View source for 1and1 rh9 notes

These are some of my original rh9 conversion notes on a 1and1 box.

1) lilo is the bootloader

2) lilo has symlink paths to the original kernel (/vmlimuz -> /boot)

3) / is ext3, all else is xfs

4) ethernet controller is a via-rhine card (/etc/rc.modules)

5) lilo will not have the entry added


cd /home
  mkdir newfs
  cd newfs/
  rsync -av --exclude '/home/newfs/' / .
  tar zcvfp ../newfs.tgz *
  # back up newfs.tgz to the 1and1 backup server

  # reboot into rescue mode 
  fdisk /dev/hda
    delete partitions 5, 6, and 7
    create a new logical partition 5
    use all the space
    write and quit

  # you need to reboot the system for this to go into effect
  reboot
  # make a file system on /dev/hda5, xfs or ext3
  mkfs.xfs -f /dev/hda5
  mkdir /mnt/newfs
  cd /mnt/newfs
  # now we need to fix hda1, which will become the new /boot
  # no need to format, it will cause extra trouble later
  mkdir boot
  mount /dev/hda1 boot
  cd boot
  rm -rf *
  mkdir lost+found
  cd ..

  # download the backup
  tar zxvfp newfs.tgz

  # fix /etc/fstab
  vi etc/fstab
  # remove references to /usr, /var, etc. It should now look like this
/dev/hda5       /       xfs     defaults,usrquota       1       1
/dev/hda1       /boot   ext3    defaults                1       2
none            /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0       0
none            /dev/shm        tmpfs   defaults        0       0
none            /proc   proc    defaults        0       0
none            /sys    sysfs   defaults        0       0
/dev/hda2       swap    swap    defaults        0       0