Re: Server setup

[Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz>]

On 6/13/21 2:01 AM, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi !
> I'm renting a server with one-provider (OVH).
> 
> I have a choice of OS and it does a great job running Debian Buster.
> But...
> 
> 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....
> 
> I don't have access to my server with a KVM, so all has to be done thru
> the network using a recovery (rescue) option. That is, I was able to
> reboot in rescue mode, use debootstrap to populate a new system.
> 
> Where it did fail was for the reboot.
> 
> The machine doesn't seem to use EFI (like most server) and I only see
> the following partition using the automatic installer.
> 
> root@polynamaude:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
> Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
> Disk model: HGST HUS724020AL
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: gpt
> Disk identifier: CCB4C5CB-BB03-4D36-B307-AF5B5BF830A1
> 
> Device          Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
> /dev/sda1          34       2008       1975 987.5K BIOS boot
> /dev/sda2        2009 3905976495 3905974487   1.8T Linux RAID
> /dev/sda3  3905976496 3907025071    1048576   512M Linux filesystem
> /dev/sda4  3907025072 3907029134       4063     2M Linux filesystem
> 
> So I can see it's a gpt table....
> But I get a bit lost when it's time to use grub to setup my machine by
> remote.
> 
> Someone has a clue ?
> 
> Yes it's not a huge power horse but I plan to make it usable as a mirror
> for the community (Debian) so help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 


Hi Polyna-Maude,

I didn't understand what you problems were. Using GPT partition table
with BIOS (not UEFI) is just fine therefore you have "BIOS boot"
partition for the second stage of Grub. If you have problems with
partitioning or other part of initial Debian installation I recommend to
ask OVH's support. In the past they had wizard where you can configure
partitions. ... and don't forget to configure IPv6, according to
statistics provided by Google, 1/3 of their users use IPv6.

Kind regards
Georgi