Ubuntu Servers :: Setup A PXE Boot Can Boot A Machine From The Network
Aug 23, 2010I was wondering, how much hassle would it be to setup a PXE boot so I can boot a machine from the network.
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OpenSUSE Network :: New Dual-boot Machine Has Poor Network Performance
Jul 27, 2011This is a thread I've moved over from the install forum and is hopefully more focused. Sorry if I have violated some protocol. Problem I have a new machine build configured to dual-boot Windows 7 and OPENSUSE 11.4. Network performance in Windows is very good but network performance in OPENSUSE is very poor.
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OpenSUSE Network :: Setup As A Network Boot Server To Install Solaris 10 On A Sun Ultra 10 Client?
May 12, 2011I have an opensuse 11.3 install which I want to set up as a network boot server to install Solaris 10 on a Sun Ultra 10 client. According to what I've read, this requires rarpd and tftpd which I've set up on opensuse, but also bootparamd which I can't find for 11.3. It seems it was last included with opensuse 9.2. Does anyone know if it's available, if I could use the suse 9.2 version, or any alternative?
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Aug 15, 2010Tonight i had the bright idea to upgrade from the previous LTS release to 10.04 LTS on my physical collocate in texas.
Ran do-release-upgrade --proposed per the ubuntu LTS upgrade guide, everything went smoothly, few random package issues with spamassasin and my apache configs but nothing that made me weep. Rand a apt-get -u dist-upgrade after to make sure nothing was missed and all was right in the world.
....Until i rebooted. Now my machine fails to boot and falls through to a (initramfs) prompt.
everything was hosted off this box and i'm desperate to get it back up. After hours of googling all i can find is info for DomU's with the same issue....but that has to due with the ubunut developers making 10.04 incompatible with older dom0's or something....and again this is a phyiscal machine.
My hosting provider has me booted into a RIPlinux rescue disk to work on this
Here is my fstab
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
#/dev/sda2
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Ubuntu :: How To Get Ceni To Setup Network At Boot?
Jun 15, 2011I use ceni to get online, and whilst ordinarily in other distros I need only configure the one time, and connection will establish itself at boot, here I have to set it up every time I enter the desktop.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Servers :: Install Boot Loader Into RAID 10 Setup?
Oct 3, 2010i installed ubuntu server on a 4-hard disk system, i installed with the RAID 10 support that comes with 10.04 server optioon. my raid swap is /dev/md0 and my raid data partition is /dev/md1
hard drives are /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd
the instalation goes fine, from the 8TB im getting 4TB mirrored which is what i want,
but the instalation setup goes up to the point where it asks me to install grub boot loader, There i choose the default option and it does a fatal error.
my main goal is just to make it bootable, any method is welcome. this went beyond my RAID knowledge (more conceptual than technical)
Ubuntu Servers :: Diskless Login - Setup A PXE Boot Environment?
Nov 24, 2010how to to setup a PXE boot environment. The server contains a LUbuntu 10.10-installation the client is Ubuntu 10.10 Server (I didn't mix up those two...) So, everything is going fine; the client gets an ip-adres, and boots over PXE. The login-prompt is shown. Problem: I can't login. It seems my users are deleted (better not copied). Of course the system (client) works fine when I boot the system from it's harddrive. The only thing I can guess, there going something wrong with:
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OpenSUSE Network :: Setup X11VNC To Start At Boot?
Jun 8, 2011Is there any guide for openSUSE 11.3 or 11.4 to make x11vnc to start everytime the pc is rebooted, I have search the forum with no results
View 4 Replies View RelatedNetworking :: Mounting XP Network Drive On Machine Works Manually But Not On Boot Up?
Dec 13, 2008I know this has been covered in many threads before, but I'm stuck not finding my exact situation or an answer. I'm a newbie using a Debian Linux machine as the client and Windows XP machine as the server. I have successfully mounted the XP Network drive on the Linux machine using commands from the root terminal:
mount -t smbfs -o username="Windows Username",password=windowspassword //XPcomputername/folder /mountpoint/
However when I put the command in the ect/fstab file as suggested in several posts, I don't get any result on boot up. I.e. I can't get the network drive to mount on start up, I always have to manually mount it from the root terminal.
Ubuntu :: Upgrading To 10.04 - Boot Without CD - Get Dumped Into A Busybox Shell After Machine Fails To Boot
May 3, 2010I was upgrading our lab's dhcp server to Lucid and it totally died. I have it running on a Debian recovery cd right now. I ran into a bug in gtk which I seem to have fixed, but now I have more serious errors. If I boot without a CD, I get dumped into a busybox shell after the machine fails to boot. From the live CD, I tried dist-upgrading again and it dies trying to build and install rsyslog with a broken pipe error. I am at a loss as to what to do from here short of reinstalling (which is the last option as this server has a lot of custom configs on it)
View 6 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Servers :: Installing 10.10 Using Network Boot+TFTPD32?
