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CentOS Cluster-DRBD Setup
Submitted by Linux Guru on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 11:51pmAs part of a MySQL Cluster setup, I recently setup a 2-node web cluster using CentOS's native cluster software suite with a twist. The web root was mounted on a DRBD partition in place of periodic file sync'ing. This article focuses on the cluster setup and does not cover the DRBD setup/configuration. Let's go:
Install "Cluster Storage" group using yum:
[root@host]# yum installgroup "Cluster Storage"
Adding Pseudo-TTY Support in CentOS
Submitted by Linux Guru on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 10:30pmRecently, I had a customer in the banking industry that needed legacy pseudo tty support on their servers. This article describes the process of adding pseudo tty support in the CentOS kernel. In addition, I describe how to create a customer kernel RPM for easy distribution to other servers.
Let's get started:
Download source kernel RPM from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/updates/SRPMS
Install the source RPM:
[root@host]# rpm -Uvh kernel-.el5.src.rpm
Unpack sources:
