migrate to centos vs. add centos repository [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question I have installed Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.2, and I don’t want to buy its subscription, I want to use the centos’s repository. I … Read more

Visual SVN restore options

My windows server went haywire recently and I had to to an OS reinstallation, which resulted in losing my Visual SVN and all the repositories. (Don’t remember the v-svn version I had) However, I have copied the “Repositories” folder to my local system a few while ago. My question is, Can I restore it to … Read more

Ubuntu 10 repositories help

Looks like not all the files on my repositories any more as you see below. Failed to fetch http://update.onlinehome-server.info/ubuntu/pool/main/libs/libsndfile/libsndfile1_1.0.21-2ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with –fix-missing? Just wondering whats the best ones to add that are safe and will not break my web server? I’m … Read more

Cloning my hard drive as a backup [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question At the moment, I have an Ubuntu 11.04 installation on a single 500GB hard drive in my laptop. The hard drive is partitioned … Read more

How can I resume a dd operation after a “error writing in file” status?

This command produced the error mentioned above after 9 h (preparing a 2 TB hdd for encryption): time openssl enc -aes-256-ctr -pass pass:”$(dd if=/dev/urandom \ bs=128 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64)” -nosalt </dev/zero \ | pv -bartpes 1884183960000 | dd bs=512 count=1840023391 of=/dev/sdc3 I got at 50% (9 h) a total written GB count as well … Read more

Installing a Newer Package than what’s in RHEL’s Repositories

What’s the best way in RHEL to install a newer version of a package than what’s in the repositories? In Ubuntu I can just add the repo for a newer version of Ubuntu, install the package with apt, and then disable the newer repo, but with RHEL and having to register the system with RHN, … Read more

CentOS dependency yum

Well, this is like hell for me. For the second time. Last time I give up and install apache+php on Windows. Now I decide to ask. A hour ago I install php54w in CentOS 6.7. To do that I add the following repo: rpm -Uvh http://repo.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm But I needed to install mbstring and I get … Read more

Create random file with openssl [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 6 years ago. Improve this question So I read this questionUrandom Alternative, but I am unable to make a comment there (without 50 rep) – therefore I open a … Read more