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.... not a big deal, but is it fair to say that populating the initrd.img with those initial /dev files is redundant since init creates them all, anyway? also, i note that that "init" script appears to call a couple scripts/commands that don't exist in the initrd, such as hotplug and mkblkdevs. again, not a big deal but if i show the students what's in that initrd, chances are someone's going to notice the above and ask about it, so i might as well have an answer. thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day...

I have a CentOS 5 machine in which I'm trying to remove lvm. I dd'ed the file system to another partition, then dd'ed it back overwriting the lvm partition. I then modified menu.lst and fstab and replaced the paths to point to the correct device. When the system boots it's still looking for lvm. I can restore the system back to where it was with lvm, but I'm not sure what

Hello all, I posted the whole disk encryption instructions in the forum that has been briefly discussed on the list. I joined the list per Ned's post on the thread. http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=15923&forum=42 I have a couple of questions about the process of creating a wiki. 1. How does the peer-review process work? 2. Is there a place

Hi everyone, I added a page under the HowTos for Encryption, and then added a guide for encrypting /tmp /swap and /home using cryptsetup and LUKS keys on LVM, when you already have partitions setup. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/EncryptTmpSwapHome Regards, Max

I have finally gotten one version of windows 2003 r2 x64 installed as a guest. The bad news is no network. The network tab says it''s a realtek 8139 when I know it is a intel. I tried downloading the intel drivers and they wont install says it''s the wrong hard ware. Is this common that it uses a 8139 as a generic network card? Also the network card shows The