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Clapper
Joined: 10 May 2004
Posts: 33
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject: Building a server "offline" and uploading it to Li |
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I would like to build a server "offline" on an x86 machine I have at home, and upload it to a Linode. I think this should be possible.
This article was helpful:
http://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2709
but it was mainly about moving from one Linode to another.
Has anyone done this? What should I look out for? Is there an article or a Wiki entry about doing this?
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mikegrb
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 255
Location: Dr Wierd's Lab, South Jersey Shore
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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Check out http://thegrebs.com/~michael/custom_howto/
It is basically a work in progress. Most of the documentation is in the screen shots but it should get you through. |
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jacko
Joined: 15 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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can u explain the part where u remove all the tty's. what is the purpose of this, does it really make that much of a difference.
BTW, aren't the servers 64 bit capable? |
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pclissold
Joined: 24 Oct 2003
Posts: 470
Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:11 am Post subject: |
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jacko wrote: can u explain the part where u remove all the tty's. what is the purpose of this, does it really make that much of a difference.
You remove all other terminals and serial consoles (only the one implemented by Lish actually exists). If not - your logs fill up with crap as the agetty processes constantly respawn for missing physical devices.
jacko wrote: BTW, aren't the servers 64 bit capable?
Yes, but the kernels are compiled for i686. |
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mwalling
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
Posts: 127
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| Some Xen hosts have 64bit kernels available |
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jacko
Joined: 15 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:25 am Post subject: |
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I have access to 64 bit kernels, but none of those are listed as 2.6.xx.x-domU.
One of my servers was having issues with time sync, the only thing that solved it for me was running the domU kernel. I guess this is a special kernel and certain options need to be enabled over the vanilla source?
Is it possible to get a 64 bit kernel with the same options enabled as the 2.6.18.8-domU-linode7 kernel? what exactly needs to be enabled? |
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