Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-25 Thread Ricky Boone
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 07:47, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Oops. Yes, slipped my mind for a sec ;-). Probably not a second > machine there so you could have setup mutual serial consoles. Not at the moment, no. It's colo'd at an ISP, and if I need to ever work on it, it has to be disconnected

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-25 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, > Since the system is remote, I'm not sure how to do that without looking > at the syslogs. Oops. Yes, slipped my mind for a sec ;-). Probably not a second machine there so you could have setup mutual serial consoles. > No problem. I'll see what happens with editing the linuxrc scri

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-24 Thread Ricky Boone
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 23:39, Peter Kiem wrote: > VMWare DOES support emulating IDE drives. Check out > http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/new_guest_steps_ws.html > > If you select "custom" in configuration you can specify IDE drives instead > of the default SCSI drives. VMware Workstation doe

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-24 Thread Ricky Boone
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 08:16, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Yeah, but I think you already compared the two images and came to the > conclusion that they are identical. In that case creating a ramdisk by > hand does not solve anything. O yes, I did suggest you edited linuxrc > in the ramdisk to

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-24 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, > The last recommendation I noticed was to try and create a custom ramdisk > to force it to load the raid1 module. Yeah, but I think you already compared the two images and came to the conclusion that they are identical. In that case creating a ramdisk by hand does not solve anything

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-23 Thread Peter Kiem
Just a side note > I've recreated the situation on a VMware virtual machine I set up. The > only difference is that I have no control over the type of hard-drives > are "emulated", per se, as it only allows SCSI. The real machine has VMWare DOES support emulating IDE drives. Check out http://w

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-23 Thread Ricky Boone
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 10:20, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > I am sorry nobody else jumps in. Problem with waiting such a long time > with your replies is it makes that I already forgot what the precise > problem was, what you have already tried to solve it, and what I did > recommend you to tr

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-23 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, > :( Seems like I'm talking to myself... I am sorry nobody else jumps in. Problem with waiting such a long time with your replies is it makes that I already forgot what the precise problem was, what you have already tried to solve it, and what I did recommend you to try. > BTW: I

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-22 Thread Ricky Boone
On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 10:07, Ricky Boone wrote: > Haven't seen a response from anyone concerning this issue, so ... *bump* :) :( Seems like I'm talking to myself... > Dunno... it really looks like the RAM-disk is the answer... BTW: I've tried the following: # mkinitrd --preload raid1 --wit

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-22 Thread Ricky Boone
Haven't seen a response from anyone concerning this issue, so ... *bump* :) I am still quite a n00b when it comes to the kernel, but someone mentioned making a new RAM-disk to include the RAID-1 module using mkinitrd. Since the machine in question is a remote box, screwing around with something

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-18 Thread Ricky Boone
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:39, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > What happens if you run raidstart /dev/md0 by hand? Getting the same errors? # raidstart /dev/md0 /dev/md0: File exists -- Ricky Boone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Planetfurry.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-18 Thread Ricky Boone
My apologies for the delay. Real life and everything, ya know... :| On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 18:11, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > That looks like the initrd.img is usable - although I don't know what > "raidautorun" is, can you locate this script in the filesystem? No, I'm not sure where it is.

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-04 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, Missed this post, so one more comment on it: > > Not sure, but I would think it's not a problem, since you are running > > on a live file system, so there are probably open files. Maybe if you'ld > > remount / ro the file system is reported as clean. > > I've tried forcing an fsck on

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-04 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, > Both 2.4.9 and 2.4.20 have the same linuxrc script. The first module > that is loaded is the raid1 module (insmod /lib/raid1.o). Later it > starts the raid on the partitions (raidautorun /dev/md0). That looks like the initrd.img is usable - although I don't know what "raidautorun"

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-04 Thread Ricky Boone
On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 15:20, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > You could check if the initrd for 2.4.20 actually loads the appropriate raid > modules (compare it with the contents of the old one). Both 2.4.9 and 2.4.20 have the same linuxrc script. The first module that is loaded is the raid1 mod

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-04 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, > Okay. lilo.conf uses an initrd image for both the 2.4.9-34 kernel, as well as > the 2.4.20-18.7 copy. You could check if the initrd for 2.4.20 actually loads the appropriate raid modules (compare it with the contents of the old one). You should know the initrd.img is a gzipped fi