Dec 10, 2010I've come across TFTPD32 as an application to help install Ubuntu Server 10.10 on my 32-bit Gateway Solo 5300 so that I could use it as a test server. I am attempting this method since neither the cd drive or usb drive work properly (the usb only working after logging in). However, I currently have no OS after half installing Ubuntu and accidentally shutting it down after it deleted the hard drive's contents-BIG mistake. It currently only boots to a black screen and a flashing underscore in the top left corner.how to network boot because I have never done it before and I don't fully know what is involved. Below is some-things you might want to know about what I have in hand:
-Old Gateway Solo 5300 Laptop with no OS(32 bit, 256MB RAM, RJ-45 jack, 10 GB HDD)
-Acer Aspire 570Z with Windows Vista Premium 32-bit(3GB RAM, 120GB HDD + RJ-45 jack)
-STORED ON ACER ASPIRE=Ubuntu boot files, TFTPD32, Unetbootin.
-Blue Ethernet cable, Yellow crossover ethernet cable.
-Router and modem
In total, what are the steps to have Ubuntu Server 10.10 edition succesfully installed on the old Gateway.
Ubuntu Servers :: Backup Setup - OS X Time Machine Support
Oct 12, 2010I'm wanting to setup a file server for home. I'll probably use the following: Ebox, Firefly Media Server, TorrentFlux I'm still not sure about how to go about redundancy for the store, possibly software RAID 5. ZFS would be cool but the linux support through FUSE and large memory requirements are a bit of turn-off. I'm also not sure how to go about supporting TimeMachine on my new Macbook Pro. I've seen a couple of old guides on the web discussing Netatalk and Avahi but noting new.
I'm thinking I'll probably use a spare 2.5" 80GB SATA drive for the OS drive, and then probably 4x2TB HDD (for 6TB of useable storage in RAID 5). I'm not sure about what mobo and cpu to use yet. I was originally thinking to go with an atom based Mini-ITX mobo but to get one with 4x SATA ports is hard enough, let alone trying to get one with 5-6x (1 for OS and 4 for data) so I'm thinking maybe I should get a low power Intel or AMD based Micro-ATX mobo with 6x SATA. I'm also thinking I'll setup CrashPlan for online backup from the server (plus directly from my Macbook Pro and my Desktop).
Ubuntu Servers :: Fully Automated Network - Host Name Configure And DNS Register In The First Boot
Jul 29, 2011My organization is running a VMware vSphere based platform. On top of that we have a Sun Gridengine cluster consists of a number of ubuntu VMs.At the moment, we deploy new cluster nodes from the VM template. Although it already saves us lots of time, we still need to configure the network, host name, register DNS record manually.In a near future, we will need to add 100+ more hosts to the cluster. So we are seeking a automated deployment so that a VM does the following during its first boot:
1)configure the network for the correct IP with DHCP or manual.
2)request a designate host name (maybe from a pre-defined datasource?) and configure host name.
3)register itself to our DNS servers.
We don't really have experiences for running big cluster. So welcome to share your opinions and experiences.Specially I'd very keen to find out if there is any well-proven solution right there or I will need to implement from the scratch.
OpenSUSE Network :: Setup A Samba Server On 11.2 Machine
Apr 15, 2010I set up a Samba server on my openSuSE 11.2 machine and I can connect to it locally with the local ip and with my actuall ip. My friend however cannot. I tried to have him ping my ip and that wouldn't even work. I'm confused and wondering why it doesn't work. We share a lot of files and this would make both of our lives much easier.
View 9 Replies View RelatedNetworking :: Setup Network Printer To Combination Machine
Apr 11, 2010I have two Linux machines both running Debian (I do not want Windows to be involved at all). One is a desktop and one is a laptop. I desire to connect a not-yet-purchased printer/scanner combination machine only to the internal LAN via my router (Linksys WRT54G) via Ethernet cable, or via wireless if the printer/scanner has that capability. I want to be able to print to that printer (and scan from its scanner) by only having to turn on the printer/scanner and only one of the other computers, and not have to have both Linux machines turned on in order to print and/or scan.
So my questions are:
When I look at specific models of printers, what should I be looking for in their specifications that indicates that this configuration is possible (i.e., should I be looking exclusively for printers that say they are "wireless printers" or "network printers")?The reason I ask this question: In my online searching, I thought "networked printer" or "stand-alone network printer" meant just that, but what I found instead are pages and pages of instructions on how to connect the printer locally to a Linux machine, with the associated setup to allow that Linux machine to serve print requests coming from other machines on the LAN. And that approach is not what I want to do (with the notable exception of temporary setup to validate that the printer is responding to requests for printing and scanning from Linux).
