Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Michael Simpson
On 15 September 2011 19:58, James Nguyen wrote > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:02 AM, John Doe wrote: >> >> From: James Nguyen >> >> > So the premise for this question is that I setup an >> > exclude=*.i368,*.i686 in my yum.conf. >> > While doing a yum update I come across missing package dependenci

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread B.J. McClure
On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 11:01 +0100, Michael Simpson wrote: > On 15 September 2011 19:58, James Nguyen wrote > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:02 AM, John Doe wrote: > >> > >> From: James Nguyen > >> > >> > So the premise for this question is that I setup an > >> > exclude=*.i368,*.i686 in my yum.conf

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Khusro Jaleel
On 15/09/11 10:02, John Doe wrote: > What about using multilib_policy=best instead? > > JD This is what I do as well and it's worked well on many different machines now. i386/i686 packages are not automatically pulled in anymore, it automatically selects the right arch (x86_64).

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Michael Simpson
> There is a 64 bit flashplayer now that seems to work fine on 5.x and > 6.x.  This is an old link so not sure if it's still good. > > http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html > Sorry for continuing the OT but i don't want some poor sod finding the above in google The "10square" pl

Re: [CentOS] Safely Remove Disk on LVM

2011-09-16 Thread Theo Band
On 09/16/2011 05:03 AM, Muhammad Panji wrote: > Dear All, > I plan to replace an error disk that is part of an LV. from LVM how-to > it could be done with using pvmove to move all PE from old disk to new > disk.But the howto also said that pvmove is slow. Anyone has > experience using pvmove on 2TB

Re: [CentOS] fdisk on centos 6

2011-09-16 Thread Steve Clark
On 09/15/2011 06:03 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: I think the fdisk in 6 tries to align on 4k boundaries. Does fdisk -c do the same thing? Scott - thanks I just tried -cu and same result. jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.o

Re: [CentOS] Cons of disabling *.i386 and *.i686 in a 64bit Distribution

2011-09-16 Thread Stephen Cox
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Michael Simpson wrote: >> There is a 64 bit flashplayer now that seems to work fine on 5.x and >> 6.x.  This is an old link so not sure if it's still good. >> >> http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html >> > Sorry for continuing the OT but i don't

[CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Janez Kosmrlj
The page http://www.centos.org/product.html has product specifications for all centos releases except for centos6. Is there a reason why or did the site maintainers just forget about it. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/ma

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 13:45 +0200, Janez Kosmrlj wrote: > The page http://www.centos.org/product.html has product specifications > for all centos releases except for centos6. Is there a reason why or > did the site maintainers just forget about it. The Centos web site needs updating. Perhaps wil

Re: [CentOS] Dedup (again)

2011-09-16 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: > > ZFS, ZFS, ZFS > ___ Hi Christopher. Thanks for your hint. I'm testing it now on Centos. So far it's awesome!! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos

Re: [CentOS] fdisk on centos 6

2011-09-16 Thread Jerry Geis
On 09/16/2011 06:59 AM, Steve Clark wrote: > On 09/15/2011 06:03 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: >>> I think the fdisk in 6 tries to align on 4k boundaries. Does fdisk -c do the >>> same thing? >>> >> Scott - thanks I just tried -cu and same result. >> >> jerry >> >>

Re: [CentOS] 6.1 Update request

2011-09-16 Thread Drew
> Step-1, get the major security stuff into 6.0/cr/. Step-3, Profit. ;-) -- Drew "This started out as a hobby and spun horribly out of control." -Unknown ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] fdisk on centos 6

2011-09-16 Thread Steve Clark
On 09/16/2011 08:10 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: On 09/16/2011 06:59 AM, Steve Clark wrote: On 09/15/2011 06:03 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: I think the fdisk in 6 tries to align on 4k boundaries. Does fdisk -c do the same thing? Scott - thanks I just tried -cu and same result. jerry

Re: [CentOS] fdisk on centos 6

2011-09-16 Thread Jerry Geis
On 09/16/2011 08:37 AM, Steve Clark wrote: > On 09/16/2011 08:10 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: >> On 09/16/2011 06:59 AM, Steve Clark wrote: >>> On 09/15/2011 06:03 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I think the fdisk in 6 tries to align on 4k boundaries. Does fdisk -c do > the > same thing? >

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
Kahlil Hodgson wrote: > On 16/09/11 08:22, Sebastiano Pilla wrote: >> Based on what I'm seeing, I do not think that yum is downloading a >> corrupt sqlite database, rather than it is creating a corrupt database >> all by itself. I have however no definite confirmation of this and I >> would like to

Re: [CentOS] Dedup (again)

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
Fajar Priyanto wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Fajar Priyanto > wrote: >> The OP was asking http://www.opendedup.org/ >> How is it? > > Hmm opendedup requires java which I'm not allowed to use. > :( Hey, like that's a bad thing? mark _

