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John Covici wrote: |
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> On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:52:45 -0400, |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> On 15/08/2017 14:49, Grant wrote: |
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>>> I'm trying to get started on my first Gentoo install on ZFS. My |
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>>> remote server is booted to a Gentoo LiveCD and I've SSH'ed in but it |
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>>> looks like the CD doesn't have ZFS tools: |
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>>> |
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>>> livecd ~ # zpool status |
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>>> -bash: zpool: command not found |
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>>> |
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>>> Can I pull this off from here or do I need to mail a different CD to my host? |
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>>> |
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>>> This server has 6 SSDs and I'm planning to set up a 2-way stripe and |
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>>> 3-way mirror. Any tips that might help me pull this off? |
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>>> |
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>>> - Grant |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> The Gentoo LiveCD is really nothing more than a feel-nice tool for |
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>> people who want to install Gentoo from a Gentoo tool; it is very much |
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>> completely not required. |
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>> |
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>> Do your install from any medium you feel like as long as it has all the |
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>> tools you need. |
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>> |
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>> I suppose you *could* emerge the zfs tools on the running LiveCD system |
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>> if it supports fs merging but it's probably easier to use a medium that |
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>> already has everything you want |
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> |
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> I would like to know which cd has zfs support. I could not find one, |
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> so I wrote some catalyst stuff to make an install cd with zfs support, |
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> but it would be nice if I would not have to do that, a fair bit of |
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> work. |
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> |
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Just for giggles, SystemRescueCd maybe?? Gentoo based and it has a lot |
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of tools just not sure on that one. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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