Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-08 Thread Linux4Bene
Op Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:06:41 -0600, schreef Bob Proulx: > Linux4Bene wrote: > Since /dev is dynamic anything done to it will evaporate after a reboot. > After a reboot it will all be as if nothing had been overwritten there. > If you get to the point of a reboot then there is nothing lingering

Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-08 Thread Petter Adsen
On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:49:45 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Every file. File by file. I liked this presentation and found it > > > quite interesting. > > > > > > http://marc.merlins.org/perso/linux/post_2014-01-06_My-Live-Upgrading-Many-Thousands-of-Serve

Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-08 Thread David Wright
Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com): > On Monday 08 June 2015 23:06:41 Bob Proulx wrote: > > Every file.  File by file.  I liked this presentation and found it > > quite interesting. > > http://marc.merlins.org/perso/linux/post_2014-01-06_My-Live-Upgrading-Many- > >Thousands-of-Servers-ProdNG

Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Lisi Reisz wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Every file. File by file. I liked this presentation and found it > > quite interesting. > > > > http://marc.merlins.org/perso/linux/post_2014-01-06_My-Live-Upgrading-Many-Thousands-of-Servers-ProdNG-talk-at-Linux_conf_au-2014.html That one definitely wor

Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 08 June 2015 23:06:41 Bob Proulx wrote: > Every file.  File by file.  I liked this presentation and found it > quite interesting. > >   > http://marc.merlins.org/perso/linux/post_2014-01-06_My-Live-Upgrading-Many- >Thousands-of-Servers-ProdNG-talk-at-Linux_conf_au-2014.html > > Unfortunat

Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-08 Thread Bob Proulx
gt; whole system was because exim was still running. After stopping exim, I > could start postfix without a hitch. Ah, yes, port 25 was still busy. You would have needed to kill exim first. Gotcha! > >> Might be better to start with: > >> Old server: dpkg --get-selections > pack

Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-08 Thread Linux4Bene
t this way tricky. Not impossible. Just tricky. The reason why postfix didn't want to start, even after untarring the whole system was because exim was still running. After stopping exim, I could start postfix without a hitch. >> Might be better to start with: >> Old server: dpkg

Re: Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-06 Thread Bob Proulx
ue being any daemon that changed uids and was running would need to have been stopped before this and restarted after this. Right? This is one of the issues that makes doing it this way tricky. Not impossible. Just tricky. > Might be better to start with: > Old server: dpkg --get-se

Moving server to new server with tar

2015-06-04 Thread Linux4Bene
as Exim would have been purged. Might be better to start with: Old server: dpkg --get-selections > packages New server: dpkg --set-selections < packages - Extract the tar archive from the root on the new server - Adjust /etc/hostname, /etc/hosts, /etc/network/interfaces - Adjust PowerDNS s

Re: initialization package for a new server?

2014-03-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
accessible via SSH but the new server must first be > configured to know about that simple APT repository. Is it a good > approach to make a "initialization" .deb package with the following > files > > /etc/apt/source.list > /home/.ssh/id_rsa If you have to d

Re: initialization package for a new server?

2014-03-24 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:04:29AM +0100, Thomas Luzat wrote: > You can do that. I would not necessarily recommend that, but it's > comparatively simple. Likewise. > 2. Preseed the installer's questions. See > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed and follow the links. I recommend this

Re: initialization package for a new server?

2014-03-24 Thread Thomas Luzat
y accessible via SSH but the new server must first be > configured to know about that simple APT repository. Is it a good > approach to make a "initialization" .deb package with the following > files You can do that. I would not necessarily recommend that, but it's comparativel

initialization package for a new server?

2014-03-23 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I would like to automate the creation of a new web server as much as possible. It would seem ideal if I do not have to edit any files at all but rather only install packages. I have my own simple APT repository accessible via SSH but the new server must first be configured to know about that

Re: New Server

2007-10-29 Thread ieb
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 13:59, Ed Curtis wrote: > I'm getting ready to build a new server. Has anyone on the list had any > problems or used Silicon Mechanics before. I'm checking out some quotes > from there. They use Nvida MCP55 Pro dual nics in their system. I > tho

Re: New Server

2007-10-29 Thread Ed Curtis
David A. Parker wrote: Ed Curtis wrote: I'm getting ready to build a new server. Has anyone on the list had any problems or used Silicon Mechanics before. I'm checking out some quotes from there. They use Nvida MCP55 Pro dual nics in their system. I thought I had heard about pro

Re: New Server

2007-10-29 Thread David A. Parker
Ed Curtis wrote: I'm getting ready to build a new server. Has anyone on the list had any problems or used Silicon Mechanics before. I'm checking out some quotes from there. They use Nvida MCP55 Pro dual nics in their system. I thought I had heard about problems with Nvida nics in t

