Installing Cactiez on Dell Optiplex 280 fails

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:12 am

Trying to install this on the dell but keep getting errors when installing. Do i need some kind of driver or what. I don't want to do virtual so i just want to put it on this computer. "error installing package: There was an error installing webmin-1.400-1. This can indicate media failure, lack of disk space..............

THanks
Alex

streaker69 · Post by **streaker69** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:15 am

bpvarsity wrote:Trying to install this on the dell but keep getting errors when installing. Do i need some kind of driver or what. I don't want to do virtual so i just want to put it on this computer. "error installing package: There was an error installing webmin-1.400-1. This can indicate media failure, lack of disk space..............

THanks
Alex

Is that the minitower GX 280, is it about 4 years old?

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:22 am

ya its a bit old. its about the size of a midtower.

streaker69 · Post by **streaker69** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:37 am

bpvarsity wrote:ya its a bit old. its about the size of a midtower.

I wouldn't use it for Cacti, actually if I were you, I'd throw it away. I've had 14 of those exact models from the same time frame all come down with the same problem. One was fixed before it was out of warranty, the rest I've thrown away after new machines were purchased. The GX 280's are not good machines once they're past 3 years old.

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:40 am

ok but still getting the error when i try it in vmware and a few other errors. i cant get the software to install

streaker69 · Post by **streaker69** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:49 am

bpvarsity wrote:ok but still getting the error when i try it in vmware and a few other errors. i cant get the software to install

Sounds like you might have a corrupted download.

As a general rule, when you download ISO's, do not use any type of download manager.

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:56 am

ya i dont but this is actually a new download. my 3rd one today. Is there another server to get cactiez from

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:59 am

im downloading it again and i will burn it at a slow burn speed.

streaker69 · Post by **streaker69** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:04 am

bpvarsity wrote:im downloading it again and i will burn it at a slow burn speed.

Yeah, that's the other suggestion when doing ISO's. burn them slow. Personally, I've never had a problem with downloading or burning at max speed, but I've it dozens of times on other forums where people have had those issues.

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:05 am

ya i have never had a problem either but its worth a shot.

streaker69 · Post by **streaker69** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:08 am

bpvarsity wrote:ya i have never had a problem either but its worth a shot.

Good luck. Hopefully you get it worked out, but I'd still consider a different machine than the GX 280. I have three more of them to replace, two are going to be replaced today and 1 other in a couple of weeks. So far, the failure rate on them has been 100%.

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:09 am

do you know the min specs cactiez needs to have to run good. cpu speed and stuff

streaker69 · Post by **streaker69** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:34 am

bpvarsity wrote:do you know the min specs cactiez needs to have to run good. cpu speed and stuff

It really depends upon how many hosts you're needing to monitor.

My machine is a P4, 2ghz, with 512M and a 120G drive.

Currently I'm monitoring 41 hosts, but when I get everything added I'll be at around 50 or maybe a couple more.

My current poller stats:

Time:24.2895 Method:spine Processes:1 Threads:2 Hosts:41 HostsPerProcess:41 DataSources:509 RRDsProcessed:315

I do need to get more RAM for mine, but since it's RIMM type, I don't want to spend the money, so I'm waiting for an identical machine to come out of service so I can swipe it's memory for it.

bpvarsity · Post by **bpvarsity** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:36 am

i got 50-60 to monitor. would a 200mhz cpu and 1gb of ram not to able to handle it. I have a little linux box just laying around. If i have to i can just monitor 10. dont really need to monitor all the comps

streaker69 · Post by **streaker69** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:38 am

bpvarsity wrote:i got 50-60 to monitor. would a 200mhz cpu and 1gb of ram not to able to handle it. I have a little linux box just laying around. If i have to i can just monitor 10. dont really need to monitor all the comps

Ugh. That might be a little underpowered. If all you're gonna do is graphing and no syslog, weathermap and other bells and whistles, it might get you started.

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