Setting images file on second partition

[John L Clark]

• FOG Version: 1.3.5
• OS: Ubuntu 16.04

Doing a new install on a big server with data array attached. The OS and fog are installed on the first partition. I have the data array (20 TB) is the second partitions for just images. /dev/sdb/images

[Wayne Workman]

The problem is not clear. Did you need help with using the data array? If so, the output of these commands will help speed this up:

df -h
lsblk
pvdisplay
vgdisplay
lvdisplay
fdisk -l

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman

No i have the array working and mounts at startup as a folder called Images. I just need the folder that is installed by fog called images to be moved to that drive. So when I upload and image it goes to that drive.

[Wayne Workman]

Ok - but still I’d like to see the output of these so that I understand better - because /dev/sdb/images doesn’t sound right.

lsblk
df -h

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman

root@FOG-SRV1:/# lsblk
NAME                     MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                        8:0    0  2.7T  0 disk
ââsda1                     8:1    0    1M  0 part
ââsda2                     8:2    0  488M  0 part /boot
ââsda3                     8:3    0  2.7T  0 part
  ââFOG--SRV1--vg-root   252:0    0  2.7T  0 lvm  /
  ââFOG--SRV1--vg-swap_1 252:1    0   48G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sdb                        8:16   0 18.2T  0 disk /images
sr0                       11:0    1 1024M  0 rom
root@FOG-SRV1:/#

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman

root@FOG-SRV1:/# df -h
Filesystem                      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev                             24G     0   24G   0% /dev
tmpfs                           4.8G  9.3M  4.8G   1% /run
/dev/mapper/FOG--SRV1--vg-root  2.7T  2.4G  2.6T   1% /
tmpfs                            24G     0   24G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                            24G     0   24G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda2                       473M   57M  392M  13% /boot
/dev/sdb                         19T   40K   18T   1% /images
tmpfs                           4.8G     0  4.8G   0% /run/user/0
root@FOG-SRV1:/#

[Wayne Workman]

@John-L-Clark ok, what you need to do is unmount the new drive, then rename the old images directory… so…

umount /images
mv /images /images_old
mkdir /images
mount /images

Here, double-check your work with these commands - make sure it’s done right.

du -sh /images
du -sh /images_old
df -h

df - h should show that /images is mounted to /dev/sdb.

Then your old images will be in /images_old and you can copy it all over to the new disk with:

cp -r /images_old/* /images

The above command will take a while.

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman

root@FOG-SRV1:/# mv /images /images_old
root@FOG-SRV1:/# mkdir /images
root@FOG-SRV1:/# mount /images
root@FOG-SRV1:/# du -sh /images
40K     /images
root@FOG-SRV1:/# du -sh /images_old
4.0K    /images_old
root@FOG-SRV1:/# df -h
Filesystem                      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev                             24G     0   24G   0% /dev
tmpfs                           4.8G  9.3M  4.8G   1% /run
/dev/mapper/FOG--SRV1--vg-root  2.7T  2.4G  2.6T   1% /
tmpfs                            24G     0   24G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs                            24G     0   24G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda2                       473M   57M  392M  13% /boot
tmpfs                           4.8G     0  4.8G   0% /run/user/0
/dev/sdb                         19T   40K   18T   1% /images
root@FOG-SRV1:/#

[Wayne Workman]

@John-L-Clark So what happened to the old images directory?
If there are no old images to move over - if you just run the fog installer it’ll make the necessary files on the new drive.

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman

bin dev fog_1.3.5 home Images initrd.img lib64 media opt root sbin srv tftpboot tmp var
boot etc fog_1.3.5.tar.gz images images_old lib lost+found mnt proc run snap sys tftpboot.prev usr vmlinuz
root@FOG-SRV1:/# cd images
root@FOG-SRV1:/images# ls
dev lost+found postdownloadscripts
root@FOG-SRV1:/images#

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman 

Ok all looks good but got this error when trying to capture an image.

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman

[John L Clark]

@Wayne-Workman
I got it. I was thinking it was the drive that was the issue but it was the drive on the host. I ran chkdsk /f and now it is capturing. Thank you for your help. Oh and will that drive mount after a reboot? or do i need to do something else to get that right.

[Wayne Workman]

@John-L-Clark if an entry is made properly in /etc/fstab it will mount on boot, else it wont. Reboot and see. This is something that needs dealt with immediately - don’t wait.