Re: [gentoo-user] Install on ZFS

[J. Roeleveld]

On 15 August 2017 15:44:21 GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>John Covici wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 08:52:45 -0400,
>> Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>> On 15/08/2017 14:49, Grant wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to get started on my first Gentoo install on ZFS.  My
>>>> remote server is booted to a Gentoo LiveCD and I've SSH'ed in but
>it
>>>> looks like the CD doesn't have ZFS tools:
>>>>
>>>> livecd ~ # zpool status
>>>> -bash: zpool: command not found
>>>>
>>>> Can I pull this off from here or do I need to mail a different CD
>to my host?
>>>>
>>>> This server has 6 SSDs and I'm planning to set up a 2-way stripe
>and
>>>> 3-way mirror.  Any tips that might help me pull this off?
>>>>
>>>> - Grant
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Gentoo LiveCD is really nothing more than a feel-nice tool for
>>> people who want to install Gentoo from a Gentoo tool; it is very
>much
>>> completely not required.
>>>
>>> Do your install from any medium you feel like as long as it has all
>the
>>> tools you need.
>>>
>>> I suppose you *could* emerge the zfs tools on the running LiveCD
>system
>>> if it supports fs merging but it's probably easier to use a medium
>that
>>> already has everything you want
>>
>> I would like to know which cd has zfs support.  I could not find one,
>> so I wrote some catalyst stuff to make an install cd with zfs
>support,
>> but it would be nice if I would not have to do that, a fair bit of
>> work.
>>
>
>Just for giggles, SystemRescueCd maybe??  Gentoo based and it has a lot
>of tools just not sure on that one.
>
>Dale
>
>:-)  :-)

Not systemresccd. But the one I linked to is a rebuild of that with zfs and multipathing added.

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