# Hetzner

Here's my notes on getting the Ludus (or other OS) install started on a Hetzner box:

From Hetzner Robot panel, choose to reboot to rescue media, then SSH in. Take note of the drives - the screen might have something like this:

Disk /dev/nvme2n1: 2048 GB (=> 1907 GiB) 
Disk /dev/nvme3n1: 2048 GB (=> 1907 GiB)

Remember that because when you choose the Debian install, you need to pick options for what type of RAID you want, and which drives you want to be part of the RAID. So you'll comment out drives you DON'T want in the RAID.

Choose the Debian 9 install (if doing Ludus...or install something else if you eh...want to install something else I guess).

When that's done check the health of your drives:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install smartmontools
sudo smartctl --scan
sudo smartctl -a /dev/xxx

If your drives are absolutely thrashed, put a support ticket in and get them replaced now before you get into prod.