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1and1 rolls out new server packages
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:22 am
by Highland
Just a general heads up. 1and1 has new server packages and the big notes are
-All servers are now 64 bit Athlons
-No more FTP backup. All servers have RAID 1
-A lot more HDD storage, RAM and bandwidth (ES2 has 8GB of RAM)
-Still using FC4/PSA8 as default image
Something tells me CentOS will not be so easy to install on them anymore. Not to mention backing up data offsite.
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:56 pm
by scott
I thought I heard they supported CentOS on reimage now. Not that I'm sure they didn't fuck with it of course.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:00 am
by Highland
It's not showing up as a reimage option for me but I'm still using my older servers too. I know that these new servers are hosted out of their new KS datacenter but I'm uncertain if that changes anything as far as the control panel goes.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:49 am
by fergie
Just got a new 64-bit SATA Business Root Server I and trying to get CentOS on it... Has anyone had any joy? Am fiddling the AOOI script but not sure what I'm doing really. Any change of an update Scott?
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:46 am
by scott
Sure, want to give me access to the box? Its probably because the ServerCD Im pulling is i386. I need to work in an architecture detection routine.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:22 am
by fergie
No probs, I'll just get it re-imaged to its virgin FC4 state and pm you the details.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:20 pm
by fergie
Well I had a play while waiting for you to open my pm and I got a bit further... Here are the commands I used:
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. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
LOADER=/etc/lilo.conf
DNS=`grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf |head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}'`
yum -y install dosfstools
swapoff -a
/sbin/sfdisk --force --change-id /dev/sda 2 7
/sbin/sfdisk --force --change-id /dev/sdb 2 7
/sbin/mkfs.vfat /dev/sda2
/sbin/mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb2
/bin/mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/
cd /mnt
wget http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/4.4/isos/x86_64/CentOS-4.4.ServerCD-x86_64.iso
mkdir 1
/bin/mount -o loop CentOS-4.4.ServerCD-x86_64.iso 1/
cp 1/isolinux/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.atomic
cp 1/isolinux/initrd.img /boot/
cd /
wget http://www.dfinternet.net/tests/ks-1and1.cfg >/dev/null 2>&1
cat >> $LOADER << EOF
image=/boot/vmlinuz.atomic
label=atomic
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="ks=hd:md1:/ks-1and1.cfg console=ttyS0,57600n8 dns=$DNS"
EOF
lilo
lilo -R atomic
Unfortunately, I think I got something wrong on the config (append="ks=hd:md1:/ks-1and1.cfg console=ttyS0,57600n8 line maybe) as when I rebooted and watched on the serial console, I was prompted for all sorts of info already specified in my ks.cfg so I think the loader missed it. I also think I screwed up the partitions and RAID
In the process of re-imaging from 1and1 again and I promise to leave it alone for a while. I'll give you until the end of play tomorrow to have the server and play around, although I do need to get on towards the end of the week and might be prepared to live with FC4 if this is going to be a nightmare...
Let me know how you get on!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:35 pm
by scott
Its probably because you've got to change some things around for a x86_64 ks.cfg. What you can do is go through the install via serial, and then send me your /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:48 pm
by fergie
Changed a few things to suit, but unsure of the Disk / Partition config, even through the interactive install! Have never worked on RAID systems so don't know where to start, sorry...
Will you get chance to have a play with my access details? (Check your Private Messages).
My half-edited ks.cfg is here:
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# Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda.
install
harddrive --partition=sda2 --dir=
lang en_US.UTF-8
langsupport --default=en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
xconfig --card "Intel 915" --videoram 16384 --hsync 31.5-37.9 --vsync 50-70 --resolution 800x600 --depth 16
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted $1$wjaV0A/I$qZ./GcXKO4w2UyGKx5ibr/
firewall --disabled
selinux --disabled
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
timezone Europe/Berlin
bootloader --location=mbr --append="console=ttyS0,57600n8"
# The following is the partition information you requested
# Note that any partitions you deleted are not expressed
# here so unless you clear all partitions first, this is
# not guaranteed to work
clearpart --linux
part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=512
part / --fstype ext3 --size=1 --grow
reboot
%packages
@ web-server
@ mail-server
@ dns-server
@ server-cfg
@ dialup
@ admin-tools
@ printing
@ ftp-server
@ smb-server
kernel-smp
e2fsprogs
grub
%post
echo "/sbin/route add -net 10.255.255.1 netmask 255.255.255.255 dev eth0" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
echo "/sbin/route add default gw 10.255.255.1" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
sfdisk --change-id /dev/sda 2 82
sfdisk --change-id /dev/sdb 2 82
mkswap /dev/sda2
mkswap /dev/sdb2
echo "/dev/sda2 none swap sw" >> /etc/fstab
echo "/dev/sdb2 none swap sw" >> /etc/fstab
Almost!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:35 pm
by fergie
Got as far as installing and rebooting and then got this on the console:
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LILO 22.3.4 boot:
Loading lxserEBDA too big
Any ideas?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:27 am
by scott
Hmm, that lxserEBDA is one of the 1and1 kernels isn't it?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:15 pm
by fergie
Think so:
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#more /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/sda
root=/dev/md1
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
timeout=36
prompt
lba32
read-only
default=lxser
serial=0,57600n8
append="console=ttyS0,57600 console=tty0 panic=30"
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=lxser
append="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,57600 panic=30"
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=lx
image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
label=old
append="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,57600 panic=30"
Have done some newsgroup digging but not got an answer yet... Back to a virgin image if you want to have a go?
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:55 pm
by scott
Yeah, Im fighting with the new build tree right now so I wont be able to get to anything else until I figure it out.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:55 pm
by fergie
Started again with the interactive install and set up the partitions and the RAIDs but got this error during formatting:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1181, in ?
intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.1.46//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 510, in run
dispatch.gotoNext()
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.1.46//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 171, in gotoNext
self.moveStep()
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.1.46//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 239, in moveStep
rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.1.46//usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 743, in doPreInstall
method.mergeFullHeaders(id.grpset.hdrlist)
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.1.46//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line 172, in mergeFullHeaders
self.mountMedia(1)
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.1.46//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line 52, in mountMedia
self.mountDirectory()
File "/var/tmp/anaconda-10.1.1.46//usr/lib/anaconda/harddrive.py", line 90, in mountDirectory
readOnly = 1);
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py", line 189, in mount
rc = _isys.mount(fstype, device, location, readOnly, bindMount, remount)
SystemError: (16, 'Device or resource busy')
> /usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py(189)mount()
-> rc = _isys.mount(fstype, device, location, readOnly, bindMount, remount)
(Pdb)
Think I might have tried to format the CD image...
Also, not too sure I got the bootloader settings right. I was encouraged to use GRUB. Is there a way to use LILO?
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:32 am
by eWebtricity
Any update on the 1and1 Athlon/Opteron install with the new raid setups?