Hostap vs Access Point
by Timothy Murphy
Is a WiFi card working with hostap
just as good as a kosher Access Point?
If so, can anyone recommend a card
which works with hostap in Fedora-4?
As far as I can see, my Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card
(in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor)
does not work with hostap.
Basically, I want to allow my grand-daughter's Sony PSP
to communicate with the world,
and that seems to require an Access Point.
--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
18 years, 2 months
Netatalk on Fedora 4
by Raymond Norton
I need to compile a new core 4 kernel with appletalk. I found this link
which describes the process:
http://www.colug.net/pipermail/colug432/2005-October/001635.html
In /boot I find initrd-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.img
In order to recompile the kernel the doc indicates I need the src rpm. I
have found a couple list , but am not sure which one to install.
Could use a pointer, or advice on how to set up my kernel to use
appletalk in the simplest way.
Raymond Norton
18 years, 2 months
system-config-cluster error
by Fabrizio Lippolis
I am configuring a cluster of 2 HP machines and I just installed Fedora
Core 4 on both machines with the proper services to run a cluster and
share resources. I managed to share a disk array as a single partition
with both machine by the Global File System.
To further configure the cluster I installed the system-config-cluster
RPM package as suggested by the documentation which anyway is not part
of the Fedora Core 4 CDs. I found it on rpmfind and installed with an
rpm -i command. I can start the application and make changes but if I
try to save them I get the following trace.
[root@AICLSRV01 cluster]# Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/system-config-cluster", line 435, in propagate
if self.model_builder.exportModel(CLUSTER_CONF_PATH) == True:
File "/usr/share/system-config-cluster/ModelBuilder.py", line 361, in
exportModel
if self.perform_final_check() == False: # failed
File "/usr/share/system-config-cluster/ModelBuilder.py", line 780, in
perform_final_check
self.check_two_node()
File "/usr/share/system-config-cluster/ModelBuilder.py", line 806, in
check_two_node
self.CMAN_ptr.addAttribute('two_node', '1')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'addAttribute'
Anybody can help me to make it work? Or perhaps should I get a different
package? The one I downloaded is
system-config-cluster-1.0.24-1.0.noarch.rpm. Thanks in advance.
--
Fabrizio Lippolis
fabrizio.lippolis(a)aurigainformatica.it
Auriga Informatica s.r.l.
Via Don Guanella 15/B - 70124 Bari
Tel.: 080/5025414 Fax: 080/5027448
18 years, 2 months
RE: want to build automated install cds
by Jasper, Chris
I tried doing a linux ks=ks.cfg at the boot command line and I got a
message that states:
Error opening kickstart file
(null): Bad address
If I hit ALT+F3, I see the following (last 2 lines):
*load module set done
*getting kickstart file
I have tried the following:
linux ks=ks.cfg
linux ks=/ks.cfg
linux ks=/root/ks.cfg
linux ks=/tmp/ks.cfg
linux ks=/sys/ks.cfg
linux ks=/cdrom/ks.cfg
and I get the same error message.
So, what is the proper syntax if my ks.cfg file lives in the root of my
boot cd?
thanks,
cj
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Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:58 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: want to build automated install cds
Jasper, Chris wrote:
> 8. boot my target computer from that boot cd
>
> The target computer boots off the cd but does not seem to read the
> ks.cfg file as it asks me all the regular install questions instead of
> getting the answers from the ks.cfg file.
>
> Is this the correct procedure?
How are you telling Anaconda where to find the kickstart file? You need
to specify it on the boot commandline, and I don't see that you updated
the isolinux configuration.
You can test what to enter with your existing CD:
linux ks=ks.cfg
and the variations thereon. The file can be in the initrd file, on the
CD outside the initrd (inside your virtual floppy or outside, I think),
on a floppy, hard disk (including, presumably, USB), and then there are
network options.
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18 years, 2 months
want to build automated install cds
by Jasper, Chris
Hello,
I want to be able to "automate" a fc4 install but without pxe and
kickstart. If I understand correctly, I should be able to make the boot
cd with my ks.cfg at the root level of the cd and when I boot off the cd
it should just "go" (asking for the rest of the cds as it progresses).
My first attempt at creating the bootdisk with the ks.cfg did not work.
Here is what I did:
1. put the fc4 disk 1 in my linux box
2. cp -r <path-to-cd>/isolinux/ <path-to-workspace>
3. cd <path-to-workspace>
4. chmod u+w isolinux/*
5. cp ks.cfg to <path-to-workspace>/isolinux/
6. sudo mkisofs -o file.iso -b isolinux.bin boot.cat -no-emul-boot
-boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T isolinux/
7. burn the iso to a cd
8. boot my target computer from that boot cd
The target computer boots off the cd but does not seem to read the
ks.cfg file as it asks me all the regular install questions instead of
getting the answers from the ks.cfg file.
