[K12OSN] New installation on an old Server
EJBoshinski
mistrz.linux at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 18 16:55:06 UTC 2007
Levi,
I don't think that this is exactly what you want. If you look closely, you will see that LVM is spanning both your array & the IDE drive ( /dev/hdb is your IDE hardrive and it is showing 2 partitions. You would want it to only have a single partition, /dev/hdb1. Have another go at it and see if you can force the boot partition to consume the entire drive. I don't have the interface in front of me right now, but I "think" you can do a custom partition setup...
HTH,
-ejb
----- Original Message ----
From: "Kemp, Levi" <lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us>
To: Support list for open source software in schools. <k12osn at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:50:26 AM
Subject: RE: [K12OSN] New installation on an old Server
Re: [K12OSN] New installation on an old Server
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I hate to reply to myself but I’m at
a point where I’m afraid to move forward without some input. I cleared the
server again with the SmartStart CD. I reconfigured the array; I went with Raid
5 this time instead of Raid 0. I had already installed the IDE hard drive, but
the SmartStart said the server did not support fixed disks on IDE. Well I
decided to try installing Fedora anyways, low and behold the HD is present in
the drive configuration of the Fedora setup. So basically I’m going to
list how it is being setup to see if it is correct.
LVM Volume Groups
VolGroup00 61376
LogVol00 / ext3 59840
LogVol01 swap 1536
Hard Drives
/dev/hdb
/dev/hdb1 /boot ext3 102
/dev/hdb2 VolGroup00 LVM
PV 9437
/dev/ida/c0d0
/dev/ida/c0d0p1 VolGroup00 LVM
PV 52062
I’m not sure if the formatting will
stay on that so I apologize now if it is hard to read. As far as I can tell it
is doing exactly what I want. The /boot in on the hard drive, the / is on the
array, and so is the swap. Is the rest of the hard drive being left alone or
added to the / ? If anyone has time to help me on this I’d appreciate it,
like I said, I’m still new to Linux in general so I’m still new to
drive types other than fat and ntfs.
Levi Kemp
Technology Specialist
Bolivar R-I
School District
417-328-8943
lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
Of Kemp, Levi
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
8:18 AM
To: Support list for open source
software in schools.
Subject: RE: [K12OSN] New
installation on an old Server
Thanks Petre, I hadn't really paid much
attention to the partitioning till now. I finally got an IDE hard drive in, of
course now it's stuck recognizing the array as the boot device. Guess I'll have
to run the SmartStart CD again.
Levi
From:
k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Peter Scheie
Sent: Tue 4/17/2007 9:45 AM
To: Support list for open source
software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] New
installation on an old Server
Put / on
the array, too, as /usr and /var will be where most of the traffic takes place.
Petre
Kemp, Levi wrote:
> Ok that makes more sense. Now I just need to get an IDE hard drive in
> that case and use it for /boot and use the SCSI array for /swap and
> /home. That doesn't sound too complicated, the worst part will be
> getting the drive in the server. Thanks.
>
> Levi
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]
On
>> Behalf Of Peter Scheie
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:20 AM
>> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] New installation on an old Server
>>
>> You will get the faster speed of the SCSI drives: booting from an IDE
>> drive is just to
>> start the process and load the driver for the SCSI array. Use
the IDE
>> disk for /boot
>> and put everything else onto the array. You might even be able
to get
>> /boot onto the
>> array, but that takes more wrestling with grub. Since /boot
isn't
> really
>> read after the
>> system is up and running, putting that onto the IDE disk would be
> simplest
>> and still get
>> you what you want.
>>
>> Petre
>>
>> Kemp, Levi wrote:
>>> Well I was hoping to be able to use the faster speeds of the SCSI
>>> drives, but I guess I can just use them as storage. Thanks for the
>>> advice.
>>>
>>> Levi
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]
> On
>>>> Behalf Of Steven Santos
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:58 PM
>>>> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
>>>> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] New installation on an old Server
>>>>
>>>> Easy answer: install another boot device.
>>>>
>>>> For whatever reason, you can't boot to the RAID array. I
have had
>>> enough
>>>> RAID issues in the past to know that sometimes it just won't
work.
>>> Keep
>>>> hunting down why, but to make it just work install another
boot
>>> device.
>>>> Install a cheep IDE drive, bootable USB stick, something,
anything
>>> else
>>>> that
>>>> you can use to boot to the point that Linux can use that RAID
> array.
>>>> _____
>>>>
>>>> Steven Santos
>>>> Director, Simply Circus, Inc.
>>>> Email: Steven at SimplyCircus.com
>>>> Mail: 14
Pierrepont Road
>>>>
Newton , MA
02462
>>>> Phone: 617-527-0667
>>>> Web: www.SimplyCircus.com <http://www.SimplyCircus.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
>>>>> Behalf Of Kemp, Levi
>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:35 PM
>>>>> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
>>>>> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] New installation on an old Server
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, after installing a PCI video card I was able to get
through
> an
>>>>> entire installation. Both NICs were recognized; even the
raid
> array
>>> was
>>>>> seen and used as it had been setup for just one drive. I
rebooted,
>>> the
>>>>> server tried as always to PXE boot then asked me to hit H
to boot
>>> from
>>>>> the hard drive. At which time it then told me Non-System
disk or
>>> disk
>>>>> error. There is nothing in the floppy or CD drive, or even
the
> tape
>>>>> drives. Anyone have a thought as to what may have gone
wrong? I'm
>>> about
>>>>> to give up on this server, I was hoping that with maxing
the RAM
> in
>>> it I
>>>>> could get a decent LTSP set up for nearly zero cost as we
have
> more
>>> than
>>>>> enough iPaqs for clients and this server is just
collecting dust.
>>>>>
>>>>> Levi
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]
>>> On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Dan Young
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:54 AM
>>>>>> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] New installation on an old
Server
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kemp, Levi wrote:
>>>>>>> Has anyone installed K12LTSP or any distribution
on a Compaq
>>>>> Proliant
>>>>>>> 3000 before? I finally got the Array straightened
out and forced
>>> it
>>>>>>> to boot to a CD, but now in the installation
itself I am left
>>>>> viewing
>>>>>>> maybe 50% of the screen. Is there a way to adjust
the resolution
>>> in
>>>>>>> the installation? Or should I start over and go
command line
>>>>>>> installation? This is so annoying, making it boot
to CD again
>>> will
>>>>>>> pretty much cause me to start over. I'm
considering installing a
>>> PCI
>>>>>>> video card, in case that is the issue. Any
thoughts?
>>>>>> Either try "linux vesa" or "linux
text".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
>>>>>> Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
>>>>>> 503-257-1562
>>>>>>
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