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I've started a new thread rather than hijacking the other one. I've made |
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several attempts at installing a btrfs system on what may be a too-old |
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machine, and Grant Edwards and I asked Rich for help. |
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On Wednesday 05 August 2015 13:55:09 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> |
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> > On Wednesday 05 August 2015 10:43:28 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> >> Just to humor you I'll include an OpenRC version of my raid1 btrfs |
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> >> install walkthrough. :) It has been a while since I've done one of |
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> >> those... |
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> > Me too please, Rich. I still haven't got this six-year-old MBR box to boot |
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> > raid1 btrfs. |
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> FWIW, my notes are at: |
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VJlJyYLTZScta9a81xgKOIBjYsG3_VfxxmUSxG23 |
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> Uxg/edit?usp=sharing |
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Impressive, Rich - thanks. You've given me several things to think about |
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already. |
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First, btrfs balance. I had no idea that was needed, so of course I didn't |
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include it in my attempts. Could that be why, on booting, the kernel couldn't |
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mount the file system? |
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Second, --xattrs on the tarball extraction. I haven't seen this recommended |
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before, and I wonder what extra attributes are needed for btrfs. |
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Third, why do you do your kernel compiling in /var/tmp/linux? It seems like |
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extra work and I can't see a reason for it. |
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Finally, can I assume that your procedure would work just as well installing |
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into, say, /dev/sd[ab]4? |
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Rgds |
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Peter |