This post will cover howto configure local yum repo with group. by default when you run createrepo it does not creates group repo. Group is not required unless you have specific requirement. If you have created repo using createrepo RPM_PATH, while running yum grouplist, you’ll get following error. Error: No group data available for configured [...]
Full Story »Oracle VM Server backup / restore VirtualDisk
As of with OVS3 I could not find any command to import / export running guests images. The easiest way I found was to take backup of current virtual disk & restore it to same / another server. If you restore to diff server, you need to create guest vm & attach restored virtual disk [...]
Full Story »Oracle VM Server Configuration
DOWNLOAD PDF This post is for those who are trying Oracle VM sever for the first time. Here we are using OVS 3.0.2. Oracle Virtual Server has mainly two components 1) OVS – Oralce virtual server 2) OVM – Oracle Virtual manager for OVS Installation of OVS3 is very easy, anyone with little experience on [...]
Full Story »Install Oracle VM Server using PXE
If you have to update multiple VM servers with every release, doing installation using pxe server becomes easier. To get oracle vm server installed using pxe .. Requirement PXE Server Oracle VM Server 3.0.2 Download & Mount OracleVM-Server.iso mount -o loop /storage/os/OracleVM-Server-3.0.2.iso cd/ Create folder to store oracle vm files. mkdir -p /tftpboot/images/oraclevm/ Copy required [...]
Full Story »Fedora 16 rc.local support
With the latest version of Fedora 16, you’ll find many core changes which definitely improves performance but it becomes difficult to understand / make things working. Few such examples are changing a boot sequence Increasing Loop Devices Now I came across another to make rc.local working. I did not realized this when I upgraded from [...]
Full Story »Increase Loop Device on CentOS 5/6, Fedora
Ever faced mount: could not find any free loop device? You’ll face above error only if you are trying to mount more than 8 loop devices. As a part of my job I often have to install diff version of OEL / CentOS, to install & for yum I usually mount dvd / cd & [...]
Full Story »CentOS 6.2 Released
Its been a week since CentOS 6.1 is Released. Few hours back Karanbir Singh announced availability of CentOS 6.2 Release Notes Download http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.2/isos/i386/CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD1to2.torrent http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.2/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.2-x86_64-bin-DVD1to2.torrent
Full Story »NConf 1.3.0 Released | Howto Update from 1.2.6
Latest version of Nconf is available. This post will cover howto upgrade your existing installation of 1.2.6 to 1.3.0 download nconf from Extract package cd /tmp tar zxvf nconf-1.3.0-0.tgz Copy new files over older version cd /var/www/html/nconf cp -frva /tmp/nconf/* /var/www/html/nconf/ chown apache: /var/www/html/nconf -R Upgrade db cd /var/www/html/nconf/UPDATE/1.2.6_to_1.3.0 mysql -u nconf -p nconf < [...]
Full Story »Gnome Shell Extensions | Customize Gnome shell Looks
With release of Shell Extensions you can enjoy feel of gnome2 from gnome shell. Infact these extensions made me switch to gnome shell. Followings are few extensions you can try to turn your gnome shell to gnome2 Windows Alt Tab Trash Frippery Shut Down Menu Frippery Panel Favorites Frippery Move Clock Frippery Bottom Panel Frippery [...]
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