Re: Server setup
On Mon 14 Jun 2021 at 12:31:08 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> On 2021-06-14 11:21 a.m., David Wright wrote:
> > On Sun 13 Jun 2021 at 13:57:33 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> >
> >> You must also have a huge need to answer question without reading what
> >> they are.
> >>
> >> I ain't using the Debian installer because I don't have access to the
> >> KVM (Keyboard, Mouse, etc).
> >>
> >> So if you read back my message.
> >> I boot using a rescue system over the network.
> >> I do my partition.
> >> I make the filesystem.
> >> I mount.
> >> I use debootstrap.
> >> And after I need to configure boot, this is where it blocks.
> >>
> >> Got it now ?
> >>
> >> So how useful is your answer to use "the wizard in the installer ?".
> >> And no there's no configuration helper (said it for the 3rd time now).
> >>
> >> If you can't help... Just a hint, do same as I do, you let other people
> >> answer.
> >
> > I don't know whether I can be of any help, but I can ask a few questions.
> >
> > You wrote "The machine doesn't seem to use EFI (like most server)"
> >
> The machine doesn't use EFI, like most server it's BIOS based. I know
> this one for sure, there's a BIOS boot partition.
No, you've made an educated guess. The evidence would be in the next
two lines:
> > You really need to know. What does /sys/firmware/ contain, in particular,
> > /sys/firmware/efi… ?
> >
> > "and I only see the following partition using the automatic installer."
> >
>
> The server provider (one-provider/OVH) offer a choice of OS (include
> Debian Buster) but there's no configuration from the user. So it just
> build a huge partition. I have 3 x 2 Tb disk and it makes them in RAID-0
> (mirror).
I was under the impression that RAID-0 is striping, not mirroring.
> > Did you mean disk, rather than partition? What's in /sys/block/ ?
> >
> > You wrote 'The "standard" installation give me one partition in RAID
> > mirror ( 3 x 2 To). So I get only a big root partition and nothing else....'
> >
> > Does that mean that the partitioning was done on your behalf?
> > "I do my partition. I make the filesystem." seems to contradict that.
> > Do you know what the 3rd and 4th partitions are intended for?
> >
>
> Because the installation does the partition on my behalf, I preferred to
> do another way. That is, boot the system into rescue mode, that's a
> Linux system over the network. There I can partition my own disk, and
> after use debootstrap.
You can repartition the disk? Oh, OK.
> > "But I get a bit lost when it's time to use grub to setup my machine by remote."
> >
> > Did the "standard" installation give you any hints about setting up
> > booting on the machine, or is that why standard is in scare quotes.
> > (Or is it unusual for a standard install method to make any mention
> > of such important matters.)
> >
> Now what I did was to install the machine using the "helper" given by
> the provider (OVH/OneProvider). This way I can dissect the working
> system and see how the configuration is done.
That seems reasonable. But you've left me confused. Was the
partitioning in your OP the result of the helper's installation,
or the result of your own repartitioning. It certainly looks
very odd.
BTW, AFAICT the only one of my questions that you (partially) answered
was about the partitiong. The OP asks for clues about booting with
Grub. Today's post appears to have shifted to systemd and networking.
It all looks like a blog of your activities.
Cheers,
David.
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