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Checking if initrd has the correct modules installed

# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.el5.img `uname -r` -f # command to include a module mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r` --preload=scsi_dh_rdac # -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img is the new initrd you are creating and -f says to overwrite if it...

CentOS 5.5 PPTPD Server Packets Not Passing

Just installing a CentOS 5.5 x64 PPTPD server. Problem: Remotely connected using a pptp client and could connect and login but not do an ls on a directory of files. Solution Reduce the MTU edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whichever is your ethernet...

UNetBootIn “Boot Error”

Just used unetbootin to copy a Ubuntu 10.10 x64 image to a 2GB STORE N GO USB Key making a bootable USB Key On reboot and selecting the USB Key from the BIOS Boot Menu (available by pressing ESC when rebooting) I get: "Boot Error" Tried re-installing the ISO using...

ssh taking a long time to give a login prompt

On CentOS 5.5 x64 Symptom: Taking a long time to bring a ssh login: prompt up Connecting using: ssh -v -l username 10.22.23.24 Output: debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic...

CentOS 5.5 x64 PPTPD Server

This is just a copy and paste of some of the stuff whizzing past when I installed Poptop (PPTPD) server on CentOS release 5.5 (Final) Once you add the poptop yum repository. You can install the unstable or stable Install the poptop repository rpm -Uvh...