similar to: input/output error while copy (John R Pierce)

When I give the command "cp file1 file2" then the error comes: cp: cannot create regular file `file2': Input/output error This occurs sometimes and it occurs when I am giving the command inside a external hard disk which is mounted by "ntfs-3g" manually. Why does this error come? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

CentOS 5.5 is installed in the system. I installed the package kmod-ntfs-2.1.27-3.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm I mounted Seagate external hard disk. I am able to copy contents from the hard disk to the system but not from the system to the hard disk. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I pressed the tab "probe" by mistake near "bind to MAC address" in system->administration->network->edit->hardware device. After this the MAC address disappeared. Internet is not working. Shall I write the MAC address and activate again? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

After giving command "yum update openoffice" the output is: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.aol.in * updates: ftp.oss.eznetsols.org * addons: centos.aol.in * extras: centos.aol.in Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I have centOS5.3 installed in the system. I have never updated it but now am planning to update. While doing "yum update", is there any possibility that the update might hamper the execution of any software/application installed on the system? Is there anything particular to note before updating the system? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Want to install CentOS 5.5 by burning the image on DVD. On the link: http://mirrors.hns.net.in/centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/, there is a list given. CentOS-5.5-x86 64-bin-DVD.torrent is in the list. So is the download of the .iso possible only through torrent? There is CentOS-5.5-x86 64-netinstall.iso Is this also an .iso which one can download to install CentOS5.5? -------------- next part

Before doing "yum update" on system which has CentOS5.3, I gave "yum list updates" but the following message comes: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Determining fastest mirrors Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=x86_64&repo=os error was [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')> Error: Cannot find

I am working in Centos5.5. Pen drive, hard disk, cd are not being recognised. During booting, "mounting local filesystems [failed]" is displayed among other errors which I am unable to see as the messages proceed fast. Are these messages stored in some file, so that I can check them and report all the errors that are displayed during booting. -------------- next part -------------- An

After installing kmod-fuse rpm, I had given "/dev/sda3 /mnt/win ntfs rw,umask=0000,defaults" in the file /etc/fstab. Then I gave mount /mnt/win. But I couldn't copy files from system to the hard disk so I removed kmod-fuse by rpm -e command. I installed fuse-ntfs-3g rpm. Now what are the changes that have to be made on the file /etc/fstab? -------------- next part

Happy new year :D i have just installed centos 5.5 on my vmware to test my server,i found that i need nasm x64 to compile my assembly code,the yum database only has 0.98 version which does not support 64bit. the nasm version 2(rpm from offcial site) requires glibc 2.7, i know its a core component, but is there a way to upgrade it without break system? thanks for your time :D NamoBhagavan Max

Whenever the system boots there is sound ( beep ). Is there any way to disable it? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101210/8baed23d/attachment-0002.html>

In centos 5.5 system->administration->logical volume management comes whereas in centos5.3 i don't see the option logical volume management under system->administration. How to see it? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110109/5f6917d0/attachment-0002.html>

There was no proxy in the file /etc/yum.conf. I specified the proxy setting and now "yum list updates" is working. A part of the output was: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: centos.01link.hk * updates: centos.01link.hk * addons: centos.01link.hk * extras: centos.01link.hk Updated Packages ImageMagick.i386

During installation if due to some reason one wants to abort the installation then is the only way to do it is to switch off the system by pressing the power button, then switch on by pressing the power button and pressing the optical drive eject button to take out the DVD? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

I can't understand exactly what these security updates do? Why is there a need to have a security update? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101011/8da04cea/attachment-0002.html>

I installed CentOS5.5 on Dell Inspiron N5010. During partitioning, when I created swap = 6GB then additional 4MB free space was created and when I created ext3 for linux=217GB, then additional 7MB free space was created. Didn't understand why these 2 extra free spaces were created. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Can CentOS be installed on an extended partition? System has the following partitions: OEM(reserved)-78MB(primary) System-100MB(primary) C-55GB(primary) D-100GB(extended) Can I divide D into 2 parts:70GB and 30GB and install CentOS in the 70GB logical partition? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Everytime after giving command "ooffice" on terminal, the following message comes on terminal: libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5b -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101015/124b380e/attachment-0002.html>

I did installation of CentOS5.5 in text mode and made changes at the following places in the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf : section "device" identifier : "vesa" driver:"vesa" section "screen" device:"vesa" Also in the file /etc/inittab I changed id:3:initdefault to id:5:initdefault so that I can boot linux in graphical mode. I had to make the changes

I have CentOS5.3 installed on the system. I have updated firefox to firefox-3.6.11-2.el5.centos. While doing any work on the internet, suddenly the system logs out. What can be the problem? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101101/555a4463/attachment-0002.html>