have a dedicated * CentOS box that shows today as uptime 543 days. I > built from scratch as I needed to support a four port analog trunk card. > This does not have internet access as I'm running it like an old > fashioned PABX - > just with great sip / linux based s

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread happymaster23
Thank you, I am trying to make list of needed changes. So - first line of ifcfg-eth* is commented full name of adapter (no sense). Only one think that should be changed is HWADDR. This file is in three directories (/etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth*, /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-e

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
happymaster23 wrote: > Thank you, > > I am trying to make list of needed changes. So - first line of > ifcfg-eth* is commented full name of adapter (no sense). Only one > think that should be changed is HWADDR. This file is in three > directories (/etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth*, > /etc/sy

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
happymaster23 wrote: > Thank you, > > I am trying to make list of needed changes. So - first line of > ifcfg-eth* is commented full name of adapter (no sense). Only one > think that should be changed is HWADDR. This file is in three > directories (/etc/sysconfig/network-script/ifcfg-eth*, > /etc/s

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher > You can get asterisk packages from rpmforge on Centos...but on Ubuntu > you do not have to add an extra repository to get asterisk. What I meant was that the "pre-built" Asterisks (Trixbox, AsteriskNow, Elastix and PBX in a Flash) are

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Have a look at FreeSwitch as well:) Thanks. I think I looked at it once, but I can't remember what it was about it that didn't attract me at the time. I'll take another look. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.3

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: > > I have a dedicated * CentOS box that shows today as uptime 543 days. I built > from scratch as I needed to support a four port analog trunk card. > This does not have internet access as I'm running it like an old fashioned > PABX - > just with

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Rob Kampen wrote: >> >> >> I have a dedicated * CentOS box that shows today as uptime 543 days. I >> built from scratch as I needed to support a four port analog trunk card. >> This does not have internet access as I'm running it like an old

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
Ron Blizzard wrote: > > >> Have a look at FreeSwitch as well:) > > Thanks. I think I looked at it once, but I can't remember what it was > about it that didn't attract me at the time. I'll take another look. > Here's some interesting commentary on why it is likely to become more popular than a

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > Uptime is a red herring and is generally meaningless.  You'd be better > off performing updates and reboots at least once a month, so you don't > need to worry about any big changes that might come with not updating > for almost 2 years.  If

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
Ron Blizzard wrote: > >>> I do want to do an update of it all to latest versions etc. but when it >>> just keeps working it is hard to justify the down time and potential >>> hic-ups. >> If you are very well firewalled and trust all the local users you might >> get away with ignoring security updat

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Ron Blizzard wrote: >> >> >>> Have a look at FreeSwitch as well:) >> >> Thanks. I think I looked at it once, but I can't remember what it was >> about it that didn't attract me at the time. I'll take another look. >> > > Here's some interestin

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>If you are very well firewalled and trust all the local users you might >get away with ignoring security updates but it's mostly a matter of >luck. With the stock CentOS components, your downtime for an update is >normally just a reboot and problems are extremely rare. If you'd added >custom or

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > You are still exposed to anything that is on the local LAN - which could > include other machines that might have been compromised through browser > exploits, etc. unless the segment only connects to IP phones (and you > lose the ability to u

Re: [CentOS] SATA controler req

2009-09-30 Thread Steve Bonds
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steve Bonds wrote: > These $50 four port cards work wonderfully with the sata_sil24 drived included > with CentOS: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132017 > > They only come as PCI.  I never found anything stable enough for me > (which i

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > >> Uptime is a red herring and is generally meaningless.  You'd be better >> off performing updates and reboots at least once a month, so you don't >> need to worry about any big changes

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread happymaster23
Yes, you are right. You can delete all three files and make new one in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/. Other two files are automatically "created" by running setup command (choose device and then save properties). So, thank you very much everybody. I think, that now is everything OK (changes in

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Christopher Chan wrote: >> And I can't believe I just write that...! I sound like a linux >> die-hard... >> > Just try Solaris or FreeBSD then. That should make you a Linux die-hard. :-D Oh yes. I tried Opensolaris for a while and now I'm more convinced of Linux than ever. mg. __

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Sorin Srbu wrote: >>> HTH. >> Hi Sorin >> >> You can "sudo bash" and you will have a root terminal. In it, you can >> set the root password for root. > > Yupp, as I said, at the time I was testing Ubuntu, I was rather green and > didn't know about those little tricks. Now is a another matter, but

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
happymaster23 wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed new network card under CentOS 5.3, but there are some > problems. I want delete existing ifcfg-eth0 and automatically make new > on as it is during OS installation process. Is it possible? > > Thank you Hi I'm not sure if I understood your probl

[CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Hi all, Curious issue.. looking in to how much disk space is being used on a machine (CentOS 5.3). When I compare the output of du vs df, I am seeing a 12GB difference with du saying 8G used and df saying 20G used. # du -hcx / 8.0Gtotal # df -h / FilesystemSize Used Avail Use

[CentOS] OT: dmidecode data - what is maximum RAM capacity of this box?