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-04 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi again, > Any tips as to what I should > look for when recreating the image, if necessary? Include the appropriate modules. man mkinitrd. Bye, Leonard. -- How clean is a war when you shoot around nukelar waste? Stop the use of depleted uranium ammo! End all weapons of mass destruction. --

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-03 Thread Ricky Boone
> I'm going to try arranging the directives for 2.4.20-18.7 in the same > order as 2.4.9-34. Rats. It didn't work. :| Same errors as before. I'm going to check out the man page for mkinitrd, but it seems like there is already one in /boot for the newer kernel. Any tips as to what I should loo

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-03 Thread Ricky Boone
> Good question, because it probably answers why you are having problems > in the first place. > > Since you are using / raid you need a initrd.img that holds and loads > the > (new) raid modules before / is mounted. Check your lilo.conf or > grub.conf to verify that you did use an initrd before.

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-03 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, > > What happens if you run raidstart /dev/md1 by hand? Getting the same errors? > > Can I do this with the / partition already mounted? Good question, because it probably answers why you are having problems in the first place. Since you are using / raid you need a initrd.img that

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-07-03 Thread Ricky Boone
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:39, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > What happens if you run raidstart /dev/md1 by hand? Getting the same errors? Can I do this with the / partition already mounted? BTW: I've updated nearly all rpm's available on up2date, including the kernel. I'm still getting the fol

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-06-26 Thread Ricky Boone
> Before you upgrade the kernel, did you upgrade raidtools to the latest > version? Plus did you do all the other updates? The raidtools RPM that's installed is version 0.90-24, which I'm assuming is the latest since up2date doesn't mention it. As for all the other updates, I'd have to say I've o

Re: Software-RAID Issues on RH7.2

2003-06-26 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Ricky, > The system is running Red Hat Linux 7.2. I am using Software-RAID for the root > partition (/dev/hda3 and /dev/hdd1 as /dev/md0 RAID-1), and a standard ext3 > partition for /boot. I am also using kernel-2.4.9-34, but would like to > upgrade as soon as possible. Before you upgrade t

Re: Software Raid

2003-05-29 Thread John Horne
On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 22:02, Simon Tischer wrote: > I have a software raid1 (two 40GB ide) on one ide bus running under rh9, and > sometimes one of them breaks down, but /dev/md0 is still working. after > restarting raid, all is working normal. And no damage on one of both discs > Can anyone tell

Re: Software for recording an X-Session

2003-03-03 Thread Brian Ashe
Jonathan Bartlett, On Monday March 03, 2003 07:44, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: > I'm looking for software that will record the screen as I use it. > Basically, I'm looking for software that will take enough screenshots in a > row that I can put them together into a movie of my desktop (or it would >

Re: software

2002-12-26 Thread Ben Russo
> > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 12:13:01PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dave Eells wrote: > > > > Are there websites where I can go to download freeware for RH 8.0? > > > > Ex:gnucash is the financial software that comes with 8.0 but it is not > > > > an acceptable software to me. Is there freeware financ

Re: software

2002-12-25 Thread Dave Eells
I did that once before when i ran mandrake..on a partitioned hard drive...now i use 2 drives separate..1 with windows 2000 pro and the other with rh8...will Rh accept programs off the rpm from the mandrake CD..it was mandrake 7.2...kind of like back-wards compatibility?..there are programs on the m

Re: software

2002-12-25 Thread Steve & Patti Getzinger
Dave Eells wrote: thank you..that is awesome..being a windows user i had no problems...but Linux is way cool and now i need to learn that...got my work cut out for me don't i..thanks a ton..will try it promptly On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 12:22, Alan Harding wrote: On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 17:30, An

Re: software

2002-12-25 Thread Dave Eells
thank you..that is awesome..being a windows user i had no problems...but Linux is way cool and now i need to learn that...got my work cut out for me don't i..thanks a ton..will try it promptly On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 12:22, Alan Harding wrote: > On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 17:30, Andrew Pasquale wrote:

Re: software

2002-12-25 Thread Alan Harding
On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 17:30, Andrew Pasquale wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 12:13:01PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dave Eells wrote: > > Are there websites where I can go to download freeware for RH 8.0? > > Ex:gnucash is the financial software that comes with 8.0 but it is not > > an acceptable softw

