If you’re not a linux geek, you should probably stop reading and just move on to the next complaint. But if you are, maybe you can tell me why the kernel on Red Hat Linux distributions (which is also Centos and Scientific Linux), is so far behind the current release.
I had a server with Centos on it. I fought and fought to try to get STAR, a basic tape backup utility, to work. It would always fail and I finally figured out why. The Red Hat kernel was so old that it would not run.
I put Ubuntu on the server. It works perfectly with its modern, updated, kernel.
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Have you tried the “dump” command? It works REALLY well…and if you write a script to automate this…then it runs better than anything you can install…Or are you just lazy?
custangro on June 21st, 2007 at 9:48 am | Link
custangro said:
[quote]Have you tried the “dump” command? It works REALLY well…and if you write a script to automate this…then it runs better than anything you can install…Or are you just lazy?[/quote]
Nope, not lazy. I have tried just about everything. I did try dump and tar (and cpio, too), and between them there was always some issue with multivolume spans or filenames that were too long, or some other hassle. The tape changing thing presented problems with just about everything I tried.
Regardless, I think my original observation, that the kernel in Red Hat distros is a bit old. I have run into other issues with that in the past.
taper on June 21st, 2007 at 11:58 am | Link