Question: How to Rebuild Grub on Linux servers with MSDOS Partition type. (proc) (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) 1. Execute the following commands in Grub prompt to set the root device and to load the boot image and initialize boot loader. > set root=(hd0,msdos1) > linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/sda5 > initrd16 /initramfs-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64.img Then boot the server. 2. Once the server boots up, rebuild the Grub config file. You can edit … [Read more...] about How to Rebuild GRUB on MSDOS Partition Type in CentOS/RHEL/OEL 7
Oracle Linux
How to configure EPEL repository in OEL 7
Question: How to install/get packages from EPEL Repository on OEL 7? 1. Create a repo file like /etc/yum/repos.d/epel-yum-ol7.repo. For example: # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-yum-ol7.repo [ol7_epel] name=Oracle Linux $releasever EPEL ($basearch) baseurl=http://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/developer_EPEL/$basearch/ gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 2. And then run "yum repolist" command to see if repository is in there. # yum … [Read more...] about How to configure EPEL repository in OEL 7
“The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden” – yum update error
The Problem CentOS/RHEL/OEL 6 server's configured to use local yum server for updates are getting following errors at time of yum update. Downloading Packages: (1/5): kernel-2.6.32-754.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 32 MB 00:01 (2/5): kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 4.6 MB 00:00 (3/5): kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.26.10.el6uek.x86_64.rpm | 42 MB 00:00 (4/5): kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.26.10.el6uek.noarch.rpm | 2.5 MB … [Read more...] about “The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden” – yum update error
“Metadata File Does Not Match Checksum” Issue When Yum Installs or Updates Package
The Problem Scenario 1: The user is unable to perform "yum install oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall". The yum tries to download the latest metadata ("http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/latest/x86_64/repodata/primary.xml.gz" ) and rejects it with the error message "[Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum". Upon this, yum tries the next mirror where it encounters the same error and goes to the next mirror and so on until it have tried all mirrors and ends with … [Read more...] about “Metadata File Does Not Match Checksum” Issue When Yum Installs or Updates Package
How to install/get packages from Oracle EPEL Repository on OEL 7
Question: How to install/get packages from Oracle EPEL Repository on OL7? 1. Create a repo file like /etc/yum/repos.d/epel-yum-ol7.repo. For example: # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-yum-ol7.repo [ol7_epel] name=Oracle Linux $releasever EPEL ($basearch) baseurl=http://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/developer_EPEL/$basearch/ gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 2. And then run "yum repolist" command to see if repository is in there. # yum … [Read more...] about How to install/get packages from Oracle EPEL Repository on OEL 7
“yum clean all” not clearing yum repository cache in CentOS/RHEL/OEL
The Problem "Yum clean all" not clearing the yum cache information under /var/cache/yum for orcle Linux server which use Oracle public yum repository or local yum repository. # yum repolist Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security, ulninfo public_ol6_UEK_latest | 1.2 kB 00:00 public_ol6_UEK_latest/primary | 26 MB 00:04 public_ol6_UEK_latest 554/554 public_ol6_latest | 1.4 kB 00:00 public_ol6_latest/primary | 58 MB 00:04 public_ol6_latest 36051/36051 repo id repo name … [Read more...] about “yum clean all” not clearing yum repository cache in CentOS/RHEL/OEL