Re: software

2002-12-23 Thread Dave Eells
Thank you..I will check that site out..also google On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 12:30, Andrew Pasquale wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 12:13:01PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dave Eells wrote: > > Are there websites where I can go to download freeware for RH 8.0? > > Ex:gnucash is the financial software tha

Re: software

2002-12-22 Thread Andrew Pasquale
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 12:13:01PM -0500 or thereabouts, Dave Eells wrote: > Are there websites where I can go to download freeware for RH 8.0? > Ex:gnucash is the financial software that comes with 8.0 but it is not > an acceptable software to me. Is there freeware financial software that > would

Re: software

2002-12-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On 22 Dec 2002, Dave Eells wrote: > Are there websites where I can go to download freeware for RH 8.0? > Ex:gnucash is the financial software that comes with 8.0 but it is not > an acceptable software to me. Is there freeware financial software that > would equal quicken? Thanks www.rpmfind.net

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-20 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:18:49PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > > Sort of a bummer since we use the distro for non server based tasks but > require considerable testing before rolling out a config. I would think > that this will slow down the acceptance of RHL on the corporate desktop > as well fo

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-19 Thread Javier Gostling
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:18:49PM -0600, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 13:53, Ed Wilts wrote: > Sort of a bummer since we use the distro for non server based tasks but > require considerable testing before rolling out a config. I would think > that this will slow down the acceptance

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-19 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 13:53, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:54:51AM -0500, Warren Johnson wrote: > > I'm using a Promise RAID controller on my home system with 6 drives. I > > wanted to try it before I put it on a lot of other systems. I haven't > > had any problems with it, but i

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-19 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:54:51AM -0500, Warren Johnson wrote: > I'm using a Promise RAID controller on my home system with 6 drives. I > wanted to try it before I put it on a lot of other systems. I haven't > had any problems with it, but it does take Promise a long time to get > new drivers

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-19 Thread Warren Johnson
Ben Russo wrote: On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 17:52, nate wrote: Really? I haven't had the fun of playing with any IDE HW Raid devices.. But do you have LOTS of experiences with this? Or is it just a few cases? I am curious because I am considering purchasing some Promise HW IDE RAID arrays that have

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-19 Thread nate
Ed Wilts said: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:52:28PM -0800, nate wrote: >> have you tested your raid1 ? I have only had 1 failure with software >> raid 1 on linux out of about 10 arrays. And when it failed the system >> went with it. IMO, the point of software raid is to protect data, not >> protect

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:52:28PM -0800, nate wrote: > have you tested your raid1 ? I have only had 1 failure with software raid > 1 on linux out of about 10 arrays. And when it failed the system went with > it. IMO, the point of software raid is to protect data, not protect uptime. > Data can sti

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-18 Thread nate
Ben Russo said: > Really? I haven't had the fun of playing with any IDE HW Raid devices.. > But do you have LOTS of experiences with this? Or is it just a few cases? > I am curious because I am considering purchasing some Promise HW IDE RAID > arrays that have SCSI Host Interfaces? They just se

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-18 Thread Ben Russo
On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 17:52, nate wrote: > I have even had hardware raid 10 (3ware 6800 series) take down a system when > a disk(1 out of 6) dies. That happened everytime a disk failed. system > would immediately kernel panic. Yep! I've had SUN HW RAID Arrays Fail, and NetApp Hardware Raid Arrays

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-18 Thread nate
David Neilson said: > Yes, the intent of original question was to use raid-1 to mirror swap so > if one disk crashed, the system would not go down. Are there any negative > or hidden ramifications with swapping on raid-1 on RH7.2? have you tested your raid1 ? I have only had 1 failure with softwa

RE: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-18 Thread David Neilson
, December 18, 2002 1:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Software RAID and SWAP On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:44:34PM -0800, nate wrote: > David Neilson said: > > I am running software RAID on a RH 7.2 box (raidtools-0.90-23). I have > > configured all system partitions to be mirr

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-18 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:44:34PM -0800, nate wrote: > David Neilson said: > > I am running software RAID on a RH 7.2 box (raidtools-0.90-23). I have > > configured all system partitions to be mirrored, including swap. The > > question is: Does swapping on RAID work? > > > I do not think soft

