From: James Noble (james_at_exactauctions.com)
Date: Tue 23 Dec 2003 - 09:48:38 GMT
You should also adjust the filename that you download,
ftp://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrpms/redhat/8.0/apt/apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr0.rh80.1.i386.rpm
is the rh8.0 version
James
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On 12/23/2003 at 4:33 PM John Francis Lee wrote:
>Well if you use it on rh7.3 with no ill effects it will probably work
>for me as well.
>
>I have small bandwidth and must wait for night time to do the upgrade.
>
>I'll let you know how things work out.
>
>Thanks again for all your help.
>
>On อ., 2003-12-23 at 15:48, James Noble wrote:
>> Hello, Yes it was a debian tool, I just like it, I have been using it on
>many servers (we have more than 300 of them here) and never had a problem
>with the RPM db, If you want to use something else instead, by all means,
>go ahead, and post your adaptaion of the instructions to the wiki.
>>
>> James
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>> On 12/23/2003 at 12:12 PM John Francis Lee wrote:
>>
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >The server has a redhat 8.0 installation in the / partition and a
>> >separate partition mounted on /vservers to which I would like to add my
>> >vservers.
>> >
>> >Isn't apt-get a debian tool? Won't it confuse the rpm database? I have
>> >manually upgraded several packages from the fedora ftp site, notably
>> >openssl and openssh... but others as well. Will apt-get interfere with
>> >this?
>> >
>> >My sever is not accessible from outside. Thanks for the offer.
>> >
>> >And thanks for your continuing help and patience.
>> >
>> >On ., 2003-12-23 at 09:42, James Noble wrote:
>> >> No, I have not had that problem. is this a fresh redhat server, and
>did
>> >you do the updates with ag?
>> >>
>> >> I am willing to take a look, if your server is accessable, just set
>the
>> >login info, and mail to me directly@ james_at_exactauctions.com
>> >>
>> >> James
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>> >> On 12/22/2003 at 9:32 PM John Francis Lee wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Hello again James,
>> >> >
>> >> >I reinstalled the rpms as you suggested and things went much better
>> >> >after that.
>> >> >
>> >> >But the installation hangs after some small number of rpms is
>installed.
>> >> >
>> >> >I have to kill the rpm process and delete and rebuild the rpm
>database.
>> >> >Then the same thing happens again.
>> >> >
>> >> >I had this problem initially when I was running install-rh8.0 by
>hand.
>> >> >
>> >> >Have you seen it yourself?
>> >> >
>> >> >I've upgraded to rpm-4.2.1.
>> >> >
>> >> >On ., 2003-12-22 at 14:21, James Noble wrote:
>> >> >> Hello, I do not know why, vservers seems to want it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> if the rpm's were installed then you should have those files, try
>> >> >rerunning the instructions, and se if they show up
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Let me know if you have any more troubles,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> James
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>> >> >> On 12/22/2003 at 12:59 PM John Francis Lee wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Hello James Noble,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Thank you for your How-To.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I'm following along, more or less, and am at
>> >> >> > service nscd start
>> >> >> > chkconfig nscd on 345
>> >> >> >Why do I need the nameserver cache demon?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > pico /etc/vservers.conf
>> >> >> > (set BACKGROUND=yes)
>> >> >> >I don't have an /etc/vservers.conf
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I found a file named
>> >> >> > vserver-0.29/distrib/sample.conf
>> >> >> >but it looks as though it wants to source the same non-existent
>> >> >> >/etc/vservers.conf to which you refer.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > pico /etc/vservers/newvserver.defaults
>> >> >> >Neither do I have an
>> >> >> > /etc/vservers/
>> >> >> >directory nor a
>> >> >> > /etc/vservers/newvserver.defaults
>> >> >> >file.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Can you point me to copies of these somewhere that I might
>customize
>> >and
>> >> >> >make my own?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Thanks very much for the How-To and for any further help you might
>> >give
>> >> >> >here.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >On ., 2003-12-21 at 20:31, James Noble wrote:
>> >> >> >> http://www.linux-vserver.org/index.php?page=New-Howto
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> its rough, anyone who wants to can edit as needed.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> James Noble
>> >> >> >>
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