Installing From Clonezilla

If IHL is Already Installed
If you using a clean system, without IHL previously installed, you do not need to follow these steps. However, if you have IHL previously installed, you must follow these steps. You must delete the superblocks or else the system will not properly image. sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sda1 sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sda2 sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sda3 sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb1 sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb2 sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdb3
 * 1) Dowload Knoppix
 * 2) Burn Knoppix and boot from the CD
 * 3) Open a shell/command line
 * 4) Issue the following commands to delete the superblocks

If the --zero-superblock command fails, you will need to zero out the entire drive. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

It will take a while for this command to finish. Probably about 40 minutes per drive. Be patient.

Downloading the Cloned Image
Click here to download older versions of IHL.
 * In Windows XP, Nero has issues with these ISOs. If you want to burn the ISO using Windows XP, use BurnAware(4.5MB) or Roxio.

Bootable CD

 * 1) Boot from the CD
 * 2) Are you sure you want to continue? Y

If the system hangs at GRUB
You may need to reinstall grub in the MBR

Boot from an Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate CD

Select rescue a broken system

Select all the defaults about English language and US keyboards

Run a shell in /dev/md0

bash cd /boot grub-install /dev/sda grub-install /dev/sdb sync

eject the CD and reboot

BIOS Settings
enter the server BIOS by pressing DEL or F2 at startup (depending on type of hardware)

Disable network boot

Change the "after power loss" setting to "last state" so the machine will power on after a power outage.

Turn on Swap
/dev/md2 may not be set-up with a swap signature. Check for swap: swapon -s If a drive is listed, swap is on. You do not need to turn it on. If nothing is listed, you need to turn swap on by: sudo mkswap /dev/md2 sudo swapon -a swapon -s NOTICE: output shows /dev/md2 as a swap drive

RAID Rebuilding
After the machine is imaged and reboots, RAID will automatically build the second drive. To check the progress of the RAID rebuild: cat /proc/mdstat

Turn off PXE Boot and CD boot
Enter the system bios at boot (generally by pressing DEL during the post proces)

Turn off PXE boot on both network cards.

Turn off the ability to boot from CDROM

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