2009-09-30 Thread Lanny Marcus
In Timo's thread about RAM today, I noticed dmidecode and I got the data for my Dell Dimension 2400 (Celeron CPU) box, which is below. I won this box in a raffle, during February 2005. After I got the box, I got conflicting information, from Crucial.com and from Dell Latin America, regarding the m

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Luciano Rocha
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 04:59:25PM -0400, Ryan Pugatch wrote: > Hi all, > > Curious issue.. looking in to how much disk space is being used on a > machine (CentOS 5.3). When I compare the output of du vs df, I am > seeing a 12GB difference with du saying 8G used and df saying 20G used. > > # d

Re: [CentOS] OT: dmidecode data - what is maximum RAM capacity of this box?

2009-09-30 Thread nate
Lanny Marcus wrote: > In Timo's thread about RAM today, I noticed dmidecode and I got the > data for my Dell Dimension 2400 (Celeron CPU) box, which is below. I You running the latest bios for the system? According to dell 2GB is the max http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2400/en/

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Peter A
Cut'n'paste from a tutorial I'm writing right now: Check with lsof if there are any very large files that are already deleted but are still open by some processes. # df -h . FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 194M 32M 153M 18% /boot # dd if=/dev/ze

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread nate
Ryan Pugatch wrote: > I recognize that in most cases du and df are not going to report the > same but I am concerned about having a 12GB disparity. Does anyone have > any thoughts about this or reason as to why there is a big difference? > I have read a few articles online about it and none have

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread rb4centos
-Original Message- From: Brian Mathis The difference is that CentOS is a general-purpose OS that can be used for many things, and has a much bigger installed base. That makes it more of a target and would likely be included in scanning tools. A custom OS running on a PBX might also hav

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Ryan Pugatch wrote: > Hi all, > > Curious issue.. looking in to how much disk space is being used on a > machine (CentOS 5.3).  When I compare the output of du vs df, I am > seeing a 12GB difference with du saying 8G used and df saying 20G used. > > # du -hcx / > 8

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:41:48 +0100 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Sorin Srbu wrote: > >>> HTH. > >> Hi Sorin > >> > >> You can "sudo bash" and you will have a root terminal. In it, you can > >> set the root password for root. > > > > Yupp, as I said, at the time I was testing Ubuntu, I was rat

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:59:25 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Hi all, > > Curious issue.. looking in to how much disk space is being used on a > machine (CentOS 5.3). When I compare the output of du vs df, I am > seeing a 12GB difference with du saying 8G used and df saying 20G used. >

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:10:46 -0700 (PDT) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Ryan Pugatch wrote: > > > I recognize that in most cases du and df are not going to report the > > same but I am concerned about having a 12GB disparity. Does anyone have > > any thoughts about this or reason as to why th

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread rb4centos
-Original Message- From: Brian Mathis The difference is that CentOS is a general-purpose OS that can be used for many things, and has a much bigger installed base. That makes it more of a target and would likely be included in scanning tools. A custom OS running on a PBX might also hav

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread nate
Robert Heller wrote: > df does not look at files (deleted or not) at all! It just looks at > allocated inodes. yeah but the result is pretty much the same, at least to me. I suppose I could of worded it a bit differently. nate ___ CentOS mailing lis

Re: [CentOS] OT: dmidecode data - what is maximum RAM capacity of this box?

2009-09-30 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM, nate wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> In Timo's thread about RAM  today, I noticed dmidecode and I got the >> data for my Dell Dimension 2400 (Celeron CPU) box, which is below. I > > You running the latest bios for the system? Probably not. I will ask them if they

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Florin Andrei
Ryan Pugatch wrote: > > I recognize that in most cases du and df are not going to report the > same but I am concerned about having a 12GB disparity. Does anyone have > any thoughts about this or reason as to why there is a big difference? Sparse files? -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.

