General :: Kickstart Versus Windows Deployment Service
Mar 15, 2010Need comparison of features and performance of Kickstart to Windows Deployment Service? (What do they have in common).
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Ubuntu Installation :: Windows Deployment Services - PXE Boot Aborted (Grub Rescue)
Dec 23, 2010I previously had a machine that dual booted Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit. I recently attempted to wipe out the 32 bit Ubuntu and install 64 bit Ubuntu.
Here what I did:
- I booted from the LiveCD, and had no problems
- I formatted /sda3 using gparted. I checked that Ubuntu resided on /sda3 via the command "sudo fdisk -l". This worked fine.
- I then clicked the "install ubuntu" option on the desktop, and chose the largest chunk of free space.
- About 15% through the install, I was told the CD could not be read from due to a potential scratch or issue. I then tried to revert back to the Os running from the LiveCD, and things went crazy. I had trouble shutting down the machine and did a hard reset.
Now, whenever I boot I am greeted with the following message:
Windows Deployment Services: PXE boot aborted
error: no such partition
grub rescue>
At the grub rescue prompt when I ls, I see:
(hd0) (hd0,4) (hd0,2) (hd0,1)
I can still boot the LiveCD. I tried that again and tried to again format sda3 using gparted but had no luck fixing the issue. When booting from the LiveCD I am also told by gparted that "sda1 does not coincide with a cylinder boundary" or something of that nature.
General :: Difference Between Installation And Deployment
Apr 24, 2011Anyone explain me the difference between installation and deployment?
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- munin installed and configured
- mysql server with some predefined users and passwords
- same users created with existing ssh keys. also ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file with pub key inside
At the moment I use some bash script to create the users and sync the keys. Basically I need to install predefined packages and remove some other packages configure some config files (or copy working configs). I have looked at cfengine and puppet Server. And I am asking my self if this tools are overkill for this task.
General :: Python Package Deployment Tool (Executable)
Jul 6, 2010I am writing a python package deployment tool for linux based platforms. I have tried various existing tool sets but none of them is up to the mark and they have their own issues. Initially I'll start with simple approach.
1. Find all the modules/packages and copy to "lib" directory.
2. Find python's *.so dependencies (system libs) and copy them to "syslib"
3. Copy python (executable) and libpython2.6.so.1.0 into "dist" directory.
4. Set up temp environment
5. Run main script using "python <main script>.py"
The idea is to produce a cleaner directory structure. Neither I am creating a boot loader nor I am converting main script file into executable. It's plain vanilla stuff. Using above steps I have pulled down a package using wxPython's demo example "pySketch.py". You can download the archive from here: [URL]. After extracting the contents, run the executable file using "./run". This file sets temporary environment variables and execute "pySketch.py". This is eventually not working. I think I am not able to set up temporary environment properly or may be missing some other stuff.
General :: Scalable Test Platform And Patch Lifecycle Manager Deployment
Oct 21, 2010I am regularly keeping watch on kernel releases like 2.6.36-rcX and compiling the upcoming kernel releases on Fedora 13.I came across STP [URL] and PLM testing and seems like it is relevant tool for compiling, testing the kernel components in very precise way. I am unable to find the documents which can help in how to implement or run the tool. I have just downloaded the Test-suit tar and dont see any README or steps to test or run the tool.
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Apr 28, 2011I'm using Ubuntu 10.0.4. I'm running a background process on system startup (Selenium) that needs to launch browsers (e.g. Firefox, Google Chrome). What settings do I need to enable in order to do this? Currently, even if I SSH in as a user, I'm not able to launch a browser and get this error ...
Code:
selenium@selenium-chi:~$ /usr/bin/google-chrome
No protocol specified
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General :: Transfer Files Between System Based OS And Windows Without Any Service?
Mar 14, 2011Kindly read the complete question I know this question has been asked repeatedly
Is there a way to Transfer files between Linux based OS & Windows OS Without using SCP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, USB, Netcat or samba share?
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Jan 21, 2010I have both Jaunty and Windows XP installed on my laptop (dual boot), and I have successfully tethered (via Bluetooth) my cellphone in Windows, but can't get tethering to work in Jaunty.
In Windows, when I paired my phone with my laptop using Bluetooth, Windows assigned two COM ports for Bluetooth to use. Then I configured dial-up networking, and all I had to specify was the dial string (*99**1*1#). Windows treats my cellphone as if it were a modem connected via a serial port. Works great.
When I pair my phone to the laptop when running Jaunty, I don't ever see serial ports getting configured as I do in Windows. And I've read that when the Bluetooth pairing takes place in Ubuntu, the networking wizard should start, but it does not. So, I go into network connections and create a new connection under the MOBILE BROADBAND tab (I check "connect automatically"). When I'm finished creating the connection, it says "never" to the right of the connection name, but I'm not sure what that is indicating. When I left-click the network manager icon on my desktop, it does not show any connections from which I can choose. I have no Internet connectivity.
I have proved that the Bluetooth link between Jaunty and my cellphone IS working. I have been successful sending files from my phone to Jaunty, using Bluetooth.
Am I going about setting up tethering incorrectly ?
Red Hat / Fedora :: Samba3 3.3.14 On CentOS 5 Deployment
Nov 16, 2010Anyone done a deployment of Samba3 > 3.3.4. Had to install this version as I am preparing a domain for Windows 7 computers. My installation on CentOS went well. smbd and nmbd are running OK. I am able to test user accounts with the
smbclient -U usertest \hostusertest
However, I cannot seem to be able to add a computer, even a Win XP workstation to the domain. I used smb.conf files from a previous Samba 3.0.28 with minimal modifications. Kindly forward your smb.conf file, here is mine:
[global]
workgroup = DOMAIN
netbios name = DOMAIN_SERVER
server string = Samba Server Version %v
passdb backend = tdbsam
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 40 .....
Red Hat / Fedora :: Automatic OS Image Mass Deployment
Dec 21, 2010I have a Linux OS, and I want to make it as an image so that I can install 20 servers with that image as baseline OS.How to do that? As I know:
1. kickstart == is only for new OS instalation, it needs a Linux CD source
2. systemimage == is for clone the partition (not massive deployment)
3. kiwi == only for SUSE
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Aug 10, 2010We have a customer that wants to look at other possibilities regarding deployment of redhat server. They are now using Altiris. Do you have any other good software, free or not free.
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Aug 23, 2010I am trying my hand at Bash scripting. I have a file with lots of pinyin, which is the romanized version of Chinese characters and words. A typical entry looks like this,
"7 shuo1 to speak"
Seven is the number of the entry shuo is the pinyin, 1 is the tone mark and is the Chinese character.
What I would like to do is change the format so that it looks more like this:
7 shuo 1
Each field needs to be re-assigned to a variable in an array and then printed to the screen and saved to a file in the same order it was input. This is to prepare the data for another project I am working on in imagemagick.
I have spent all day looking at linux man pages and have very little to show for my efforts. What is the best way to approach this? grep, awk, sed...?
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All i know about the difference between Slackware and Arch is the stability, i.e. Slackware is more stable than Arch !
Is that all or there is some other difference which should be considered ?
Which one out of the above two, should i go for and why ?
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