FolksWhile trying to automate a download of the ISO files, I ran into inconsistencies with the method of checksums.I was trying to use the checksum values to validate my download.At least in one mirror (mirrors.sonic.net):CentOS 7 uses a file cal..
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FolksI am trying to install CentOS 8.1 on a MacBook Pro, Retina 15, Mid 2015.I have a bootable USB stick with CentOS-8.1-boot (which I think is the equivalent of a netinstall), and it boots.However, when I select the storage option, and choose to m..
FolksI am trying to install CentOS 8.1 on a MacBook Pro.I have a bootable USB stick with CentOS-8.1-boot (which I think is the equivalent of a netinstall), and it boots.However, when I select the storage option, and choose to make more space on the S..
FolksIn a test CentOS 8 installation as a guest of VirtualBox on Windows 10, I want to install ffmpeg, and support for exfat.Theyre not in the standard distribution (as far as I know), so I issue as root: yum -y –enablerepo rpmfusion-free-updates inst..
FolksI know that support for the network adaptors supported by the e1000 driver have been removed from the base distribution.However, I have exactly that controller (Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet PCI, not PCIe).Is there a way for me to add support for t..
FolksI find the Lynx browser does not appear in any of the repositories used during default installation of CentOS 8 (x86_64).Is this program no longer supported?I didnt see a reference to it in the notsupported ..
FolksId love to use Cockpit, but I cannot open port 9090 for the access in all cases.Id like to access it via my usual http port (such as 80) where Im limited to a single HTTP port.I understand the security implications, and can deal with them later..
FolksI have two USB connected drives, configured as a mirrored-pair in ZFS.Its been working fine UNTIL I updated CentOSfrom 3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64 to 3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64The import of the pools didnt happen at boot.When I tried executing:zp..
FolksI was impressed with the description of VDO (Virtual Device Optimizer?) in the RedHat documentaion, so much that I tried to use it.The tutorials led me to a few commands.I built a VDO device on top of two USB disks which I made into a Logical Volu..
FolksIve started to use vdo instead of zfs in CentOS 7.I hope this is a wise decision.However, Im a bit mystified in decoding the vdostats output.Id like to figure out how well deduplication is working.One measure would be to find two numbers:L = ..
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