[CentOS] SATA cards?

2009-09-30 Thread ML
Hi All, I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to put in a sata PCI card. Will CentOS be able to see the drives as they will be connected to the card? -ML ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org

Re: [CentOS] SATA cards?

2009-09-30 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:52 PM, ML wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to > put in a sata PCI card. > > Will CentOS be able to see the drives as they will be connected to the > card? > My CentOS systems are all using SATA drives. All worked out

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:23 PM, wrote: > -Original Message- > From:  Brian Mathis > > The difference is that CentOS is a general-purpose OS that can be used > for many things, and has a much bigger installed base.  That makes it > more of a target and would likely be included in scanning

Re: [CentOS] ftp issue in Centos 5.3

2009-09-30 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting Lanny Marcus : > On 9/29/09, Dave Stevens wrote: >> I manage a small server that I back up weekly. I do this by making a >> tarball of relevant files then transferring it over the local subnet >> to my station (Fedora 11), whereupon I burn it to DVD. There is no >> optical burner on the s

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Marcelo Roccasalva
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 17:59, Ryan Pugatch wrote: > Hi all, > > Curious issue.. looking in to how much disk space is being used on a > machine (CentOS 5.3).  When I compare the output of du vs df, I am > seeing a 12GB difference with du saying 8G used and df saying 20G used. Maybe you have a mou

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:23 PM, wrote: > -Original Message- > From:  Brian Mathis > > The difference is that CentOS is a general-purpose OS that can be used > for many things, and has a much bigger installed base.  That makes it > more of a target and would likely be included in scanning

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Marcelo M. Garcia > The reason for Ubuntu in the laptop is simply because CentOS didn't work >  very well. I followed the wiki about XPS M1530[1] and everything > almost work. At the office one of the developers uses a Dell Precision > laptop with RHEL 5.3 (it came

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > "Not connected to the Internet", and "not connected to a LAN" are very > different things.  I doubt VOIP would work if the server was not > connected to a LAN.  There could be quite a few things on the LAN, > depending on it's size, such as v

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Luciano Rocha wrote: > Do this: > mount /dev/xvda3 /mnt > du -hc /mnt > > And see if you can find the other 12GB. > > I usually do: > du -mc --max-depth 2 /mnt | sort -n > > Though I've recently learned: > du -hc --max-depth 2 /mnt | sort --human-readable or some such, but that > requires a v

Re: [CentOS] SATA cards?

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Wagoner
If the SATA controller is supported then CentOS will be able to see the drives. You might have a look at http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:52 PM, ML wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to > put in a sata PCI card.

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > ls -l /proc/[0-9]*/fd/| grep delete > > will show those up. Then its a matter if you want to keep that file > around or not. > > also du / did not look for files in / that were starting with a . > > ls -la / and see if there are hidden directories or files taki

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > >> "Not connected to the Internet", and "not connected to a LAN" are very >> different things. I doubt VOIP would work if the server was not >> connected to a LAN. There could be quite a few things on the LAN, >> depen

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Marcelo Roccasalva wrote: > Maybe you have a mount point overlaping big files... du -x will not find > them... Hey Marcelo, I am not sure what you mean.. can you give me an example? Thanks Ryan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lis

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Ryan Pugatch wrote: > Nothing for deleted files and no large . files found. > > Thanks, > > Ryan Oh, and no sparse files either :) Ryan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Clint Dilks
Ryan Pugatch wrote: > Marcelo Roccasalva wrote: > > >> Maybe you have a mount point overlaping big files... du -x will not find >> them... >> > > Hey Marcelo, > > I am not sure what you mean.. can you give me an example? > > Thanks > > Ryan > > _

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Robert Nichols
Ryan Pugatch wrote: > Hi all, > > Curious issue.. looking in to how much disk space is being used on a > machine (CentOS 5.3). When I compare the output of du vs df, I am > seeing a 12GB difference with du saying 8G used and df saying 20G used. > > # du -hcx / > 8.0Gtotal > > # df -h / >

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Florin Andrei
Ryan Pugatch wrote: > > Oh, and no sparse files either :) Last time I saw this issue, no sparse files, nothing legit, it was a corrupted FS. :( -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.o

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > But even with old-school phone switches, your support contract would > require software updates at regular intervals and unless you had > redundant hot-failover equipment, that would involve scheduled downtime. Not with Nortel. Patches were

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Florin Andrei wrote: > Last time I saw this issue, no sparse files, nothing legit, it was a > corrupted FS. :( > Well, if I mount to another directory the size is right. My next step will be to fsck probably. Ryan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@

Re: [CentOS] du vs df size difference

2009-09-30 Thread Ryan Pugatch
Clint Dilks wrote: > Hi, > > He means a situation where you have something this this > > You create a partion lets say /dev/hda1 you use it as you / partition > you create a directory called /data and copy some data into it > You then have a second partiton /dev/hda2 and you mount /dev/hda2 of

Re: [CentOS] SATA cards?

