Re: [CentOS] chipsets etc to avoid for CentOS 6.x

2013-11-08 Thread Arun Khan
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Devin Reade wrote: >> >> I've typically stuck to Intel CPUs, and prefer Gigabyte or Intel >> motherboards. I'd prefer to minimize the likelihood of non-working >> or marginally-working hardware. > > Gigabyte doe

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[CentOS] Wireless problems

2013-11-08 Thread Krzysztof Szarlej
Hi guys, I have a problem with my Centos 6.4. I am experiencing a Wireless Disconnects, some time ago I had them constantly each 2-3minutes. After upgrading to new kernel (and other software from "Software Update" I am still exepriencing disconnects but every 10-15 minutes. It makes me angry becau

Re: [CentOS] IBM Storwize V3700 storage - device names

2013-11-08 Thread Tris Hoar
On 07/11/2013 21:14, Todor Petkov wrote: > Hello, > > I have IBM Storwize V3700 storage, connected to 2 IBM x3550 M4 servers > via fiber channel. The servers are with QLogic ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre > Channel to > PCI Express HBA cards and run Centos 5.10 > > When I export a volume to the servers,

Re: [CentOS] Wireless problems

2013-11-08 Thread m . roth
Krzysztof Szarlej wrote: > Hi guys, I have a problem with my Centos 6.4. > > I am experiencing a Wireless Disconnects, some time ago I had them > constantly each 2-3minutes. After upgrading to new kernel (and other > software from "Software Update" I am still exepriencing disconnects but > every 10

Re: [CentOS] Wireless problems

2013-11-08 Thread Krzysztof Szarlej
Answer 1: Home router Answer 2: Nothing should cut the signal, signal strength is very good as i am close to the router (not 2 close however). Anyway on my windows (this pc is dual boot) everything is fine... I found that there is a Nov 8 14:10:17 mlody NetworkManager[8817]: (wlan0): device sta

[CentOS] Installing CentOS via USB thumbdrive

2013-11-08 Thread Joseph Spenner
I've been poking at this for quite a while, and have never been able to get it to work. I've found a couple links with some partial truths:   http://syslint.com/syslint/how-to-make-a-usb-boot-disk-for-centosrhel-from-iso-file/   http://brakkee.org/site/2013/05/09/creating-a-usb-install-for-centos

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS via USB thumbdrive

2013-11-08 Thread Lists
On 11/08/2013 10:04 AM, Joseph Spenner wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed via USB? > I remember reading some multi part instructions where the USB drive is > formatted with some special tools, often involving Windows, and various files > need to be copied to the USB drive. But I was hopi

[CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread Lists
Saw a trick today, wondering if anybody else had done/tried this? Assume you have a 1U rackmount with 4 front-accessed drive bays, and you want all four bays for a 4-disk RAID5 storage. The idea is to use an internal USB adapter and a couple of bigger USB thumb drives to install to, RAID 1 styl

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread Keith Keller
On 2013-11-08, Lists wrote: > > The idea is to use an internal USB adapter and a couple of bigger USB > thumb drives to install to, RAID 1 style, freeing up all your external > drive bays. At first, I didn't think that a thumb drive would hold > enough for the O/S, but in actual production use

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/8/2013 12:57 PM, Lists wrote: > Saw a trick today, wondering if anybody else had done/tried this? Assume > you have a 1U rackmount with 4 front-accessed drive bays, and you want > all four bays for a 4-disk RAID5 storage. > > The idea is to use an internal USB adapter and a couple of bigger U

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread Lists
On 11/08/2013 02:06 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/8/2013 12:57 PM, Lists wrote: >> Saw a trick today, wondering if anybody else had done/tried this? Assume >> you have a 1U rackmount with 4 front-accessed drive bays, and you want >> all four bays for a 4-disk RAID5 storage. >> >> The idea is to

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread Jim Wise
On Nov 8, 2013, at 17:12 , Lists wrote: > On 11/08/2013 02:06 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 11/8/2013 12:57 PM, Lists wrote: >>> Saw a trick today, wondering if anybody else had done/tried this? Assume >>> you have a 1U rackmount with 4 front-accessed drive bays, and you want >>> all four bays

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/8/2013 2:40 PM, Jim Wise wrote: > It’s worth noting that FreeNAS does more or less exactly this, using a USB > drive with a more-or-less read-only OS image to serve some number of spinning > or flash disks. yeah, but whats on that USB stick is mostly a single file thats loaded into a ramd

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread Jim Wise
On Nov 8, 2013, at 17:48 , John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/8/2013 2:40 PM, Jim Wise wrote: >> It’s worth noting that FreeNAS does more or less exactly this, using a USB >> drive with a more-or-less read-only OS image to serve some number of >> spinning or flash disks. > > yeah, but whats on that

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS via USB thumbdrive

2013-11-08 Thread Yves Bellefeuille
On Friday 08 November 2013, Joseph Spenner wrote: > I've been poking at this for quite a while, and have never been able > to get it to work. Have a look at this thread: http://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4478 -- Yves Bellefeuille ___

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS via USB thumbdrive

2013-11-08 Thread Joseph Spenner
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: > > On Friday 08 November 2013, Joseph Spenner > wrote: > >> I've been poking at this for quite a while, and have never been able >> to get it to work. > > Have a look at this thread: > http://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=447

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS via USB thumbdrive

2013-11-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/8/2013 4:58 PM, Joseph Spenner wrote: > I'll find a USB DVD drive and use that, until a hybrid ISO becomes available. this has worked for me, using a Windows machine to prep the USB stick http://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29829 and this tool was even easier to use, you can setup

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread Arun Khan
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Lists wrote: > Saw a trick today, wondering if anybody else had done/tried this? Assume > you have a 1U rackmount with 4 front-accessed drive bays, and you want > all four bays for a 4-disk RAID5 storage. > > The idea is to use an internal USB adapter and a couple o

Re: [CentOS] Install to internal USB?

2013-11-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/8/2013 11:01 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > Some of the newer workstation/server boards have an internal USB > (female) connector soldered on to the board; specifically meant for > embedded OS.I have seen it on the Supermicro and Dell systems. personally, I'd as soon use a CF or SD card for this