Re: Software RAID and SWAP

2002-12-18 Thread nate
David Neilson said: > I am running software RAID on a RH 7.2 box (raidtools-0.90-23). I have > configured all system partitions to be mirrored, including swap. The > question is: Does swapping on RAID work? I do not think software raid can work with swap. unless you use a swap file .. hardware

RE: software raid recovery

2002-10-30 Thread Edward Wildgoose
primary disk again and you are set -Original Message- From: Kent Borg [mailto:kentborg-rhl@;borg.org] Sent: 30 October 2002 16:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: software raid recovery On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 03:49:51PM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > Just make sure that both disks

Re: software raid recovery

2002-10-30 Thread Kent Borg
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 03:49:51PM -, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > Just make sure that both disks are bootable and have a boot sector > and then both disks should work. Unplug one at a time to check. > Most BIOS's boot from the "first" disk they find with a master boot > record, having both boota

RE: software raid recovery

2002-10-30 Thread Edward Wildgoose
From: Kent Borg [mailto:kentborg-rhl@;borg.org] Sent: 30 October 2002 15:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: software raid recovery On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:59:32PM -0600, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I have set up a (software) RAID-1 (mirroring two drives) with RH > 7.3. Setup was easy but

Re: software raid recovery

2002-10-30 Thread Kent Borg
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:59:32PM -0600, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I have set up a (software) RAID-1 (mirroring two drives) with RH > 7.3. Setup was easy but I want to test it. I cannot find this > info. Can someone point me in the right direction or give me some > info on recovery using software

Re: software raid recovery

2002-10-29 Thread Dave Young
you're looking for raidsetfaulty and raidhotremove/raidhotadd (raidstart, raidstop) man -k raid http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/Packages/raid.htm --Dave On Tuesday 29 October 2002 10:59 am, Simpson, Doug wrote: > I have set up a (software) RAID-1 (mirroring two drives) with RH 7.3. > Setup was

Re: software raid cron script [was: redundant ethernet cards]

2002-10-03 Thread Kent Borg
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:43:22AM -0600, Trevor wrote: > Would it be possible to share your script with me (and the list)? I run > software raid and have been looking for an effective way to monitor my > mirrored raid drives. Try the following: This is a very simple utility for Linux system

Re: software raid cron script [was: redundant ethernet cards]

2002-10-03 Thread Javier Gostling
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 09:43:22AM -0600, Trevor wrote: > Kent, > > Would it be possible to share your script with me (and the list)? I run > software raid and have been looking for an effective way to monitor my > mirrored raid drives. Hmm... Maybe monitoring /proc/mdstat with tripwire would

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

2002-08-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Nick, I have another question on partition of hard disc to make 5 hard discs and expect to have your advice. I have only 3 hard discs 2 x ATA133, 40 G 1 x ATA100, 40 G Which 2 hard discs shall be partitioned? Is it equal size? Another question is I am compelled to plug a hard disc to the

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

2002-08-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Nick, At 01:36 PM 8/15/2002 +0100, Nick Lindsell wrote: >>The 3 hard discs for this test are of 40G storage, 2M cache and 7,200 >>rpm. One problem remains unsolved is my old motherboard used only >>supporting ATA33. > >You may run into bios limitations on an old board seeing drives of that

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

2002-08-15 Thread Nick Lindsell
At 20:09 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >Hi Nick, > >Thanks for your response > >At 10:52 AM 8/15/2002 +0100, you wrote: >>At 17:26 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >>>Proposed setup :- >>>Hardware available >>>2 ATA133 hard discs >>>1 ATA100 hard disc >>> >>>1 ATA 133 hard disc connected to

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

2002-08-15 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Nick, Thanks for your response At 10:52 AM 8/15/2002 +0100, you wrote: >At 17:26 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >>Proposed setup :- >>Hardware available >>2 ATA133 hard discs >>1 ATA100 hard disc >> >>1 ATA 133 hard disc connected to IDE (primary) slot of the motherboard as >>MASTE

Re: Software RAID 5 and hard discs connection question

2002-08-15 Thread Nick Lindsell
At 17:26 15/08/2002 +0800, you wrote: >Hi all folks, > >I am going to experiment software RAID 5. Any folks on the list have >experience and what are your comment ? > >Proposed setup :- >Hardware available >2 ATA133 hard discs >1 ATA100 hard disc > >1 ATA 133 hard disc connected to I