2009-09-30 Thread Steve Bonds
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:52 PM, ML wrote: > I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to > put in a sata PCI card. > > Will CentOS be able to see the drives as they will be connected to the > card? That's certainly the goal! :-) In addition to the linux-ata link alrea

Re: [CentOS] SATA cards?

2009-09-30 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:31:11 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > If the SATA controller is supported then CentOS will be able to see > the drives. You might have a look at > http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html *Some* SATA controllers (at least NV's ahci on-board ones) seem to need the irq

[CentOS] CentOS Enterprise IPA (Identity, Policy, and Audit) Server

2009-09-30 Thread Johnny Hughes
I have just completed building the RPMS for the CentOS Enterprise IPA (Identity, Policy, and Audit) Server. This is based on the sources from the Red Hat Enterprise IPA server. Documentation can be downloaded here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/pdf/eipa/1.0/ The RPMS are located in the testing r

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Enterprise IPA (Identity, Policy, and Audit) Server

2009-09-30 Thread Kristopher Kane
Neat! Thanks! -Kristopher Kane ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Enterprise IPA (Identity, Policy, and Audit) Server

2009-09-30 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/30/2009 07:43 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > I have just completed building the RPMS for the CentOS Enterprise IPA > (Identity, Policy, and Audit) Server. > > This is based on the sources from the Red Hat Enterprise IPA server. > > Documentation can be downloaded here: > > http://www.centos.or

Re: [CentOS] OT: What's wrong with RAID5

2009-09-30 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/24/2009 07:35 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > > Am 24.09.2009 um 07:43 schrieb Fajar Priyanto: > >> Hi all, >> Sorry for the OT. >> I've got an IBM N3300-A10 NAS. It runs Data Ontap 7.2.5.1. >> The problem is, from the docs it says that it only supports either >> RAID-DP or RAID4. >> What I wan

Re: [CentOS] OT: What's wrong with RAID5

2009-09-30 Thread Stephen Harris
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 08:52:08PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 09/24/2009 07:35 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > > Well, it depends on the disk-size: > > http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/technology/features/article.php/3839636 > > This info is VERY relevant ... you will almost ALWAYS have a

Re: [CentOS] OT: What's wrong with RAID5

2009-09-30 Thread Brian McKerr
Slightly OT... Opensolaris has just had triple parity raid (raidz3) added to ZFS; http://blogs.sun.com/ahl/entry/triple_parity_raid_z Pity we can't get an in kernel version of ZFS for linux. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 08:52:08PM -

Re: [CentOS] OT: What's wrong with RAID5

2009-09-30 Thread John R Pierce
Stephen Harris wrote: > "Almost always" is very dependent on the disks and size of the array. > > Let's take a 20TiByte array as an example. > ... he did say 'very large'. note, raid10 has another parameter... say you have a 20 drive raid10 of 1TB drives (10TB total usable). if one drive fa

[CentOS] ignore please.

2009-09-30 Thread Brian McKerr
testing email delivery ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
>> When you say go voip, do you mean use sip for the stations only or also >> for the trunks? >> > > My experience (and the experience of those I know) is that SIP trunks > don't really work consistently. But, when I say I need to learn VOIP > I'm mostly talking about the station side. My goa

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.

2009-09-30 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
2009/9/30 Miguel Medalha : > in /etc/ldap.conf: > bind_policy soft I may not have used the right terminology, but I mentioned this in my first message: >> They all obtain their authentication information over LDAP and to avoid the >> starting message bus hang problem[1], nscd is set to soft failu

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Christopher Chan
Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> > Behalf > >> Of Marcelo M. Garcia >> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:36 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user >> >>

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.

