At the end of this process, your system disk will be functionally equivalent to the state it was in when shipped from the factory. In particular, that means you will have to reassign the hostname, network address(es) and redo the Bastille server lockdown. You will also have to reapply all patches and custom configuration changes to the application(s) included, and reinstall any third-party application(s).
This chapter covers the following:
See the hardware documentation for additional information.
The procedures in this appendix assume that you are the superuser.
You will want to reinstall from CD-ROM in the following circumstances:
Installing a RAID PCI card for the internal drives
Upgrading to a faster and/or larger hard drive
Upgrading the operating system version (if approved by SGI)
Customizing the partitioning scheme on your system disk
Customizing the file systems on your system disk
Recovering from a break-in
Replacing a failed system hard drive
 | Note: The ISE software cannot be installed as a whole on a non-SGI system. Please consult the copyright notice enclosed with your ISE CD-ROM if you are considering using this software for any purpose other than the SGI server. |
To perform the reinstallation, you will need the following CD-ROMs:
Red Hat 6.2 CD-ROMs (both CD-ROMs)
SGI ProPack 1.4 CD-ROM
SGI Internet Server Environment CD-ROM
The SGI factory basic I/O system (BIOS) settings on your SGI server boots your system off the floppy drive. To change the boot device, press Ctrl-Alt-Esc to enter SETUP mode during the boot process.
| Note: This procedure may not work from a serial terminal emulator. |
Inspect the Boot Device Priority in the Boot menu. The CD-ROM should appear higher up on the list than the hard disk. If in doubt, please contact SGI Customer Support.
To prepare the hardware for reinstallation, do the following:
Shut down the system.
Power off the system.
Update your hardware configuration if applicable.
Note: Some hardware components may require installation by an SGI support engineer, or your support contract may be void. If in doubt, please contact SGI Customer Support.
Do the following to install the Linux operating system:
If you are deploying an SGI RAID controller PCI card, follow the installation instructions shipped with it.
Power the system back on.
Immediately after power on, insert the Red Hat CD-ROM.
Select text mode for your installation by entering text and pressing the Enter key, as documented on the opening screen.
Follow the directions for Red Hat installation in Red Hat Linux 6.2 The Official Red Hat Linux Installation Guide.
Select the custom installation.
The remainder of this section focuses on nonstandard configuration suggestions from SGI.
The SGI 1100 family of servers uses the following partitioning scheme:
Ideally, the total amount of swap space should be at least equal to real main memory installed in your system; this will ensure that cores can always be completely dumped. If you care about core dumps, you should create additional swap space partitions before creating the final large partition.
On a production SGI server, you generally want to avoid actual swapping to maintain nominal performance. However, the maximum size of a single block of real memory that the operating system will allocate is limited to the total amount of swap space available. For certain applications, you will want to increase the swap space allocation to 2-3 times the amount of real memory.
For more details, please see the following:
http://www.linux.com/howto/mini/Partition/index.html |
The clock on the SGI server implements GMT in hardware. Select the appropriate time zone if you want your time stamps in local time.
Select the following:
ATI RAGE 128 (Generic) |
The correct card is selected automatically on other models of the SGI server.
To install the SGI ProPack overlay, do the following:
Insert the SGI ProPack 1.4 CD-ROM.
Mount the CD-ROM by entering the following:
# /bin/mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Change to the cdrom directory:
# cd /mnt/cdrom
Execute the INSTALL script:
# ./INSTALL
Check Performance Tools checkbox in the Package Group Selection screen.
Unmount the CD-ROM:
# /bin/umount /mnt/cdrom
To install the ISE software, do the following:
Insert the SGI Internet Server Environment CD-ROM.
Mount the CD-ROM by entering the following:
# /bin/mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Change to the cdrom directory:
# cd /mnt/cdrom
Execute the INSTALL script:
# ./INSTALL
Unmount the CD-ROM:
# /bin/umount /mnt/cdrom
To activate configuration and Bastille Linux questions upon reboot, enter the following:
# /bin/touch /root/.SGICONF |