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.6 to 5.7 upgrade

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
Sorin Srbu wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf >>Of m.r...@5-cent.us >>Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:04 PM >>To: CentOS mailing list >>Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.6 to 5.7 upgrade >> >>For us, it's breaking a

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread sebastiano
On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:15:23 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Has anyone in this thread - I may have missed some posts last night - > suggested yum reinstall yum? This wasn't suggested yet, so I've tried it and it fails in the same way (not unexpectedly, I would say): [root@picard ~]# yum reinst

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
sebasti...@datafaber.net wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:15:23 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Has anyone in this thread - I may have missed some posts last night - >> suggested yum reinstall yum? > > This wasn't suggested yet, so I've tried it and it fails in the same > way (not unexpectedly, I

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
sebasti...@datafaber.net wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:15:23 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Has anyone in this thread - I may have missed some posts last night - >> suggested yum reinstall yum? > > This wasn't suggested yet, so I've tried it and it fails in the same > way (not unexpectedly, I

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread William Hooper
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:18 AM, wrote: [snip] > So either several mirrors all have the same corrupted file, or my box > is generating a corrupted file each time. I would tend towards the > second hypothesis, since other people have successfully updated their > 5.6 installations to 5.7. Have you

[CentOS] CentOS 6.0 Heartbeat missing logd??

2011-09-16 Thread Ken Dechick
Hello list, Working on migrating my existing High-Availability setups from CentOS 5.3 to 6.0, both x86_64. I generally setup a fairly simple 2 node active/passive cluster using DRBD , Heartbeat, and Pacemaker. Use these clusters to run our proprietary Medical software plus a few key services (

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread Emmanuel Noobadmin
On 9/16/11, Always Learning wrote: > C1 > > c1ref > c1customer (code) > c1quantity (integers only) > c1price (in cents) > c1discount (2 decimal places held as integers) > c1catalogue (code) > c1date (yymmdd) >

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > On 9/16/11, Always Learning wrote: >> C1 >> >> c1ref >> c1customer (code) >> c1quantity (integers only) >> then do a query: >> >> select c1quantity, c1price, c1discount from c1 where c1customer = >> 'joebloggs' and c1date like '10%' > > Is

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread sebastiano
I've finally managed to update one of my boxes to 5.7. I did it in a very roundabout way, which however confirms that at least in my boxes there's something wrong in the way yum creates the sqlite databases. I've basically followed the guide at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CreateLocalMirror to

Re: [CentOS] Safely Remove Disk on LVM

2011-09-16 Thread Devin Reade
--On Friday, September 16, 2011 10:03:39 AM +0700 Muhammad Panji wrote: > I plan to replace an error disk that is part of an LV. I realize that this doesn't help you in this case, but if you are in the future able to put LVM on top of a RAID1/5/6 device it makes the process a whole lot easier (d

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread Alain Péan
Le 16/09/2011 17:26, sebasti...@datafaber.net a écrit : > Many thanks to all the people on the list who have suggestions and > advice, particularly to Alain Péan who pointed me in the right > direction. You are welcome, but I don't know how my suggestions lead you to the idea to setup a local rep

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/15/11 12:51 PM, Always Learning wrote: >> that data is normalized, there is no redundant data in any of those >> > tables, they are connected by the relations defined via the references >> > ('foreign keys'). > I would not design my orders database exactly like you have. once again, you co

Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread Denniston, Todd A CIV NAVSURFWARCENDIV Crane
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of sebasti...@datafaber.net > Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 11:27 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Yum segmentation fault updating from 5.6 to 5.7 > > I've finally manage

[CentOS] OT : ARIN Apologies .....

2011-09-16 Thread Always Learning
For those who use Centos and have problems with ARIN, here is today's apology from ARIN's Chief Engineer Andy Newton posted on ARIN-Tech. Follow-ups, if any, off-list please. Thank you. Paul -- All, We appreciate your patience and willingness to work with us

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread Always Learning
Golly Gosh, here we go again. On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 11:10 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > On 09/15/11 12:51 PM, Always Learning wrote: >> > > I would not design my orders database exactly like you have. > once again, you completely miss the point, and go off on a tangent > explaining how YOU do

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread John R. Dennison
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 09:18:24PM +0100, Always Learning wrote: > > The point is I write programmes for pleasure. Naturally as an always > learning individual, I appraise others' methods and when they seem > advantageous and relevant I am likely to use them. The point is that absolutely none of

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: > On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 11:10 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 09/15/11 12:51 PM, Always Learning wrote: > When IBM introduced its Structured Query Language many years ago, it > seemed like a helpful facility for end-users who could, using SQL, > access they own data fairly

