Archive for July, 2009

Vinteros Is Now A Centos Mirror Site

Vinteros, Inc. is now a Centos mirror site. You can download Centos Linux from our mirror server http://centos.vinteros.com...
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Configure The Network Card In Redhat 5.3 Advanced Server

Somtimes you need to configure or reconfigure your network settings. What options are available for doing that? In Redhat (applies to Fedora & Centos too), there are 3 different methods for configuring the network settings: [1] Command line text based GUI tool (No X Windows required) - system-config-network [2] Edit configuration files...
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Disable The Firewall In Redhat Enterprise Linux From Command Line

Sometimes you need to disable the firewall in Linux from the command line. A good example is when you create a Xen virtual machine & configure VNC access. By default, the VM will boot up in init level 3 which is text mode and doesn't have a graphical desktop. After...
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Creating An HTTP Xen Redhat Installation Repository

If you create a lot of virtual machines using the Citrix XenCenter, you'll want to create an installation repository somewhere containing the installation software.  You need an http server & the installation .iso file for your particular version of Linux. Here's how to create an http repository for Redhat 5.3...
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Mounting An .iso File In Linux

Many times it is convenient to mount an .iso file without burning it to a CD or DVD. Here's an example of how to mount an .iso file in Linux: mkdir /mnt/redhat_disk2 mount -o loop -t iso9660 rhel-server-5.3-x86_64-disk2.iso /mnt/redhat_disk2...
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Removing A Lost Xen Server From Resource Pool

A xen server that was in a resource pool became corrupted and lost all nic/network information & needed to be reinstalled from scratch. After reinstalling it, there were duplicate server entries in the pool within the XenCenter console, one was the new server that was reinstalled and added back into...
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