[04:03] <eauxnguyen> hi all. Any recommendations for hardware for a small office server with raid 0 or better yet raid 5? Considering hp factory refurb..
[04:16] <mralphabet> something you can get local hardware support for /shrug
[04:16] <mralphabet> find out what the vendors near you are warranty qualified for
[04:17] <mralphabet> or if you are doing the hardware support yourself then buy whatever you are comfortable with.
[04:23] <eauxnguyen> mralphabet: Thanks
[04:24] <eauxnguyen> it looks like I can get reasonably priced hp looking at the known good list at ubuntu for the promise raid controller..
[04:36] <tr0n102> Is there a way to raid 1 the MBR across 5 drives using mdadm or raidtools (not not grub-install etc)?
[04:36] <tr0n102> Put another way: IS there a way to raid1 the first 512k of your hdd's in linux through mdadm/raidtools???
[04:39] <mralphabet> raid 1 is *2 drives*
[04:40] <mralphabet> 3 drives is not raid 1
[04:40] <mralphabet> >3 drives is not raid 1
[04:40] <lcdd> why not?
[04:41] <mralphabet> that's wrong actually
[04:41] <mralphabet> >2 drives is not raid 1
[04:41] <mralphabet> there, fixed it
[04:42] <mralphabet> lcdd: because raid 1 is a mirror, ie 1 to 1 copy to a second drive, a third drive doesn't fit into that equation
[04:44] <tr0n102> *sigh please google that statement mralphabet. http://www.peg.com/techpapers/monographs/raid/raid.html
[04:45] <tr0n102> anyways, for simplicities sake, lets just say I have 2 drives
[04:45] <tr0n102> how could I do this?
[04:47] <mralphabet> use mdadm
[04:48] <mralphabet> One can configure RAID 1 to have more than one duplicate (e.g. "triple mirroring") copy of each disk.
[04:48] <mralphabet> my bad
[04:49] <mralphabet> win 15
[04:50] <tr0n102> Everytime a drive dies, I should not have to install grub into the MBR. The MBR is part of the Hard disk, therefore the Raid software should handle it!
[04:54] <lcdd> you can combine whole disks instead of partitions
[04:54] <tr0n102> How can I do that with software raid lcdd!?
[04:54] <lcdd> but i don't know for sure whether that will affect booting
[04:54] <tr0n102> do you have a link?
[04:54] <lcdd> well, the same way as with partitions, i think
[04:55] <tr0n102> a hyperlink to this esoteric and forbidden knowledge?
[04:55] <lcdd> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html
[04:56] <lcdd> i hope it is current
[04:56] <tr0n102> any particular section you were referencing?
[04:56] <mralphabet> it is not current
[04:57] <tr0n102> hmmm but that brings up a good point. instead of using a partition as a device, use the whole disk as a device
[04:57] <tr0n102> fascinating, but can it work?
[04:58] <tr0n102> "/spock
[05:00] <lcdd> i've never tested it
[05:01] <tr0n102> well, it doesn't work in my situation anyway
[05:01] <tr0n102> Thanks for your help tho, I'll probably just use sfdisk to do it all
[06:26] <tr0n102> Weird al Whit3 and n3rdy - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-355446715071271348&q=white+and+nerdy&total=6362&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
[07:27] <nealmcb> tr0n102: yeah - a great video - I have it on my nokia 770 internet tablet
[09:46] <ghatak> Hi, i currently have a server with TFTP, DHCP setup for pxe boot. is it possible for me to redirect all the output to console? I am able to do it once the installation is done by changing grub
[05:17] <stiV> hi everyone ... i have a question: i am trying to install multiple machines unattended, which is working pretty good, i have my own mirror and costumized packages (eg. apache2 package w. ssl generation and change config files built in) but i just can't figure out how to tell the "postfix" package to stop asking for configuration. (i changed the package to hold all the configs i need). anyone an idea or a link where i could f
[05:17] <stiV> the installation is working very well, and i have a working unattended netboot environment, but because i changed some components on my mirror i can't get the installer to use the packages i want before the first boot, so i made a one-time bootscript (which works as well) where i do an aptitude update and install all the packages i want via aptitude install XY. thing is, postfix asks questions and i wandted to know if i just
[05:28] <jdstrand> stiV: man 7 debconf
[05:29] <jdstrand> stiV: particularly Unattended Package Installation
[05:47] <stiV> that was what i was searching for ... ty :-)
[08:53] <kronus_> Hi, is there any way to force dhclient to ask for a specific IP?  Our router doesn't seem to support this functionality, and a normal DHCP acquire gives me a different IP than before
[08:54] <kronus_> and the whole office doesn't want to change their bookmarks :|
[08:55] <kronus_> oh, and setting the IP with ifconfig makes the server unable to communicate with the outside world
[09:03] <mralphabet> http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_configure_network_connections
[09:07] <mralphabet> hrm, that's if you are in gnome
[09:07] <mralphabet> kronus_: what are you running?
[09:10] <kronus_> server distro, no GUI
[09:28] <mralphabet> !server gude
[09:28] <ubotu> Sorry, I don't know anything about server gude - try searching on http://bots.ubuntulinux.nl/factoids.cgi
[09:28] <mralphabet> !server guide
[09:28] <ubotu> Sorry, I don't know anything about server guide - try searching on http://bots.ubuntulinux.nl/factoids.cgi
[09:28] <mralphabet> hrm
[09:37] <mralphabet> !network
[09:37] <ubotu> Wireless documentation can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs
[09:41] <jdstrand> kronus_: why not use another computer as your dhcp server, and disable that on the router?  Then you can setup MAC addresses with IP addresses.
[09:41] <jdstrand> kronus_: as for ifconfig not working-- did you remember to setup a default route?
[09:46] <kronus_> jdstrand: what is a default route?
[09:47] <jdstrand> kronus_: it tells the computer where to send packets that it doesn't know how to route.  Typical usage would be:
[09:47] <jdstrand> route add default gw <ip of your router>
[09:47] <kronus_> ah
[09:47] <kronus_> i will try that
[09:49] <kronus_> I think it worked, thanks :D
[09:49] <jdstrand> kronus_: you should see:
[09:49] <jdstrand> man route
[09:49] <jdstrand> man interfaces
[09:49] <kronus_> will do
[09:49] <jdstrand> The second lets you configure these things in the debian/ubuntu way
[09:49] <jdstrand> they will come up on boot automatically then
[09:50] <kronus_> so a dhcp ack would set up both the NIC and the routing, then?
[09:50] <jdstrand> typically yes
[09:50] <jdstrand> you are doing it manually, so you need to do both
[09:51] <kronus_> ah, route gw sets the gateway
[09:51] <kronus_> it makes more sense now
[09:52] <kronus_> I would go to #ubuntu to troubleshoot wifi, right?
[09:53] <jdstrand> yes