Re: Software to create images

2002-08-01 Thread Sam Ockman
Yes...dd does work for this. One problem is that if you are doing this to have an image in case your hard drive crashes, you may need a hard drive of identical geometry in order to restore the dd'd image. Even harddrives of the same size and same model number and same manufacturer have an awful

Re: Software to create images

2002-08-01 Thread mike
On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 16:45, Tinu Patel wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if there is another software (other than Norton Ghost > and Partition Image) that I can use to create images of my RedHat > servers. I have been having problems with Partition Image since it > doesn't recognize

Re: Software to create images

2002-08-01 Thread Paul Branston
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:45:30AM -0500, Tinu Patel wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if there is another software (other than Norton Ghost > and Partition Image) that I can use to create images of my RedHat > servers. I have been having problems with Partition Image since it > does

Re: Software to create images

2002-08-01 Thread Brian Ashe
Hello Tinu, Thursday, August 1, 2002, 11:45:30 AM, you textually orated: TP> Hi everyone, TP> I was wondering if there is another software (other than Norton Ghost TP> and Partition Image) that I can use to create images of my RedHat TP> servers. I have been having problems with Partition Im

Re: software to graph ip traffic

2002-05-15 Thread Mike Burger
Are all the IPs on a single system, and on a single physical interface? If so, you probably won't find anything that will give you info based solely on the IP. However, you could use something like Webalizer, which can break down your http logs, and tell you which sites/IPs have been passing h

RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs

2002-04-12 Thread Trevor
, 2002 5:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs [was: How to configure > private IP addresses?] > > > On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 12:21, Trevor wrote: > > Hi Bret, > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I overestimated

RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs [was: How to configure private IPaddresses?]

2002-04-11 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 12:21, Trevor wrote: > Hi Bret, > > Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I overestimated the RAID's capabilities > at preventing this sort of thing. > > Because now both hard drives are corrupt when I boot. > > Is there anything else a person can do? Where can I find a li

RE: software raid corrupt ext2 fs [was: How to configure private IP addresses?]

2002-04-11 Thread Trevor
Hi Bret, Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I overestimated the RAID's capabilities at preventing this sort of thing. Because now both hard drives are corrupt when I boot. Is there anything else a person can do? Where can I find a list of commands to run in this fs check prompt mode? Trev.

Re: Software Replacement for Network Operation Center

2002-01-21 Thread James Pifer
OpenNMS appears to have some significant shortcomings for what I need it to do. That's not to say it isn't good competition for Openview. I need to be able to import, or install, MIB information to be used when traps are collected. With OpenNMS you have to manually create an XML doc with all of

Re: Software Replacement for Network Operation Center

2002-01-17 Thread Fred Herman
James Pifer wrote: > > I'm looking for a replacement for our current software in our Network > Operation Center. One of the main needs is collection of SNMP traps and of > course dealing with them. I'm not necessarily looking for free, but not > very expensive would be nice (I know, it's relative

Re: Software based Raid using two IDE drives

2001-05-05 Thread Mike W
If I understand it correctly, each IDE channel on a motherboard has a separate controller. I've had a rash of drive failures recently and hope use two drives in a RAID1 configuration would help the recovery process. The alternative is to install a 2nd drive as a backup. mw Alfredo Cole wrote: >

Re: Software based Raid using two IDE drives

2001-05-04 Thread Alfredo Cole
Mike: Just make sure that each drive is on a separate controller. If one fails, the other one will most probably fail too, if on the same controller. This applies only to IDE drives. El Viernes 04 Mayo 2001 15:42, Mike W escribió: > Thanks. Now to figure out how to use it! :-) > > mw > > "Mik

Re: Software based Raid using two IDE drives

2001-05-04 Thread Mike W
Thanks. Now to figure out how to use it! :-) mw "Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote: > > On Fri, 4 May 2001, Mike W wrote: > > > I just found it and looked it over. Is RAID now included in the 2.4 kernel > > in RH 7.1? > > > > Mike W > > > Probably. I know it is included in the 2.2.x kernels from R

Re: Software based Raid using two IDE drives

2001-05-04 Thread Eric Sisler
Mike W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Somewhere I heard that Linux supported using two IDE drives as a two drive >raid, i.e., all writes to one drive was replicated on the second creating an >instant backup. > >Has anyone any info on this? It's available with the 2.2.x kernel series and later. One

