Re: "Configuring network interface" slow

2009-01-05 Thread Tristan Terpelle
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:06:19 +0800, Deephay wrote: > Greetings all, > > I found the "Configuring network interface" step in the boot > sequence takes quite some time recently, does anyone have the same > problem or any advice? Thanks in advance. > > Deephay > I've had the same problem on Ubun

Mirroring existing LVM set: software RAID or LVM mirror?

2008-11-12 Thread Tristan Terpelle
I'm going to buy a second disk to add to my system. I want to mirror my current LVM setup for redundancy. So far, on older systems, I've always used software RAID 1 or 5 arrays with LVM on top. I've never had any problems with it, mainly because I've been lucky and have never had disk failures. Cu

Re: https to http

2008-10-24 Thread Tristan Terpelle
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:21:18 +0200, "Andrea Ganduglia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, how can I redirect HTTPS requests to HTTP? > > https://www.domain.com => http://www.domain.com > > A simple iptables port redirection > > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 443 -j REDIRECT

Re: how to setup mail server to use (Yahoo|Gmail) smtp servers

2008-10-15 Thread Tristan Terpelle
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:12:40 -0400, "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am tying to see which mail server to install so that I can send emails > via scripts using Gmail (preferable) or Yahoo smtp servers. > > I haven't setup email servers yet. Which one I go for (on Debian and > Ubu

Re: Unpredictable behaviour of Sata in Lenny

2008-09-23 Thread Tristan Terpelle
I've had similar problems with my nVidia 7050/630a chipset and Etch. If I used the the stock 2.6.18 kernel, the screen filled up with those "Sata link is down, taking too much time to respond." messages during boottime. I think I didn't even see a prompt because it took too long to get there. Aft