[CentOS] Gettiing the latest Firefox and Thunderbird for CentOS 5.1

2008-02-15 Thread Edward Diener
Is there any 3rd party repository for which I can get the latest versions of Firefox and Thunderbird for CentOS 5.1 and install them using yum ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] CentOS 5.4 Upgrade installation failure

2009-12-23 Thread Edward Diener
CentOS 5.3 has been running fairly good except for a slow ethernet connection so I thought I would upgrade to CentOS 5.4 to see if that improved things. I had previously changed fstab and menu.lst to use UUID instead of LABEL in order to insulate myself from partition label changes I wanted to

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4 Upgrade installation failure

2009-12-26 Thread Edward Diener
Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Edward Diener > wrote: >> CentOS 5.3 has been running fairly good except for a slow ethernet >> connection so I thought I would upgrade to CentOS 5.4 to see if that >> improved things. I had previously changed fstab

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4 Upgrade installation failure

2009-12-26 Thread Edward Diener
Frank Cox wrote: > On Sat, 2009-12-26 at 15:52 -0500, Edward Diener wrote: >> Smart a much easier and more informative program to use. > > In view of the hassle you just went through (unnecessarily) can you > still say that? I can say it because I have had problems wi

[CentOS] Boot from CD

2010-07-26 Thread Edward Diener
I am running CentOS 5.5 and I want to create a boot CD so that if my boot partition is moved I can still boot from the boot CD and re-initialize grub again. Is there some easy to use utility which will enable me to do this ? ___ CentOS mailing list Ce

[CentOS] Boot message about "resume device"

2010-08-01 Thread Edward Diener
When I boot CentOS 5.5, I receive the message: Unable to access resume device ( UUID = some UUID etc. ) How do I find out what actual device to which this UUID refers ? It does not appear to be a block device since it does not show when I try 'blkid'. To what does "resume device" refer ? The bo

[CentOS] Unable to mount devices in rescue mode

2010-08-01 Thread Edward Diener
Booting to CentOS 5.5 works and I am able to login with all my devices mounted. When I boot from the install DVD and type "linux rescue" I eventually get the message, after attempting to have one of the screens mount my partitions in read/write mode: "An error occurred trying to mount some or a

Re: [CentOS] Boot message about "resume device"

2010-08-01 Thread Edward Diener
Tom H wrote: > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Edward Diener wrote: >> When I boot CentOS 5.5, I receive the message: >> >> Unable to access resume device ( UUID = some UUID etc. ) >> >> How do I find out what actual device to which this UUID refers ? It does &

Re: [CentOS] Unable to mount devices in rescue mode

2010-08-01 Thread Edward Diener
On 8/1/2010 7:38 PM, Tsuyoshi Nagata wrote: > Hi Edward. > (2010/08/02 2:29), Edward Diener wrote: >> Booting to CentOS 5.5 works and I am able to login with all my devices >> mounted. > snip >> But nothing appears mounted under /mnt/sysimage. Does anybody have any &

[CentOS] Manually mounting partitions in "linux rescue" mode

2010-08-02 Thread Edward Diener
I boot from the installation DVD, with an already existing CentOS 5.5 system on my hard disks. I have separate boot, root, and home partitions. I have moved the boot partition and now I need to re-initialize grub from rescue mode. Attempting to use 'rescue mode" to automatically mount my system

Re: [CentOS] Manually mounting partitions in "linux rescue" mode

2010-08-03 Thread Edward Diener
On 8/3/2010 12:22 AM, Mark Pryor wrote: > > > --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Edward Diener wrote: > >> From: Edward Diener >> Subject: [CentOS] Manually mounting partitions in "linux rescue" mode >> To: centos@centos.org >> Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 9:07 P

Re: [CentOS] Manually mounting partitions in "linux rescue" mode

2010-08-03 Thread Edward Diener
56 38 08 30 > mailto:robert.gra...@cedrat.com - http://www.cedrat.com > >> -Message d'origine- >> De : centos-boun...@centos.org >> [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] De la part de Edward Diener >> Envoyé : 3 août 2010 06:08 >> À : centos@centos.org >>

Re: [CentOS] Manually mounting partitions in "linux rescue" mode

2010-08-03 Thread Edward Diener
On 8/3/2010 12:19 AM, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 12:07:58AM -0400, Edward Diener wrote: > >> Attempting to use 'rescue mode" to automatically mount my system under >> /mnt/sysimage eventally fails with an error message, which essentially >> s

Re: [CentOS] Manually mounting partitions in "linux rescue" mode

2010-08-03 Thread Edward Diener
On 8/3/2010 11:13 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 8/3/2010 9:56 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >> >> I am at the shell prompt but in order to get grub to work, don't I need >> to mount my actual boot and root partitions for grub to know that >> (hd0,9) refers a valid

Re: [CentOS] Manually mounting partitions in "linux rescue" mode

2010-08-03 Thread Edward Diener
es > > On 3 Aug 2010 18:21, <mailto:m.r...@5-cent.us>> wrote: > > Edward Diener wrote: > >> On 8/3/2010 11:13 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > >>> On 8/3/2010 9:56 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I am at the shell prompt bu

[CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-15 Thread Edward Diener
I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a drive. How does one do this in the installation of CentOS7 ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lis

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-16 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >> I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the >> CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a >> drive. How does one do this in the in

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 1:05 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: >> On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >>> I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the >>> CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 9:01 AM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:05:01AM -0400, Edward Diener wrote: >> On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: >>> On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >>>> I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 8:40 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 07/17/2014 06:37 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >> Not choosing a bootloader did not work. Without the ability to tell >> the CedntOS7 installation to install its bootloader in my /boot >> partition, I cannot use CentOS7. For me the Ce

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 7/17/2014 2:27 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 7/17/2014 6:38 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >>> There is other discussion around the web on this issue for GRUB2 (which >>>> is where the issue lies). The core is that GRUB2 is quite a bit larger >>>> than GRUB 1, a

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition

2014-07-17 Thread Edward Diener
On 07/17/2014 04:05 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 07/17/2014 02:41 PM, Edward Diener wrote: >> Programming is about calculations as well as logic. It cannot be >> impossible to calculate how big core.img is, how much space is in the >> partition in which grub2 is installed an