Phil and I pulled the server out of the rack, wiped the 40 GB drive, installed the 160 GB drive and loaded Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS.
The server has a DNS problem. Ubuntu Server is enough different from Slackware that I couldn't resolve the issue. I manually configured eth0 and the default gateway, and at that point I could ping 4.2.2.2 but not yahoo.com. Creating an /etc/resolve.conf file (there was none) didn't fix DNS. I tried several /etc/resolve.conf nameserver IP addresses from vendors we use at work (AT&T, OpenDNS, Omnicity wireless), but none worked. Resolve.conf is readable by user, group and world.
I don't want to put any more time into the server at work so I'll bring it to the workshop Thursday. Hopefully someone is more familiar with Debian/Ubuntu server installs than me and can quickly fix the problem.
Tom -- Phil Goldbach wrote:
Well, the 160 GB IDE drive I have did come in from a donation to FGM, so it's only fair that since I'm not using it that I bring it back in. It's a Western Digital WD1600, came in the Alienware tower that worked fine at the shop but died once I hooked it up at home. Plus the Dell Optiplex that I'm using now utilizes SATA for the hard drives, and has a Western Digital 160 GB in it as well. I still have a 200 GB IDE hard drive, but I'm keeping that.Phil Goldbach "Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades." --- On *Mon, 9/19/11, Tom Brown /<tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011 To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, September 19, 2011, 2:42 PM Phil and I pulled the Supermicro 1U server out of the rack and popped the hood. There is no room for a second drive, and the drive controller is IDE. Phil has a 160 GB IDE drive which he is willing to let FGM use.Tom -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *From:* frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Tony Germano *Sent:* Monday, September 19, 2011 11:41 *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011I used the script I found on this (http://xlylith.blogspot.com/2006/02/size-of-ubuntu-repository.html) page to check. Table is below. Looking at only 10.04 32-bit binaries it will be about 45-50G. The 64-bit binaries are only slightly larger. I don't see a reason to mirror source, so I didn't check sizes there. We would need additional disk space for the host OS.When I mentioned a "reference box" I was addressing the need if we were using a package caching server instead of a mirror. While the repositories are actually smaller than what I had thought, we will really only need a very small fraction of what is available. Using a caching server instead of a mirror, we should be able to fit both 32-bit and 64-bit versions on Tom's existing hard drive.Ultimately, it doesn't really matter to me which way we decide to go on this.i386-binary lucid main - 7.5G i386-binary lucid restricted - < 1G i386-binary lucid universe - 22.8G i386-binary lucid multiverse - 2.6Gi386-binary lucid-updates main - 6.4G i386-binary lucid-updates restricted - < 1G i386-binary lucid-updates universe - 1.5G i386-binary lucid-updates multiverse - < 1Gi386-binary lucid-security main - 4.1G i386-binary lucid-security restricted - < 1G i386-binary lucid-security universe - < 1G i386-binary lucid-security multiverse - < 1GTony------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:30:21 -0400 Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011 From: ke4rit@xxxxxxxxx To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I know what I posted before (didn't catch the 40g for 2007) do we know about what size drive we need for the mirror. I think I might have drives large enough to test with here first... Richard On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: There is a 1U Supermicro headless server with Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS installed and patched. At idle or full gallop it probably uses less energy than the workshop server so it could be a good choice for 24/7 use. Drawback: It needs a bigger HD.I’m guessing it isn’t possible to download and install the initial mirror in one warehouse session so your offer to do those tasks looks helpful.Tom -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *From:* frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Richard Zimmerman *Sent:* Saturday, September 17, 2011 12:45 *To:* frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject:* [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011Actually no. The mirror maintainer runs a nightly script that keeps the mirror in sync with the mater builds. When install a new Ubuntu install, you over-ride the default mirrors in favor or your mirror. This way, you keep the the traffic local and because you run nightly updates to the mirror it the updates are also already local... You don;t need a "Reference box" at all... Take the warehouse server and make it a straight Ubuntu install and add the server tasks to it. Install the mirror on the warehouse server and your job is done. Richard / If it helps I have 15/3 Comcast internet again I can blast down the initial mirror build if it helps... // Would probably recommend changing the warehouse server to Ubuntu so everything is on the same page... /// Is anyone maintaining the warehouse server anymore? <Tony Wrote> One thing to consider, though, is that package upgrades will be downloaded on demand rather than proactively. That could mean that patches take longer to download than we have time to apply them before we close the warehouse for the night. Perhaps we can have a reference box running in a virtual machine that can download patches during off hours so they are ready when the warehouse opens? </Tony> -- Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit Mishawaka , IN---- Richard "Goose" Zimmerman, ke4rit Mishawaka , IN
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