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.
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