Are there particular brands, makes, or models that I would have better luck in getting to work in this manner (i.e., "better stick with HP or Xerox")? Am I kidding myself that a combination printer/scanner would work in the same fashion and still be relatively easy to set up on both Linux machines without resorting to some Windows-centric approach? Result of my searching so far (I have not worked my way through all of these in detail, but plan to): References to local printer connection which is not what I want:
Setting_Up_a_Network_Printer_using_CUPS
Set up a network printer using cups
Set up a printer
The post inside Setting_Up_a_Network_Printer_using_CUPS that starts with "running an HP Photosmart 8450 as a stand-alone networked printer" (where is the permalink?) is as close as I could get, but I am concerned that the instructions given are specific to the HP Photosmart 8450, or specific to the HP vendor, versus for all printers that can be connected to an Ethernet network (not that being locked into HP is going to be a problem necessarily, but I would like to know why if that is the case). Linux compatible printers says "Have a look at LinuxPrinting for known working drivers for printers data base. Also buy from a linux friendly company, ie HP, Brother, Epsom." Later in that thread, someone said Definitely don't buy canon.
Red Hat / Fedora :: Make Machine To PXE Boot Windows From Another Machine Having RHEL5.2?
Jul 23, 2010I want to make my machine to PXE boot windows from another machine having RHEL5.2. I know the procedure to PXE boot linux, but I want to know is it possible to PXE boot your client machine with windows XP.
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Dec 6, 2010I am building a 10.04.1LTS server. I am putting the /root filesystem into a Software RAID1 partition. I want to keeo my /boot partition outside of RAID.Is there a way to have a boot partition on both sda and sdb so if one drive fails the second boot partition will work away - or should this be kept in with RAID also.
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Nov 1, 2010Forgive the terseness. I'm frazzled with this issue, perhaps I should have asked earlier. Every weekend for the past 2 months has been an endless cycle of 'repair broken system' off the install disk.
Installed from Ubuntu server 10.04LTS x86_64, + xfce-desktop Here is uname -a Linux ournas 2.6.32-25-server #45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:06:58 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux If I add my raid + lvm to the fstab file, the boot stalls, (no error it, just hangs waiting, forever). So that's a not very user friendly to start with.
I've tried the suggestions about UUID in fstab tried using LABEL instead, or even /dev/xxx. Every time it hangs. I've googled this endlessly and not found a solution. So don't ask why... since I seem to have tried every odd suggestion to fix this, I've lost track. There seems to be some consensus that whoever gave us plymouth laid an egg. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but did we need a better graphical boot if it breaks everything else?
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General :: Grub Boot Loader Installation In Dual Boot Machine After Windows 7 Installation?
Mar 23, 2010I had a dual boot machine with fedora 12 and windows vista and I could use grub boot-loader to switch between two. Few days ago windows got corrupt and I have to reinstall it. I put windows 7 now and as usual it erased grub. So to reinstall I put the fedora 12 installation CD on and followed some usual setup steps. When I got the command line I issued the command "grub-install /dev/sda" (sda not hda because It showed bunch of sda, sda1..) but surprisingly it said grub command not found. I remember doing it before while it worked fine.
View 4 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Application On Server To Allow Network Boot Of Windows Pc's Force Boot Img Load
Apr 6, 2011A colleague of mine was studying at the University of Vienna and saw an application which was based on linux whereby other pc's booted from it and if on the server they had set it to force a clean install on that PC it would download and install a windows image. Does anyone know of the app or could point me in the direction of a similar app.
View 5 Replies View RelatedFedora Installation :: F15 Upgrade - Cold Boot Error "Your System Last Boot Fail Or Post Interrupted Please Enter Setup To Load Default And Reboot"
Jun 30, 2011I just upgraded to F15 and it went well. But at the next and each subsequent cold boot the BIOS reports "Your system last boot fail or post interrupted Please enter setup to load default and reboot". The board is an asus P5N-D. I press F1 to blow past the error and all is well until the next cold boot. Restarts are fine, no errors at all.
View 12 Replies View RelatedCentOS 5 :: Gpt Partitioning - XFS \ Error, That Boot Partition Is On A Gpt Partition And This Machine Cannot Boot That?
May 21, 2010I am trying to install a box here where my /storage partition is about 2.5T.I had setup the partitioning with suse, while testing, and all worked well.Now when trying to install CentOs 5.5 it gives me an error, that my boot partition is on a gpt partition and this machine cannot boot that.Also I don't see the option to create XFS partitions from the installer.Can 5.5 support GPT @ install time?
