Thread: Reset on feralhosting.com?

I am having some issues and would like to reset the rutorrent. Can I do that? Also considering going to xirvik. Is there a way to transfer some files from feral to xirvik without having to download them and then upload them? Can I just transfer them from feral to xirvik?



So many questions but I didn't feel like making a bunch of topics for each one so if you have some info on any let me know please. Thank you.

I am having some issues and would like to reset the rutorrent. Can I do that?

kill the rtorrent process:
$ ps ux | grep rtorrent

Look for a line similar to this:
RunDRun 17115 0.9 1.9 358140 78392 pts/2 Ss+ Oct05 201:48 rtorrent

Take note of the pid number at the second column (eg. 17115). Kill that PID number:
$ kill -9 17115

Wait a few minutes, rtorrent should restart. That's all you need to do. Feral has a script that runs rtorrent if it's not running.

Also considering going to xirvik. Is there a way to transfer some files from feral to xirvik without having to download them and then upload them? Can I just transfer them from feral to xirvik?

Yes, you can do so by using rsync. Let me know if you need help with this.

EDIT

scoobie beat me too it

Originally Posted by scoobie

kill the rtorrent process:
$ ps ux | grep rtorrent

Look for a line similar to this:
RunDRun 17115 0.9 1.9 358140 78392 pts/2 Ss+ Oct05 201:48 rtorrent

Take note of the pid number at the second column (eg. 17115). Kill that PID number:
$ kill -9 17115

Wait a few minutes, rtorrent should restart. That's all you need to do. Feral has a script that runs rtorrent if it's not running.

Yes, you can do so by using rsync. Let me know if you need help with this.

Yep. I would like some help on using rsync as I had never previously heard of it before. Is this available for Windows? I really only have Windows 7 and Mac OS X available to me. Well, I do have Linux on my laptop, but I would rather avoid that if possible atm.

I wish I would have known this before I transferred to xirvik

Originally Posted by RunDRun

Yep. I would like some help on using rsync as I had never previously heard of it before. Is this available for Windows? I really only have Windows 7 and Mac OS X available to me. Well, I do have Linux on my laptop, but I would rather avoid that if possible atm.

You need to ssh to your feral box by using a terminal program such as PuTTY o rsince you already have linux, you can ssh from there as well. Once logged in, you will run rsync to transfer files from your Feral box to Xirvik. However, I am not sure if Xirvix installs, by default, rsync program on their boxes.

Here's an example rsync command-line when transferring whole directory tree:
$ rsync --archive --sparse --blocking-io --verbose --recursive --human-readable --progress --stats ~/private/rtorrent/data/DIRECTORY_TO_TRANSFER xirvik_username@server.xirvik.com:/home/YOUR_XIRVIK_LINUX_USERNAME

If you have gigabytes of files to transfer, you might wanna screen rsync:
$ screen -fa -m -S rsync.transfer

Then from within screen:
$ rsync --archive --sparse --blocking-io --verbose --recursive --human-readable --progress --stats /home/$USER/private/rtorrent/data/DIRECTORY_TO_TRANSFER xirvik_username@server.xirvik.com:/home/YOUR_XIRVIK_LINUX_USERNAME

Big thanks for all the help, scoobie. I got them all transferred but had to learn a thing or two in the process.

In all honesty Feral offers very good speeds from my experience with them. I don't take back that 9 I gave them out of 10 but Xirvik covered my needs a little better. Both of these are very solid from my use with them.