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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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> > Can I pull this off from here or do I need to mail a different CD to my host? |
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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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> > - Grant |
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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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> 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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> 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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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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