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 :-) :-)