Is this the correct procedure?
thanks for your help.
cj
Here is my ks.cfg file:
#Generated by Kickstart Configurator
# Generic server, generally a Dell 2850 with HW RAID-5 setup
# using 6 disks (5 RAID + 1 hot spare). Total storage is around 700Gb.
# using 144Gb SCSI drives.
#System language
lang en_US
#Language modules to install
langsupport --default=en_US
#System keyboard
keyboard us
#System mouse
# For SunV20z's use text mode install instead of X based installed
# due to graphics card not probable under FC4. 12/05
text
#
mouse generic3ps/2
#Sytem timezone
timezone --utc GMT
#Root password
rootpw --iscrypted blahblahablah
#Reboot after installation
reboot
#Install Red Hat Linux instead of upgrade, use first cdrom on system
install
cdrom
#Use NFS installation Media
#System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
#Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr yes
#
#
#Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel
#
#Disk partitioning information
# autopart
#
# first disk
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 512 --asprimary --ondisk sda
part swap --recommended --ondisk sda
part / --fstype ext3 --size 8192 --ondisk sda
part /var --fstype ext3 --size 8192 --ondisk sda
part /extraspace --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --ondisk sda
# 2nd disk
part swap --size 4096 --ondisk sdb
part /localdata --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow --ondisk sdb
#
# See %pre for definitions and calculations depending upon disks size
# and disk count
#
#%include /tmp/partition-include
#
#System authorization infomation
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
#Network information
network --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.1.10 --hostname=homer
--netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=192.168.1.1 --nodns --device=eth0
#
# 2nd interface
network --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.2.20 --netmask=255.255.255.0
--device=eth1
#Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled
#XWindows configuration information
xconfig --depth=16 --resolution=1280x1024 --defaultdesktop=GNOME
--startxonboot
#Package install information
%packages --resolvedeps
@ X Window System
@ GNOME Desktop Environment
# No longer standard
# @ K Desktop Environment
@ Editors
#@ Engineering and Scientific
@ Graphical Internet
@ Text-based Internet
#@ Office/Productivity
@ Sound and Video
@ Graphics
#@ Games and Entertainment
#@ Authoring and Publishing
@ Server Configuration Tools
#@ Web Server
@ Network Servers
#@ Development Tools
# Embedded already
# @ Kernel Development
#@ X Software Development
# Must have GNOME SWDEV for deprecated libs needed by DSS demod sw.
2/06.
@ GNOME Software Development
#@ KDE Software Development
@ Administration Tools
@ System Tools
#@ Printing Support
ethereal
ethereal-gnome
compat-gcc-32
compat-gcc-32-c++
compat-libstdc++-33
compat-libgcc-296
compat-libf2c-32
compat-gcc-32-g77
glibc-devel
hal-gnome
rdesktop
# Extra packages that may not be in specified groups above.
####### PRE-INSTALL ##################
#%pre
#!/bin/s
-----------------------------------------
Chris Jasper
Systems Administrator
408-531-2158
18 years, 2 months
merge or sync addressbooks
by Yuandan Zhang
Hi,
I have addressbooks from evolution (for mailing), jpilot (for sync with
palm) and kaddressbook (used it before). There are overlaps, but not the
same addressbooks. Is there any way I can merge them bu avoid deplicates?
then sync them?
Thanks for advices
Yuandan
18 years, 2 months
find rpm from extras
by Yuandan Zhang
Hi,
>From installed rpm packages, how can I find rpms which were derived from
fedora extras repository? my system is updated FC4.
I check rpm --querytags, can't find some thing related to the repository.
thanks,
Yuandan
18 years, 2 months
RE: Yum better than RPM?
by Ralph.Grothe＠itdz-berlin.de
> Can you tell the rest of us what we are missing by running
> a 32-bit browser or is the difference just indescribable?
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> lesmikesell(a)gmail.com
>
Grin - I was also tempted to ask him what all this 64bit fuss was
about
with regard to some browser plug-ins.
(n.b. I occasionally am still content with lynx)
If it was a DBMS where you needed unrestricted shared memory
sizes,
or storage chunks, or similar...
18 years, 2 months
USB drive as bootable install media?
by Jonathan Horne
I could have sworn I read somewhere a while back, that the boot.iso or other
such install mechanism could be inserted somehow onto a USB thumb drive, and
then used to kick off an install.
I have a USB hard drive that I have a copy of the install sources on, as
well as as a usb thumb drive, and I wish I could use one or both to perform
an install (as opposed to the tried and true cdrom boot method). I would
like to be able to just attach one or both of these devices and perform an
install or upgrade on a server that has no cdrom drive.
I say "one or both" because, in my mind I see the thumb drive holding my
boot mechanism, and the diverting over to the USB hard drive for install
sources... but if the boot mechanism could be put right onto the USB hard
drive and eliminate the thumb drive, well then that's the obvious better
scenario. So, maybe using the hard drive as an alternative to the FC4 DVD?
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Thanks,
jonathan
18 years, 2 months
