[ldm-users] Weather.admin.niu.edu down...and looking for ideas.

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Chris Gidley wrote:

> I've heard multiple simillar problems from people with newer processors and 
> the solution for them was to use the text install, rather than graphical. 
> You may want to try that. The graphical install and upgrading from Fedora 6 
> were the two major problems for fedora 7 not working that I could find. 
> Couldn't hurt; hope it works for you, I know how troubling kernel problems 
> can be.

I've heard that, too, which is interesting because it just installs the 
same packages. I don't see how it could be really any different...

Dan,

I know I am bleeding edge here, but RedHat has a strong support team and a 
bunch of volunteers fixing problems. One of the best things about it is 
that you get a lot more functionality with the newer software.

When I get my new hard drive in for my new weather2, I'll install it in 
text mode, and see what happens. If that works, I'll reinstall the 
software on weather. At the moment, two out of three fully functional 
machines I can live with. the funny thing is, when it crashed this 
morning, it did so just before 12Z...I think that's a pretty low data 
period.

Also, I wipe the hard drive clean for every install...I never upgrade 
anymore. There were way too many problems when I did that several years 
ago.

Who makes CentOS? The problem is, I have a bunch of stuff in my /home 
directories and email that I'd really like to keep...

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