similar to: [OT] Using rsync to backup / restore - when to use (or not use) the -H option switch?

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com> wrote: > On 02/11/2015 09:02 AM, Francis Gerund wrote: >> >> When using rsync to backup and restore, when should and when should one >> *not* include hard links (by using the -H option switch)? > > > It's probably too site or application specific to give any general advice. >

Is there a way in Centos 7 to boot into an alternate video setup? Some distributions have an option to boot into something called VESA (or something similar). Something that might not have the fanciest features, but more likely to at least just work. On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Francis Gerund <ranrund at gmail.com> wrote: > Updated the kernel as suggested to 3.19, did not solve

Hello. I think it is just too easy to make mistakes with rsync. And getting it "almost correct" can really get you hurt. So I would like to learn with Grsync. But, Grsync does not seem to be in the centos 7 or EPEL 7 repositories (although it may have been around as late as centos 6). Is it now in any "reputable" repositories? If not, has anyone installed it from source

Yes, that is very much like the problem I encountered, but in my case it did not need multiple monitors to happen, just one. The config file suggested did seem to fix the problem, at least serving as a (hopefully) temporary workaround. Johnny, thanks for the pointer. And thanks to all who replied. P.S. - the workaround seems to work with both the latest "standard" Centos 7 kernel

Okay, thanks to all who took the time to reply. What a shame; I hadn't planned on spending Easter weekend learning to do kernel upgrades, but . . . here it goes. On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Ned Slider <ned at unixmail.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 03/04/15 20:41, Francis Gerund wrote: > > Well, it could be the same, but the bug report does seem to refer to the >

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Francis Gerund <ranrund at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > After some reading, including the rsync man page, I am still not clear on > this: > When using rsync to backup and restore, when should and when should one > *not* > include hard links (by using the -H option switch)? > > A simple example case would be backups for one or

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Francis Gerund <ranrund at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I think it is just too easy to make mistakes with rsync. And getting it > > "almost correct" can really get you hurt. > > What are you trying to do, and what kind of

Well, it could be the same, but the bug report does seem to refer to the bug being in kernel series 3.18. I am just using whatever 3.10 series kernel comes standard with Centos 7.x. I don't know anything about bug reports, and I an not familiar with swapping out kernels in Centos. BTW, is El Repo another name for the EPEL repository? On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi

Hello! No updates for days until 2015-04-01. Then presented with huge steaming pile of updates all at once, apparently related to Centos 7.1 release. Not thinking about it being April Fools Day, I immediately did: yum -v check-update, then yum -v update then rebooted. After reboot, there is a problem with the video. It seems to flicker when the mouse pointer touches the screen edges.

Almost everyone here has probably read this by now. If so, move along, nothing new here. But just in case you haven't, please take the time to read this. Here it is, in their own words: what Redhat thinks of Centos, and it's plans for the future of Centos. Can you read between the lines? In this case, it isn't very hard to do, IMHO. community.redhat.com/centos-faq

I did see your post. So, even though the sha256sum was perfect on the iso file and on the DVD, it failed to install. I then used a usb flash drive and booted the flash drive to do the install. It also failed. The screen image I took with my camera can be viewed at https://www.sendspace.com/file/4828ej The questions I have are: why VNC ??? VNC is a horribly insecure protocol. Why would I want

On 02/11/2015 09:02 AM, Francis Gerund wrote: > When using rsync to backup and restore, when should and when should one > *not* include hard links (by using the -H option switch)? It's probably too site or application specific to give any general advice. Run this command across the filesystem you're going to back up: find /path -type f -links +1 All of the files listed in

Please ... any info on how to proceed??? After I made sure it had the correct sha256sum, and after I burned it to DVD, and and dd'd the DVD back to a temp file and again checked the sha256sum of the temp file, all was OK. Same sha256sum. So, I rebooted the machine and it booted up from the DVD. I got a message that it was not using VNC, Then after that immediately an error came out saying

We are running backup softwares for incrementals/differentials and full backups with variouse softwares currently using dirvish scripts + amanda .. what is everyones views on other opensourced backup software? is there anything better or other options we have missed? We are looking at backula as an option? any thoughts? Thanks - Nathan - http://www.linuxcare.ca

On 04/04/2015 11:24 AM, Francis Gerund wrote: > Is there a way in Centos 7 to boot into an alternate video setup? > > Some distributions have an option to boot into something called VESA (or > something similar). Something that might not have the fanciest features, > but more likely to at least just work. > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Francis Gerund <ranrund at

Francis Gerund wrote: <snip> > And FWIW, I do like, and use the CLI all the time. That's how I learned - using MS-DOS 3.2 on a 386sx box with 360k floppy drives. And 512k ram - what luxury! > > : ) You leaned on a 386 with (2?) floppy drives? I had to make do with DOS 3.0 on an 8088 w/ 2 floppy drives... and let me tell you how much fun it was to compile (I kid you not)

On Mon, March 9, 2015 17:36, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Francis Gerund wrote: > <snip> >> And FWIW, I do like, and use the CLI all the time. That's how I >> learned > - using MS-DOS 3.2 on a 386sx box with 360k floppy drives. And 512k > ram > - what luxury! >> >> : ) > > You leaned on a 386 with (2?) floppy drives? I had to make do >

On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 04:30:15PM -0600, Francis Gerund wrote: > 5) If Grsync was in centos before, why was it removed? "Because it's not > in RHEL." Okay, but why not? I can't find any evidence it was ever in RHEL or CentOS. It looks like it's in the Nux Desktop repo and the Repoforge repo for EL5 and 6 and Nux for EL7. > 6) While I do really appreciate CLI

Updated the kernel as suggested to 3.19, did not solve problem. Unbelievable! Oh, well . . . On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Francis Gerund <ranrund at gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, thanks to all who took the time to reply. > > What a shame; I hadn't planned on spending Easter weekend learning to do > kernel upgrades, but . . . here it goes. > > > > On Fri, Apr

I am looking for a simple backup program that I can use to backup a CentOS box to a local tape drive. Hopefully someone here can give me a recommendation. This is what I need: - Simple launching of manual backups (preferably from the command line) - Ability to span tapes for a large backup - Proper treatment of hardlinked files - Notification via email or similar when it is