Re: Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why

2015-07-07 Thread Linux4Bene
Op Mon, 06 Jul 2015 16:18:04 +0200, schreef claude juif: Hi, Why don't you use the OVH installer ? Because the partitioner from the OVH installer doesn't allow me to partition the disks how I want. It imposes certain restrictions such as putting root in a lv partition, even if you keep the

Re: Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why

2015-07-07 Thread Linux4Bene
Op Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:17:04 +0200, schreef Pascal Hambourg: I have installed grub, In a chroot ? Did you properly install the GRUB bootloader on both disks ? grub-install /dev/sda grub-install /dev/sdb The installation is with debootstrap from the rescue prompt. Then I chroot into the

Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why

2015-07-06 Thread Linux4Bene
Hi, I've done several attempts to install Wheezy (can't use Jessie as I want to eventually copy a working config over from another server) on an OVH dedicated server. It contains 2 x 2TB disks. I boot into the rescue mode, partition the disks, set-up raid and lvm, and then use debootstrap to

Re: Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why

2015-07-06 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 11:43:27AM +, Linux4Bene wrote: Hi, I've done several attempts to install Wheezy (can't use Jessie as I want to eventually copy a working config over from another server) on an OVH dedicated server. It contains 2 x 2TB disks. I boot into the rescue mode,

Re: Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why

2015-07-06 Thread Linux4Bene
Op Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:50:09 +0100, schreef Darac Marjal: Hi Darac, thank you for your response. This sounds like a failure in your boot loader. I notice that you say you use debootstrap to install the base system, rather than using the installer. Indeed. It's a dedicated server from OVH

Re: Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why

2015-07-06 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Linux4Bene a écrit : Op Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:50:09 +0100, schreef Darac Marjal: I suspect you want grub-efi-amd64, if you're using a 64-bit PC) grub-efi-amd64 is only for an UEFI boot. If the system boots from legacy BIOS, you need grub-pc even on a 64-bit PC. I have installed grub, In a

Re: Dedicated server doesn't boot, can't seem to figure out why

2015-07-06 Thread claude juif
Hi, Why don't you use the OVH installer ? They have Debian 6, Debian 7 and Debian 8 ready to use installer ? 2015-07-06 15:56 GMT+02:00 Linux4Bene linux4b...@telenet.be: Op Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:50:09 +0100, schreef Darac Marjal: Hi Darac, thank you for your response. This sounds like a