New Server

2007-10-29 Thread Ed Curtis
I'm getting ready to build a new server. Has anyone on the list had any problems or used Silicon Mechanics before. I'm checking out some quotes from there. They use Nvida MCP55 Pro dual nics in their system. I thought I had heard about problems with Nvida nics in the past on the

Re: New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Andy Smith
status? Yes, am using etch for all new server installs that I intend to track stable: etch is quite stable now with few updates and I don't see the point of installing sarge and then having to go through a lot of upgrades and reconfiguration in the near future. -- http://bitfolk.co

Re: New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Shams Fantar
Michael Ott a écrit : Hello Marco! in the next few days I'll have to replace an old server running Debian Sarge with a new machine, and I was wondering: maybe I should directly install Etch on it, now that it almost reached its "stable" status? I know I could install Sarge and then upgrad

Re: New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Marco De Vitis
On 03/02/2007 14:40, Marko Randjelovic wrote: You can check bug reports to see if packages you are using are affected with some bugs that can cause you problems. Etch is not quite stable, look at http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/. Sarge had less than 10 Thanks, this can be a good idea

Re: New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Saturday 03 February 2007 04:33, Marco De Vitis wrote: > It's a production server so stability is important, although it mostly > serves as a Samba PDC and file sharing machine, mailserver only for > internal (LAN) mail, and some other minor stuff (HTTP, Jabber...). > If it is a production serv

Re: New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Marco De Vitis wrote: Hi, in the next few days I'll have to replace an old server running Debian Sarge with a new machine, and I was wondering: maybe I should directly install Etch on it, now that it almost reached its "stable" status? I know I could install Sarge and then upgrade to Etch aft

Re: New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Michael Ott
Hello Marco! > in the next few days I'll have to replace an old server running Debian Sarge > with a new machine, > and I was wondering: maybe I should directly install Etch on it, now that it > almost reached its > "stable" status? > > I know I could install Sarge and then upgrade to Etch af

Re: New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 09:33:03AM +, Marco De Vitis wrote: > Hi, > in the next few days I'll have to replace an old server running Debian > Sarge with a new machine, and I was wondering: maybe I should directly > install Etch on it, now that it almost reached its "stable" status? > This dep

New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Marco De Vitis
Hi, in the next few days I'll have to replace an old server running Debian Sarge with a new machine, and I was wondering: maybe I should directly install Etch on it, now that it almost reached its "stable" status? I know I could install Sarge and then upgrade to Etch afterwards, but a previous up

New server: Sarge or Etch?

2007-02-03 Thread Marco De Vitis
Hi, in the next few days I'll have to replace an old server running Debian Sarge with a new machine, and I was wondering: maybe I should directly install Etch on it, now that it almost reached its "stable" status? I know I could install Sarge and then upgrade to Etch afterwards, but a previou

RE: Very new server and support hardware

2006-03-31 Thread Erik Dörnbach
Hi, > -Original Message- > From: html.validator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:49 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Very new server and support hardware > I have quite new machine(FUJITSU-SIEMENS PRIMERGY Econel50/ > 1

Re: Very new server and support hardware

2006-03-30 Thread Pol Hallen
> I have quite new machine(FUJITSU-SIEMENS PRIMERGY Econel50/ 1x(1) P4 > 3.2GHz/ 512MB/ 3x 160GB SATA/ DVD), but I can't install Debian. I've > problem with HDD detection in installator partitioning, I don't see > disks. Can I load any modules during installation for support it? download debian ins

Very new server and support hardware

2006-03-30 Thread html.validator
Hello, I have quite new machine(FUJITSU-SIEMENS PRIMERGY Econel50/ 1x(1) P4 3.2GHz/ 512MB/ 3x 160GB SATA/ DVD), but I can't install Debian. I've problem with HDD detection in installator partitioning, I don't see disks. Can I load any modules during installation for support it? -- To UNSUBS

Re: moving phpbb2 to a new server

2006-02-05 Thread Shawn Lamson
On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:48:35 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I moved a phpbb server to another machine. I backed up the site using > phpbb's backup utility. How can I set up the new server with the old site? of course you would have to have a webserver and php running on the new ma

moving phpbb2 to a new server

2006-02-04 Thread ml-debian_user
I moved a phpbb server to another machine. I backed up the site using phpbb's backup utility. How can I set up the new server with the old site? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-22 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello rds (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: (please don't send copies of your replies to me) > --- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you use a standard Debian kernel and the processor type is the >> same, all you have to do is to configure and install the bootloader. >> You can do that

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread rds
--- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you use a standard Debian kernel and the processor type is the same, > all you have to do is to configure and install the bootloader. You can > do that by booting from a Debian CD/DVD or boot floppy and loading the > copied system. Then I could

RE: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread Steven Jones
ented. regards Steven -Original Message- From: Stephen Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2004 1:30 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Moving existing setup to a competely new server Hi Steven, - snip - > Depends on your kernel, usually the kernel detec

