CentOS - Jul 2016 - installing centos 7 32 bit i386 to laptop

On 07/28/16 12:31, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 7/27/2016 11:36 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
>> when i am trying something new, as i am now, i like to pull files so
>> i have them local. saves going back online if i mess something up and
>> have need again.
>
> then, ideally, pull down a copy of the whole '7/*/i386/' tree of
the
> altarch respository, and put it on a local http file server, then you 
> can point the CentOS-*.repo's directly to that and yum will fetch from 
> this local repo.
>
===>

being 'frugal', yet a short step of 'gung ho', i am saving pages
i have
already logged and some of the linked pages. if while reading a page and
i need to read a page i do not have, i am back at site pulling that page
and it's links. after a few more trips to site, i just may well have the
whole all of 7 32 bit.

my current count sites that i have pulled is over 250. when i get my new
'playstation' boxen, this one will become my 'local web server'.
then i
will have to figure out how to run a bot to keep it updated. ;=)

while i am at it, please allow me to pick your brain so i can refresh my
forgetful chemo brain.

after the 7-32 fiasco, in attempt to recover grub boot, i booted 6.8
install disk in rescue mode, when in sh, ran chroot /mnt/sysimage.

there is where chemo brain filed.

what is command to restore boot to 6.8 install. it has been a very long
time when last had need. now when i do, recall fails me.


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On 7/28/2016 11:38 AM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
> my current count sites that i have pulled is over 250. when i get my new
> 'playstation' boxen, this one will become my 'local web
server'. then i
> will have to figure out how to run a bot to keep it updated. ;=)
I use this script to maintain a mirror of all current mainstream 
versions of centos except SRPMS (source).   my /mirror directory on this 
server is both nfs shared to all my other systems, and available on my 
local network via http.

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/lftp -c 'open ftp://mirrors.sonic.net && lcd /mirror
&& mirror
--continue --verbose=1 -x SRPMS centos'

I invoke this script nightly from crontab

$ crontab -l
30 21 * * * time ./lftp.sh





-- 
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

On 07/28/16 13:38, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
<<>>
> what is command to restore boot to 6.8 install. it has been a very long
> time when last had need. now when i do, recall fails me.
>
===>

then again, not as bad as i was thinking.

or, no guts, no blue chips.

booted rescue mode again, then chroot /mnt/sysimage.

ls /sbin/grub*, there it sat and the brain snapped, 'grub-install'.

'grub-install /dev/sda' and a reboot brought up old boot selection menu.

new problem, while watching screen scroll, it stopped, of all places,
while loading the touch pad driver. great.

to be on safe side, now installing a lighter system, than what is at sda7,
to sda8 where i tried to load 7-32.

if booting new install fails, i will figure out how to get inside case
and disable touch pad. with the heat it puts out, it is nothing but a
waste of battery power because i have a usb wireless logitech m570 marble
that i love using more than the logitech trackman marble w/tail that i
bought many years ago when they first came out.

1039 of 1301. not long now.

i do hope it is driver problem and not the touch pad.


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On 07/28/2016 04:20 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
<<>>
> i do hope it is driver problem and not the touch pad.
>
===>

thank you Jesus.

strange, but it was the driver. new install ran without a stall.

lt is now recovered from 7-32 trashing.

i would very much like to install 7-32, but it looks like it just
may be that, like fine wine, 7-32 needs to age a little longer
for my taste.

my regrets to the altarch group.


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