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread m . roth
John R. Dennison wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 09:18:24PM +0100, Always Learning wrote: >> >> The point is I write programmes for pleasure. Naturally as an always >> learning individual, I appraise others' methods and when they seem >> advantageous and relevant I am likely to use them. > > The p

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7

2011-09-16 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 16:28 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > As a point of information, it *was* intended for ->managers<- to get > reports themselves, rather than waiting weeks, or months, for a program to > be written. > > Another "cure" for the software backlog. Heh. Heh. Heh I'm thinkin

[CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-16 Thread Thomas Dukes
Just got my Lenovo TS130 with a Xeon E3-1225 Processor, 4GB RAM, blah, blah, blah.. It won't boot CentOS 6.0 64 bit, Scientific Linux 64 bit 6.1, but will boot 32 bit CentOS 6.0. Any ideas? Otherwise, its going back to Amazon Monday and I'm done. Will keep my 5.7 Centos boxes until they rot!

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Ned Slider
On 09/16/2011 01:00 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 13:45 +0200, Janez Kosmrlj wrote: > >> The page http://www.centos.org/product.html has product specifications >> for all centos releases except for centos6. Is there a reason why or >> did the site maintainers just forget abou

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-16 Thread Digimer
On 09/16/2011 09:52 PM, Thomas Dukes wrote: > Just got my Lenovo TS130 with a Xeon E3-1225 Processor, 4GB RAM, blah, blah, > blah.. > > It won't boot CentOS 6.0 64 bit, Scientific Linux 64 bit 6.1, but will boot > 32 bit CentOS 6.0. > > Any ideas? Otherwise, its going back to Amazon Monday an

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 02:54 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > On 09/16/2011 01:00 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 13:45 +0200, Janez Kosmrlj wrote: > > > >> The page http://www.centos.org/product.html has product specifications > >> for all centos releases except for centos6. Is

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Ned Slider
On 09/17/2011 03:23 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 02:54 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: >> On 09/16/2011 01:00 PM, Always Learning wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 13:45 +0200, Janez Kosmrlj wrote: >>> The page http://www.centos.org/product.html has product specifications >

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-16 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 21:52 -0400, Thomas Dukes wrote: > Just got my Lenovo TS130 with a Xeon E3-1225 Processor, 4GB RAM, blah, blah, > blah.. > > It won't boot CentOS 6.0 64 bit, Scientific Linux 64 bit 6.1, but will boot > 32 bit CentOS 6.0. > > Any ideas? Otherwise, its going back to Amazo

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 03:32 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > As I said above, this isn't something people can volunteer for - only > a very select few have the appropriate privileges to perform the task. > There are trust issues. > > However, you can file a bug report against the website. What is the

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-16 Thread Digimer
On 09/16/2011 10:36 PM, Craig White wrote: > On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 21:52 -0400, Thomas Dukes wrote: >> Just got my Lenovo TS130 with a Xeon E3-1225 Processor, 4GB RAM, blah, blah, >> blah.. >> >> It won't boot CentOS 6.0 64 bit, Scientific Linux 64 bit 6.1, but will boot >> 32 bit CentOS 6.0. >

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-16 Thread Kenneth Godee
Email Lenovo support and ask about RedHat 6.0 support for the TS130 The Lenovo TS130 is not listed on Redhat 6.0 system Certified list. https://hardware.redhat.com/list.cgi?product=Red+Hat+Hardware+Certification&quicksearch=Lenovo There are some notes on other think servers, maybe that would hel

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Ned Slider
On 09/17/2011 03:44 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 03:32 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > >> As I said above, this isn't something people can volunteer for - only >> a very select few have the appropriate privileges to perform the task. >> There are trust issues. >> >> However, you

Re: [CentOS] This doesn't make sense

2011-09-16 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/16/11 7:36 PM, Craig White wrote: > Xeon processor? sounds old Xeon E3 is a server/workstation version of the latest sandy bridge processors, also known as core i-series -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast ___

Re: [CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread Always Learning
On Sat, 2011-09-17 at 04:06 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > There is an ongoing Website V2 sub-project that has been running for > some time: > > http://wiki.centos.org/WebsiteVer2 > http://qaweb.dev.centos.org/websitever2/ Can't see any new web site on the latter URL. I'm not a Flash user by choic

[CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: >> However, you can file a bug report against the website. > > What is the point in 'complaining' by filing a BUG report when it is > conspicuously evident the existing web person(s) can not cope because > they have insufficient time or have died or have

[CentOS] centos product specification

2011-09-16 Thread R P Herrold
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Always Learning wrote: > Can't see any new web site on the latter URL. I'm not a Flash user by > choice. > Perhaps the Centos web site should be simple, practical, helpful in > preference to emulating the very latest presentation gimmicks ? A larger > font size will be useful