Re: Software based Raid using two IDE drives

2001-05-04 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Fri, 4 May 2001, Mike W wrote: > I just found it and looked it over. Is RAID now included in the 2.4 kernel > in RH 7.1? > > Mike W > Probably. I know it is included in the 2.2.x kernels from Red Hat. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste go

Re: Software based Raid using two IDE drives

2001-05-04 Thread Mike W
I just found it and looked it over. Is RAID now included in the 2.4 kernel in RH 7.1? Mike W "Mikkel L. Ellertson" wrote: > > On Fri, 4 May 2001, Mike W wrote: > > > Somewhere I heard that Linux supported using two IDE drives as a two drive > > raid, i.e., all writes to one drive was replicat

Re: Software based Raid using two IDE drives

2001-05-04 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Fri, 4 May 2001, Mike W wrote: > Somewhere I heard that Linux supported using two IDE drives as a two drive > raid, i.e., all writes to one drive was replicated on the second creating an > instant backup. > > Has anyone any info on this? > > Mike W > > It is called software RAID. You may want

Re: Software RAID setup up question

2001-01-17 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:40:30AM -0500, Steve Gulick a ecrit: > I have two identical ide drives that I want to set up software RAID 1 on. I > already > partitioned and installed hda and am getting ready to partition hdb the > partitions on hda are as follows: [snip] > I am not sure of the prop

Re: software power down ?

2001-01-04 Thread Mike Burger
Actually, I've found that in text mode, shutdown -h powers down my laptop. From within Gnome, I have to logout, get to the GDM login screen, and then select shutdown, and it also powers off my laptop. On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Claudiu Balciza wrote: > hi all, > > I have written a script that checks t

Re: software power down ?

2001-01-04 Thread Claudiu Balciza
/sbin/shutdown gets invoked by halt or poweroff prior to powerdown :( Claudiu - Original Message - From: "Peter Peltonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 13:56 Subject: Re: software power down ? > Claudiu Ba

Re: software power down ?

2001-01-04 Thread Peter Peltonen
Claudiu Balciza wrote: > /sbin/poweroff or /sbin/halt -p would eventually prompt for power down > > any ideas ? How about /sbin/shutdown? Peter ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Software raid & drive recovery question

2000-11-03 Thread Cokey de Percin
Eric Sisler wrote: > > Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I've been playing with the software raid tools; testing speed and > >durability. It all works very well. The one thing I haven't been > >able to do is recover a drive. I set up a 3 drive raid 5 system > >and pulled the plu

Re: Software raid & drive recovery question

2000-11-03 Thread Eric Sisler
Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've been playing with the software raid tools; testing speed and >durability. It all works very well. The one thing I haven't been >able to do is recover a drive. I set up a 3 drive raid 5 system >and pulled the plug on one drive while the system wa

Re: Software installation in Linux

2000-10-05 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 10 Nov 2036, nitin jain wrote: > Hi, > > When I install a software in Linux under root ,it does not automatically get > reflected for other user as in case of windowsNT a software installed as > administrator is available to all users. > Umm...it depends. Just because a particular packa

Re: Software installation in Linux

2000-10-05 Thread Anthony E . Greene
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 02:13 nitin jain wrote: >When I install a software in Linux under root ,it does not automatically get >reflected for other user as in case of windowsNT a software installed as >administrator is available to all users. If you mean that it does not show up on GNOME/KDE menus, t

Re: Software installation in Linux

2000-10-05 Thread Statux
> When I install a software in Linux under root ,it does not automatically get > reflected for other user as in case of windowsNT a software installed as > administrator is available to all users. Please give an example (a case in point). Describe your problem in detail :) Programs must be inst

Re: software raid problem warnings?

