[mythtv-users] Partitioning

[R. G. Newbury]

On 03/08/2010 09:29 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
>>
>> you shouldn't need /etc/hosts to contain much if you have dns working.
>> /etc/resolv.conf should be set on dhcp getting your dns settings.
>> /etc/fstab is worth keeping IF you want to set up an identical system
>> next time you reinstall.
>>
> Although I run a dhcp/dns setup locally, all my myth kit has
> statically-assigned IPs. I want to know where all my boxes are when I
> need to reconfigure them, I also don't want boxes assigned random
> addresses when I least expect it. My host file lives on a USB stick and
> gets copied to all hosts whenever I do an upgrade.
>
> /etc is worth keeping to save your customisations when you upgrade your
> OS. Been there, done that. Trying to remember all the tiny changes I
> made to get it to work right? Not easy.
>
> - hosts: current IP & name of my 11 fixed hosts plus printers, gateway
> and wireless AP.
> - ntp.conf: pointing to my firewall rather than somewhere random in
> Europe. I dont want each of my machines to spam public ntp servers when
> my firewall can provide a reference they can all synchronise to.
> - bacula conf files: I use bacula to back my machines up. It's a pig
> getting the configs right, I don't want to have to reinvent the wheel
> /again/.
> - sysconfig: cleaned all the crud out of the startup files. It's a
> server, don't need any of it. Fixed mythtv $HOME entries, shortened log
> file names.
> - logrotate: added entries to rotate mythbackend and mythfilldatabase logs.
> - cron files for running e.g. optimize-mythdb.pl every night.
> - ssh keys: - some saved, some regenerated.
> - httpd conf files: customisations.
> - lirc conf files.
> - etc, etc.
>
I'm with Mike!
Geoff


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