Hi
The iglu server uses an old distro that is no longer being maintained.
I probably has a number of open security issues.
We agreed that when a new server will be availble it will be installed
(specifically: with Debian stable) and will replace the current server.
However no new server has been purchced.
Assuming a new server will not be purchaced, I suggest we take down the
current server and reinstall it with a more up-to-date distro. The
current server is a dissaster waiting to happen. And if it will happen
we will have a tougher task.
If there aren't any other takers, I'm willing to do this installation.
I'm fairly familiar with Debian and apache. I'm not so familiar with
scsi and raid. And I'm not familiar with qmail at all.
Partitioning:
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(/dev/root is /dev/sda10 )
Current partitions:
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 247903 162216 72888 69% /
/dev/sda1 199293 8471 180532 4% /boot
/dev/sdb5 1512816 1321292 114676 92% /home
/dev/sdb1 6717600 3215228 3161128 50% /iglu
/dev/sda9 496789 13 471126 0% /opt
/dev/sda6 2016768 854012 1060308 45% /usr
/dev/sda7 2732440 147216 2446424 6% /usr/local
/dev/sda5 2520720 1156608 1236064 48% /var
/dev/md0 70004400 44578908 25425492 64% /storage
or, if you prefare:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 242M 158M 71M 69% /
/dev/sda1 195M 8.3M 176M 4% /boot
/dev/sdb5 1.4G 1.3G 112M 92% /home
/dev/sdb1 6.4G 3.1G 3.0G 50% /iglu
/dev/sda9 485M 13k 460M 0% /opt
/dev/sda6 1.9G 834M 1.0G 45% /usr
/dev/sda7 2.6G 144M 2.3G 6% /usr/local
/dev/sda5 2.4G 1.1G 1.2G 48% /var
/dev/md0 67G 42G 24G 64% /storage
Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 8678 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 201 205808 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 202 8678 8680448 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 202 2702 2561008 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2703 4703 2049008 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 4704 7414 2776048 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 7415 7927 525296 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda9 7928 8428 513008 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 8429 8678 255984 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 8678 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 6665 6824944 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 6666 8678 2061312 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 6666 8166 1537008 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 8167 8678 524272 82 Linux swap
Swap partitions:
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/sda8 partition 525288 10504 -1
/dev/sdb6 partition 524264 0 -2
Let's see what is purely OS and what holds relevant data:
OS:
/ (except settings under /etc )
/boot
/opt
/usr
swaps partitions: /dev/hda8
/dev/hdb6
Partitions with data:
/home
/iglu
/var (qmail, old logs, faqomatic, anything else?)
/usr/local (but its data could be moved to a different partition for the
duration of the installation)
/storage
IMHO there is no need for a separate /usr and /boot , unless there are
space issues.
Available partitions:
/dev/sda1 199293 /boot
/dev/sda6 2016768 /usr
/dev/sda7 2732440 /usr/local
/dev/sda8 525288 swap
/dev/sda9 496789 /opt
/dev/sda10 247903 /
This means: one small block of 200M and one large block of 6G .
I figure it is best to put a separate /boot on /dev/sda1 , as there is
no better use for that space. A separate /opt is unnecessary: we have
/usr/local for extra not from the distro. So that block could be
separated to, say, 2GB /usr/local and 4GB /+/usr . /var will also be on
that partition for the duration of the installation. Later, after
everything is set up, the old /var will be formatted /var will be copied
into it.
Data to back up:
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/etc: 2.3MB
/boot: Should not be formatted, to keep the old kernels available for a
while
Anything else from / and /usr ?
Anything Else?
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