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Paul, [Tom, search for "GOES 12"] >Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:22:54 -0400 >From: Paul Ruscher <address@hidden> >Organization: Florida State University >To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: remote LDM 6 installation and tuneup by the UPC The above message contained the following: > Thanks, Steve - I am almost ready for you on this, thanks! Question - > for you to do this, does the ldm5 have to be running on my machine? If an LDM 5 system is running, then it means that the configuration files (LDM, pqact) are probably OK. If an LDM 5 system isn't running, then the installer has to pay more attention to those file to ensure that they're OK. > We > have made changes on our primary LDM machine here at FSU, and are not > ready to do ldm6 on that machine yet. But on my research machine, I > want to move to 6 asap; problem is we lost our staff person recently to > another job, and I can't get 5 back up (with GOES 12 changes) on my own > - our sysadmin sent me the pqact.conf which was not very helpful. If > you are game, so am I! I have a time window from about noon-3:30 > Eastern time tomorrow, or also on Wednesday afternoon that would work, > for soonest opportunities when I can be near a phone/terminal. If you give us the root password, you don't even have to be around. Send it by phone, however (303-497-8648). > Paul Ruscher (machine is reggie.met.fsu.edu, ldm 5 is installed and was > running until recently, ssh access is our preferred means to access the > machine, although you have to go through an intermediate host, huey, to > get there); I still have to work that out. More to come soon, I hope. > Paul > > PS - I can work more to get LDM5 back up and stable if you like, before > we proceed further with your involvement. I wouldn't bother -- unless you want to. While it's nice to know that the configuration files are correct, it isn't absolutely necessary -- providing that the LDM configuration (etc/ldmd.conf) shows all the relevant feedtypes, patterns, and hosts. Regards, Steve Emmerson