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