Tutorials:SlimMachine

Preparing machines for production

1. Comment out the nfs /usr/local and /opt from /etc/fstab
2. Change the default init level in inittab to 3.
   • Comment out all but first two mingetty's

On VM's

Kill hald

[root@lcpawn init.d]# service haldaemon stop
Stopping HAL daemon:                                       [  OK  ]
[root@lcpawn init.d]# chkconfig haldaemon off

xfs

[root@naraapp06 init.d]# service xfs stop
Shutting down xfs:                                         [  OK  ]
[root@naraapp06 init.d]# chkconfig xfs off

gpm console mouse

[root@lcpawn init.d]# service gpm stop
Shutting down console mouse services:                      [  OK  ]
[root@lcpawn init.d]# chkconfig gpm off

dbus

[root@lcpawn init.d]# service messagebus stop
Stopping system message bus:                               [  OK  ]
[root@lcpawn init.d]# chkconfig messagebus off

-- Main.MikeSmorul - 26 Sep 2006