users June 2012

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by Tommy Pham

Hi, How do I go about requesting another install option "Minimal Desktop"? I'm finding myself removing a lot of packages after Graphical desktop install. TIA, Tommy

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Understanding fc17 partitioning

by Alex

Hi, I just did an install of fc17 x86_64 on a box with 4 SATA 250GB disks and set up the partitions manually. I created /boot on sda as one 500MB partition, then two RAID partitions using the rest of the contents of the disks. The first is a RAID1 with four disks for root and the rest is /var. Is there a command-line gparted or is it no longer possible to edit the partition table from the command-line? Why is there a mixture of old fdisk and new GPT disk layout? How can I determine which disks are part of which array after the install? My mdadm.conf just has the UUIDs in it... # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md1 : active raid5 sda5[0] sdc4[1] sdd5[4] sdb4[2] 675835392 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU] bitmap: 1/2 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk md0 : active raid5 sdb2[2] sda3[0] sdd2[4] sdc2[1] 30715392 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU] bitmap: 0/1 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk # cat /etc/mdadm.conf # mdadm.conf written out by anaconda MAILADDR root AUTO +imsm +1.x -all ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid5 num-devices=4 UUID=b4a0f31b:13128a35:bbb3a6b9:28eb6c93 ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid5 num-devices=4 UUID=8a975550:fd148f8d:5b1ccd9b:20a9ff27 Here is the contents of my disks: # fdisk -l /dev/sd? Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0003ed7f Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 6143 2048 83 Linux /dev/sda2 * 6144 1030143 512000 83 Linux /dev/sda3 1030144 21510143 10240000 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda4 21510144 488396799 233443328 5 Extended /dev/sda5 21514240 472074239 225280000 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda6 472076288 488396799 8160256 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 488397167 244198583+ ee GPT Disk /dev/sdc: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 1 488397167 244198583+ ee GPT Disk /dev/sdd: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00014e72 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 2048 6143 2048 83 Linux /dev/sdd2 6144 20486143 10240000 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdd3 20486144 21510143 512000 83 Linux /dev/sdd4 21510144 488396799 233443328 5 Extended /dev/sdd5 21514240 472074239 225280000 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdd6 472076288 488396799 8160256 82 Linux swap / Solaris # mount -t ext4 /dev/md0 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,stripe=384,data=ordered) /dev/sda2 on /boot type ext4 (rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered) /dev/md1 on /var type ext4 (rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,stripe=384,data=ordered) Thanks, Alex

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Re: any suggestions for these F17 upgrade problems (can not boot)?

by Chris Caudle

On Fri, June 1, 2012 7:21 pm, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > How did you install the kernel? The initrd image that's created > by the stock kernel RPM should include the necessary LVM voodoo By installing from the install DVD, then by yum running from the rescue mode of the install DVD. Eventually I got rid of all the other kernels which had been on the machine, and now I have only the kernel from the F17 install (3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64) > 'rpm -q --scripts ' on the kernel version you want to boot. ... > Then, run /sbin/grub2-mkconfig. Thanks for the tips. I tried all you suggest, and I think I have an init ramdisk image with everything needed, it just won't load for some reason. When trying to boot I still end up in the debug shell after getting these messages: dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue dracut Warning: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 does not exist dracut Warning: /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 does not exist I can run "/sbin/modprobe cciss" and the /dev/cciss/* devices show up. I can run "/sbin/lvm_scan" and the /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol?? devices show up. After doing that I ran /init and the system started to boot, but hung at the fedora splash image. Usually hitting escape key at that point will get rid of the image and show the console messages scrolling by, but it does not at this point, which I assume means something hung really hard. Just to be sure the driver load was actually working OK, after the system rebooted again and ended up in the debug shell again, I did the /sbin/modprobe, /sbin/lvm_scan sequence, and mounted /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 and made sure all the files I expected were there. So the question is why does the initrd not do the modprobe and lvm_scan (or the equivalent if that is not literally what happens) on its own? The drivers are obviously there, and I can mount the filesystem after manually loading the drivers, but I don't understand the normal sequence after grub hands over to the kernel and the initramfs image. -- Chris C

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setting Network Printer with static IP in DD-WRT

by Mickey

Fedora 17, I have my Network printer setup and printing in Fedora. In DD-WRT how do I setup a Network Printer as a Static IP or MAC# ? the printer is setup with Static IP. The problem I'm having eveytime the power goes out the Router changes DHCP IP and I have to go into Fedora and make IP setting change. I ask that question on the the DD-WRT Forum and they deleted my post. Yes, I'm a registered member at DD-wrt forum.

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[Totally OT] Some web sites very slow recently

by Jonathan Ryshpan

A friend of mine and I have both noticed that access to some -- but not all -- web sites has become much slower recently. Some sites time out, others hang, apparently while waiting for ads to load; a bad guy may be meebo. I have no trouble with Google and most technical sites; NY times is erratic; other political and news sites are variable, some very slow. Frequently a hung site can be restarted by stopping the download and then restarting it. Has anyone else noticed this? Any ideas what has happened? Thanks - jon

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Solution to RAID /boot issue in fc17?

by Alex

Hi, I believe the ability to have /boot on RAID was removed in fc15 so in fc16, /boot was a single partition, like /dev/sda1. I recently had my primary disk fail on one of my systems, and recovering with a failed sda was very difficult. Has this issue been fixed in fc17? Is it now possible install RAID on /boot so there are multiple disks that can be used to read the boot information? I still don't understand why LVM is the default layout method when there is no redundancy. I also choose to create my own filesystem layout, as tedious as it has become. Is the 2MB BIOS BOOT partition necessary? Thanks, Alex

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Make F17 automount disks?

by Beartooth

Where can I tell F17 under fxce if possible) I want it to automount any disk I put into a drive?? (In addition to its own internal drive for removable media, each machine can also be connected to an external USB drive.) -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is.

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syslogd and rsyslogd enabled?

by Tom Horsley

I've just been going through my new install tweaking checklist, and when I checked what services were enabled I found my new f17 install had both syslog.service and rsyslog.service enabled. Does that make sense? I only see rsyslog.service enabled in fedora 16.

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Install DVD Suppliers

by Geoffrey Leach

My downloads are restricted, so I'm pretty much confined to DVD installs. Anyone have a favorite DVD supplier?

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yum update to F17

by wheelz

I've tried updating F16 to F17 with yum, # yum --disableplugin=presto update It worked correctly, but I found it was downloading the packages of the [fedora] repo from the "development" directory actually by the following message: http://ftp.neowiz.com/fedora/development/17/x86_64/os/repodata/ddcb2f6c2b... filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] curl#56 - "Network error recv()" Trying other mirror. http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os... filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] curl#56 - "Network error recv()" Trying other mirror. I think it should download from the "Everything" directory. Why not?

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