Can't partition my linode
I recently bought a linode, i want to make partitions for /home /var and /tmp, i create disk image for this 3 partition, then deploy Centos, then edit profile and "link" this partitions to the devices (xvdc, xvdd, etc…), then boot and edit fstab, then i mount manually and everything ok except that it seems the nework its down, and when rebooting i cant ssh because it seems the network is down, can you help me guys? its like when i create partitions and add them to fstab, then reboot a i loose conectivity.
Thanks
Regards,
David
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I tried to partition my linode without success, this is what i do:
1.- Create 3 disk images ext3 (/tmp, /var, /home)
2.- Deploy Centos 5.3 and this creates the root image disk and the swap image, so now i have 5 images.
3.- Go into the Centos 5.3 profiles and link the images with the devices (xvda –> root image, xvdb --> swap, xvdc --> /tmp image, xvdd --> /var image, xvde --> /home image)
4.- Boot and type df, this only shows xvda and xvdb as swap.
5.- Edit fstab (xvdc ext3 defaults 0 0, and every other partition with same settings)
6.- Reboot and now weird things happen, ssh service is down, yum doesn't work, etc…
I'm i missing some step? Can anybody help me on how to partition my linode or point some document on how to do it?
Thanks in advance
Regards,
David M.
@dmayorgap:
…this is what i do:
Your list doesn't mention the step where you copy the contents of /var from xvda to xvdd. If you don't do this, when you reboot a whole bunch of things fail to start because they cannot write their pid files into the empty /var tree - they just blow up with a 'file or directory does not exist' message.