2000-09-18 Thread Eric Sisler
Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think I successfully got raid 1 up via a full install. I have only the >main data mirrored. What do you mean by "main data"? Which filesystems are mirrored? >It would be nice to mirror the full drive but I will try that later. >If that is not possible p

Re: software raid

2000-09-07 Thread Eric Sisler
Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have been told that very few people if any use software raid. >Do any of you use it? I use it, but only for filesystems like /home and /var as RAID-1 filesystems. I don't (and wouldn't) use it for any filesystem required at boot time. I use rsync and

Re: software raid

2000-09-07 Thread Charles Galpin
resond to the list please :) On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Jim Baxter wrote: > Hi > > I have been told that very few people if any use software raid. > Do any of you use it? > What is your opinion of it? > Does it support 0/1? > Do you have a feel for any performance degradation that might be caused by >

Re: software raid

2000-08-09 Thread Eric Sisler
Jim Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We need to put some sort of raid on our branch computers. I hope to be able >to mirror two drives with software in some manner that allows a continous >copy of one drive to another of a different size and brand. I have heard >that there is a software raid pa

Re: software raid question!!

2000-07-12 Thread Eric Sisler
>Mark Lo wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have software raid 1 running on my system, how can i find out > > whether the raid is working properly without shutting down my server. > > As I know, If there is a raid error, the system will prompt at the > > startup time. So , how to find out wheth

Re: software raid question!!

2000-07-12 Thread treaves
You don't. That's as specified in the RAID HOW-TO. Mark Lo wrote: > Hi, > > I have software raid 1 running on my system, how can i find out > whether the raid is working properly without shutting down my server. > As I know, If there is a raid error, the system will prompt at the > sta

RE: Software RAID

2000-01-05 Thread Chris Watt
>GW>I was under the impression that 6.0 supports RAID as well ... >GW> > >Maybe it does... I didn't try it then but... I never saw an install time option >for it with 6.0 and there is with 6.1. To clarify briefly. Linux kernels as-of version 2.1.something support software RAID, if you say yes

RE: Software RAID

2000-01-04 Thread Chuck Mead
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Greg W said: GW>I was under the impression that 6.0 supports RAID as well ... GW> Maybe it does... I didn't try it then but... I never saw an install time option for it with 6.0 and there is with 6.1. -- Chuck Mead, CTO, MoonGroup Consulting, Inc.

RE: Software RAID

2000-01-04 Thread Greg W
I was under the impression that 6.0 supports RAID as well ... *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 5/01/00 at 1:33 Chuck Mead wrote: >On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: > >JC>So i need RedHat 6.1 ? I've only got 6.0.. :-( >JC>Looks like it's time for an upgrade. > >I reckon so. >

RE: Software RAID

2000-01-04 Thread Chuck Mead
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC>So i need RedHat 6.1 ? I've only got 6.0.. :-( JC>Looks like it's time for an upgrade. I reckon so. JC>-Original Message- JC>On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC> JC>JC>Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type JC>JC>of software

RE: Software RAID

2000-01-04 Thread Jamie Carl
o: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Software RAID On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC>Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type JC>of software RAID program? If not, IS there a software JC>RAID package for Linux? I'd prefer to use hardware JC>but can&

Re: Software RAID

2000-01-04 Thread Chuck Mead
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Jamie Carl said: JC>Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type JC>of software RAID program? If not, IS there a software JC>RAID package for Linux? I'd prefer to use hardware JC>but can't fork out the dosh for a decent RAID controller. JC>And i spose software is b

Re: Software RAID

2000-01-04 Thread Marc Duval
As far as I know, at least RH6.1 is coming with a raid (software) package. At 05:15 PM 1/5/00 +1100, you wrote: >Just a quick question. Does RedHat come with any type >of software RAID program? If not, IS there a software >RAID package for Linux? I'd prefer to use hardware >but can't fork out

Re: Software for Internet radio broadcasts from Linux box?

1999-12-16 Thread Edward Dekkers
> What's out there for helping my friend use a Linux box (or any box I > suppose) to broadcast his music to the world? I see you've already gotten quite a few replies to this, but I thought I'd add that I had RealProducer and RealServer running live broadcasts from my 95 box succesfully quite a w

RE: Software for Internet radio broadcasts from Linux box?

1999-12-16 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Shoutcast is available for Linux. -JMS -Original Message- From: Jerry Winegarden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 9:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Software for Internet radio broadcasts from Linux box? Friends sometimes make you stretch a bit in your

Re: Software for Internet radio broadcasts from Linux box?

1999-12-16 Thread Robert Burton
>Friends sometimes make you stretch a bit in your knowledge! >(We can't simply say "I don't know" to a friend, now can we? ;-) > >What's out there for helping my friend use a Linux box (or any box I >suppose) to broadcast his music to the world? > >TIA. > >***

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