Moving files from redhat partitions to new hard drive on cpanel.

[Luciel]

Ok so here's the story:

Linux Redhat 9 got compromised and hard drive went bonkers, so dedicated server people installed a new hard drive for me and a new OS (Centos 4.1), and then added the old hard drive so i can recover all my files, here is the data:


Your re-installation is complete. Your server is responsive to ICMP, and SSH
requests (see below). Your old primary hard drive is attached to the system as
/dev/hdc for you to restore, or transfer data.

Disk /dev/hdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hdc2 14 274 2096482+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdc3 275 405 1052257+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdc4 406 9729 74895030 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdc5 406 1680 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/hdc6 1681 2572 7164958+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdc7 2573 2703 1052226 83 Linux
/dev/hdc8 2704 9729 56436313+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 274 2096482+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 275 405 1052257+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 406 9729 74895030 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 406 1680 10241406 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1681 2572 7164958+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 2573 2703 1052226 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 2704 9729 56436313+ 83 Linux

Now the problem is that i'm awfull at shell, so i was wondering if it's possible to transfer these files/partitions to the new hard drive via Cpanel?

[sh4ka]

You have to do it using shell.. ask for some admin if you can not do it... that is the best way, you have lot of things to do..

[Luciel]

well tech support told me they'll send me a list of the commands i need to run, so hopefully it will be a step by step process. Thanks aniways.

[chirpy]

You cannot just copy the partition contents. There's a good guide on doing exactly what you need over at EV1, which I have used many many times:
http://forum.ev1servers.net/showthre...threadid=38797

Read the whole thread. If you don't know how to do any of it, you'll need to hire a server admin to help you.

[Luciel]

Thanks!! looks real helpfull

[Luciel]

Ok i guess it's a bit advanced for me, specially since the server people alredy did the mounting and now i'm a bit lost, here's the email:

I took the liberty of mounting all your Filesystems for you. Here are the
commands that I used

mkdir /Backup
mkdir /Backup/hdc1
mkdir /Backup/hdc2
mkdir /Backup/hdc3
mkdir /Backup/hdc4
mkdir /Backup/hdc5
mkdir /Backup/hdc6
mkdir /Backup/hdc7
mkdir /Backup/hdc8
chmod 755 /Backup -R
mount /dev/hdc1 /Backup/hdc1
mount /dev/hdc1 /Backup/hdc2
mount /dev/hdc1 /Backup/hdc3
mount /dev/hdc1 /Backup/hdc5
mount /dev/hdc1 /Backup/hdc6
mount /dev/hdc1 /Backup/hdc7
mount /dev/hdc1 /Backup/hdc8

your backup filesystems are located in: /Backup

The 4th Filesystem I started receiving the message either wrong filesystem type
or too many mounted file systems. I think with these commands above you should
be able to figure the rest out on your own.

Question is, how do i recover all my cpanel accounts (with all their contents obviously) from the backup folder (old mounted hdd) to the new hard drive?, also, if possible, my cpanel/whm settings?