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How to fix that stupid backspace in Vim on SLES

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Sometimes the backspace button can be a real pain on SLES-systems, but the fix is simple!

Add this to ~/.vimrc:
set backspace=indent,eol,start

Written by Tor Henning Ueland

March 11th, 2009 at 11:36 pm

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Installation of GPFS on SLES10

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I have been playing around with GPFS on SLES for some days now and have compiled a quick HOWO for installation of the system.

Important notes:

  1. You must have root-access for the servers you are installing on
  2. You must compile GPFS kernel modules
  3. You must have access to the GPFS-packages from IBM

Install guide:

  1. Install all 4 rpm files
  2. Install needed packages for compilation: zypper in gcc xorg-x11-devel gcc-c++ kernel-source
  3. Download the latest patch from IBM*
  4. Compile it: cd /usr/lpp/mmfs/;make Autoconfig;make World;make InstallImages

Now you should have GPFS up and running without too much hazzle.
(* Patches are not always needed to make it work, but in case you encounter compilation errors, the latest patch should fix them)

Written by Tor Henning Ueland

March 10th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

Posted in Linux, SLES

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