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May 5, 2009Here is a thought experiment:
1. Copy vmlinuz and initrd.img from isolinux subdir into /boot
2. Adjust grub.conf to boot to that kernel
3. Reboot to setup
4. Format /boot (actually '/' ) during "fresh install"
5. Proceed with the installation-over-network
I see two possible outcomes:
1. The setup fails to reformat the drive, because it is "in use" by boot kernel
2. The partition is not "in use" and the installation succeeds
Why? Old cluster with broken CD-drives, lacking USB, and no separate /boot partition.
Ubuntu Servers :: 10.10 - Setup Eth0 With Subdevice Eth0.0 And Eth0.99 To Come Up At Boot
Apr 22, 2011im trying to setup eth0 with subdevice eth0.0 and eth0.99 to come up at boot
eth0 is dhcp clint
eth0:0 is static ip
eth0.99 is 802.1q vlan interface
/etc/network/interfaces
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auto lo
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Hardware :: Machine Will Hang Before It Gets To The Ubuntu "boot" Screen With The Dots That Show Progress As The Machine Boots?
Oct 1, 2010I have a roughly 3-year old PC that I put together from parts (listed below) that has been running great with various flavors of Linux as the sole operating system. It is currently running Ubuntu 10.4. A couple of months ago, it started to have intermittent problems booting. The machine will hang before it gets to the Ubuntu "boot" screen with the dots that show progress as the machine boots. If I look at the power on messages from the BIOS, it fails at different points in the process - sometimes during the memory test, sometimes during the search for IDE drives. It fails about 2 out of every 5 attempts to boot. It sometimes takes 2-3 tries at booting before it actually works. Sometimes when it does boot, the Ethernet jack doesn't work and I see errors in syslog about there not being a carrier.
There are no syslog entries when the machine does not boot.The machine is plugged into a UPS. The UPS indicates that it is running at 13% of capacity at 123V/60Hz. I'm in the US.Once the machine boots normally, it will stay up without issues for days.I've checked the 4GB of RAM (I added 2GB to the original 2GB several months ago) using the memory testing application on the System Rescue CD and no errors were found.I've replaced the motherboard battery, which seemed to help for a few weeks, but then the problem returned.I've checked the hard drive for errors using the SMART diagnostics tool in System -> Administration -> Disk Utility and buy running fsck.The interior of the case is not very dusty and all the fans appear to be working.Are there things I can do to investigate and fix this issue other than starting to replace components - starting with the motherboard and the power supply?The parts of the machine:
CPU INTEL|C2D E6850 3G 65N 4M R - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$279.99)
CASE ANTEC|P180B BLACK RT - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$114.99)
MB GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L P35+ICH9 - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$111.99)
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Ubuntu Servers :: SSH From A Windows Machine Out Of LAN Network?
Sep 8, 2010Can I SSH from a windows machine out of my LAN network to a Linux Server inside my home LAN network?
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Aug 15, 2010Today when I logged into my fileserver it told me there were 20 updates available. I went ahead and installed them, one was a new kernel. After reboot, I cannot see that machine when I browse the network. It still has the same static IP and I can still map to the shared drives, so Samba is working. When I browse the network from Windows or my WDTV Live media play it no longer shows the server by name. The smb.conf file is still intact and I restarted Samba. Not really sure where to start troubleshooting why I can't browse to it.
View 8 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Servers :: Setup VPN And Remote Network Drive?
May 28, 2010I am wondering how to setup a remote disk on my server so that I can remotely access files on my Windows laptop through the "Map Network Drive" feature.
How do I go about doing something like this?
Ubuntu Servers :: Setup A DNS Server On Local Network?
Jun 14, 2011I am trying to setup a DNS server on my local network. When I set linux clients to use it, it works as expected. However, when I set windows clients to it, the root name doesn't resolve. For example, I have a zone called daniel. On linux "anything.daniel" resolves to the correct ip as does "daniel" which is the behavior I want. However, on windows 7, "anything.daniel" resolves correctly, but "daniel" doesn't. I am new to BIND9 so my config is mostly copy and pasted. Here is my zone file for daniel (where #.#.#.# is the ip I want daniel to resolve to):
@ IN SOA ns1.daniel. admin.daniel. (
2007031001
28800
3600
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Ubuntu Servers :: Setup Ssh/sftp/network Shares All Authenticating With AD?
Mar 3, 2010I need to set up ssh/sftp/network shares all authenticating with AD. I want to use likewise to do the auth, but to mount the network shares I need to use an older version of samba so it can connect with likewise.How can I go about installing an older version of samba onto this new distro of the OS? I've tried installing the lenny and etch versions but I always get an error during install just saying that samba errored.
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