RE: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Steven, - snip - > Depends on your kernel, usually the kernel detects > new hardware on boot and re-configues as it boots, > however its quite possible that NICs wont work. > Otherwise unless modules have been stripped out it > should boot OK. Noted with thanks. > If it does not look for th

RE: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread Steven Jones
-Original Message- From: Stephen Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2004 12:35 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server Hi Andrea, > If you have the option to move the HD (and the HW on > the two servers

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Andrea, > If you have the option to move the HD (and the HW on > the two servers > are similar), you can copy your system in different > ways (cp, cpio, > afio), If the HW config is different. Can I do it and how? Tks. I'm going to upgrade a workstation changing new motherboard, new RAM, n

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread Andreas Janssen
gt; Yes, ideally I would copy the whole HD from the old server to the new > server. However, if do this the new system probably will not boot, > with the hardware being completely different. If you use a standard Debian kernel and the processor type is the same, all you have to do is to configu

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread rds
< packagelist > Yes, ideally I would copy the whole HD from the old server to the new server. However, if do this the new system probably will not boot, with the hardware being completely different. dpkg is definitely something that could help me to install all the packaged I have. But then

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:59:08 -0700 (PDT), rds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning to upgrade an existing Debian/sarge/testing server and would like > to move the whole setup to a completely new server. That would include all file > systems, packages, config

Re: Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello rds (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I'm planning to upgrade an existing Debian/sarge/testing server and > would like to move the whole setup to a completely new server. That > would include all file systems, packages, config files, users, etc. > 99% of the pack

Moving existing setup to a competely new server

2004-09-21 Thread rds
Hi, I'm planning to upgrade an existing Debian/sarge/testing server and would like to move the whole setup to a completely new server. That would include all file systems, packages, config files, users, etc. 99% of the packages on the server were installed with "aptitude". Any i

Re: New Server

2004-03-30 Thread Robert Wood
On Tuesday March 30 2004 12:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am looking for recommendations on chipsets/mobo etc that work well with > debian. Normally, I would use anything and just make it work, but if I am > gonna spend money I may as well get the best performance I can. Essentially for Althon

Re: New Server

2004-03-30 Thread Pete Clarke
#Only thing I can advise, DON'T use REALTEK-Sh*t as NICS (build-in nic), #you're better off spending some extra money on a good 3COM Nic or #similar. the Realtek-Sh*t loses lots of packages, when it's working at #maximum transfer rate (e.g. SAMBA). as I found out (everybody had #this ex

AW: New Server

2004-03-30 Thread Simmel
http://www.tomshardware.com/ I installed Debian for a friend recently and he was using an ASUS Board with an AMD XP2800+. The installation was well, no problems @ all. Asus does well, I think you can'T go wrong with Asus, Chipset if I'm correct was a nvidia2 chipset for my friends machine. Onl

New Server

2004-03-30 Thread duterium
Hello, I have been using linux for a long while now, but in all my time using it for server etc, I have never built a box specificically for linux. All my boxes have been old PCs etc, old systems slapped together. I am building a server for my buiness, I want to run apache/mail/firewall/rout

building new server, hardware ideas?

2003-11-18 Thread joakim
Hi ppl, I'm going to build a new server for a small company that are going to sell music and have a very tight budget. But I'm not going to sacrifice stability and performance. -Easy? Alrigt, normaly I build them on Redhat since there most vendors of disc controllers, net dito and so o

XF 4.0.2/testing: won't use new server!

2001-02-13 Thread Paul D. Smith
/Xserver file and changing the first line from: /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 to: /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA However, now that I have some time and want to investigate further, I can't make my system run the new server anymore! I've switched that file back to the first version but it's

Re: new Server and MIME-Types

2000-02-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
> >Michelle, > >usually they are in /etc/mime.types. You haven't written which >WWW server >you use. If Apache, there's a symlink >/etc/apache/mime.types -> ../mime.types >i.e. just to this file. > Sorry, but I have not ask where I must set the MIME-Types !!! In apache I am missing MIME-Types

Re: E-Mail Setup Question - new server

1997-05-01 Thread Martin Schulze
Kevin Traas writes: > 1. The accounts on vnet will have to exist on hicks before hicks will > accept e-mail for those users, right? Not necesserily. You may install them as follows in /etc/aliases joey: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wuschel:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ...

Re: E-Mail Setup Question - new server

1997-05-01 Thread Rick Jones
On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > 1. The accounts on vnet will have to exist on hicks before hicks will > accept e-mail for those users, right? Yes. You have to set up the accounts first. > 2. What problems might I have with incoming mail? i.e. If a message was > addressed to [EMAIL

E-Mail Setup Question - new server

1997-04-30 Thread Kevin Traas
the Internet. I've got a new server running Debian GNU/Linux - name is "hicks". - All e-mail on the old system comes to/from the DN and the server the user resides on is "hidden". - The old SCO box is being dropped in favour of the Linux box. (YeeHaw!!! ) - The user acc