2009-09-30 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
Think I might just wait for v5.4 and try that. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Sorin Srbu
>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Christopher Chan >Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:42 AM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user > >> Yupp, as I said, at the time I was testing Ubuntu

[CentOS] cups-lpd job settings

2009-09-30 Thread janezkosmr
Does someone know, how to configure cups lpd job options. My xinet.d config looks like this: # default: off # description: Allow applications using the legacy lpd protocol to communicate w ith CUPS service printer { disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/29/2009 06:21 PM, Drew wrote: > Websites for example > have moved from static html on the arpanet& university sites to the > rich multimedia content we see today. Back then the idea of a website > infecting a computer was unheard of. For completelness sake - website content hasent changed

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/29/2009 06:38 PM, Florin Andrei wrote: > I agree with your assessment that Red Hat& Co are still The > Distribution for enterprise stuff. Where Enterprise Stuff == 'Stable computing where you can focus on doing things with your computer and know that when you want to, it will be there - h

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
Niki Kovacs wrote: > Geoff Galitz a écrit : > >> Ubuntu has the LTS releases, which are long term stable releases. They are >> supported for five years after release. >> > Ubuntu Long Term Support is three years for desktops and five for servers. > > In the last LTS version (8.04), half of the au

[CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Tait Clarridge wrote: > > >> CentOS is great for server use and if you want to learn CentOS for use >> as a server, Fedora is a great place to start because they are both >> redhat based. Chances are that if you got something to work in Fed

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/30/2009 02:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Solution: stick with CentOS, rock-solid and *real* LTS. > > But that means you have to wait many years for new features - that you > probably > want in rapidly developing desktop apps. thats not always true - it is to some extent though. And the 'lon

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>> I don't have any servers. I like CentOS on my desktop and my laptop >> just because it's solid. It's also the Linux distribution of choice >> for most Asterisk platforms -- which I intend to (eventually) learn. >> (I'm a telephone tech, who is eventually going to have to go VOIP.) Have a look a

[CentOS] [JOB] Linux Sysadmin, London

2009-09-30 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
Hello, I've been asked to recruit a Linux Systems Administrator for one of our clients. They're based in London, but I know many folk who commute from Hampshire, so here's the spec: Job:Systems Administrator Company:Wordtracker Location: Kentish

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Tim Nelson
- "Joseph L. Casale" wrote: > >You can get asterisk packages from rpmforge on Centos...but on > Ubuntu > >you do not have to add an extra repository to get asterisk. > > Don't bother with that, go straight to the source! > http://packages.asterisk.org/ > These get updated rather quickly. > >

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>> Don't bother with that, go straight to the source! >> http://packages.asterisk.org/ >> These get updated rather quickly. >> >> jlc > >+1 for this suggestion. > >Starting out it may be easier to pull packages from a repo if you're not >familiar with building from source. BUT, in the long run, yo

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Les Mikesell
Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 09/30/2009 02:11 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Solution: stick with CentOS, rock-solid and *real* LTS. >> But that means you have to wait many years for new features - that you >> probably >> want in rapidly developing desktop apps. > > thats not always true - it is to so

Re: [CentOS] Asterisk and VOIP was Re: CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-30 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
>> You can get asterisk packages from rpmforge on Centos...but on Ubuntu >> you do not have to add an extra repository to get asterisk. >> > > Don't bother with that, go straight to the source! > http://packages.asterisk.org/ > These get updated rather quickly. > Ah, now that will defini

[CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread happymaster23
Hello, I have installed new network card under CentOS 5.3, but there are some problems. I want delete existing ifcfg-eth0 and automatically make new on as it is during OS installation process. Is it possible? Thank you ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cen

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread James Matthews
Do you wish to configure it using a DHCP server? On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, happymaster23 wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed new network card under CentOS 5.3, but there are some > problems. I want delete existing ifcfg-eth0 and automatically make new > on as it is during OS installation

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread happymaster23
No, I want create files /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and others... 2009/9/30 James Matthews > Do you wish to configure it using a DHCP server? > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:45 AM, happymaster23 > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have installed new network card under CentOS 5.3, but ther

Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?

2009-09-30 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
2009/9/30 happymaster23 : > No, I want create files /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and > others... Try running setup Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Gathering information about RAM in sockets

2009-09-30 Thread Timo Schoeler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, I have an IBM xseries 345, running CentOS 5.3, hosting a few Xen domUs. However, I need more RAM -- but cannot remember if all (four) RAM sockets are populated (which would mean to buy higher capacity modules) or if there are two slots left