On May 11, 2015, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > The google search for "gentoo iscsi" had additional results that may also
> help. Frequently the gentoo forum has a post or two with good detailed help. Yea, I have read many of those. It took a while, but I managed to put together enough instructions to test it out. Now I just need to find the time. But that will happen eventually. :) Thanks for the tips. --- Dan On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:58 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 11, 2015, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > > > Not to start a flame way, but genuinely curious--why? > > > > +1 on the question. I've been curious about CentOS for a while, and would > like to know more of why people who use it choose it over something else. > Again, no flame war intended. I am not indicating any distro better than > another. I just want to know other opinions than mine. :) > > > --- Dan > > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:10 AM, David Phillps <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I didn’t want one either just have worked with both distro's and went >> with the enterprise repo for stability and the large players, like HP, IBM >> and even Microsoft sell support for redhat.. So being a 20yr vet of Unix >> admin and 10yr of linux I look for the biggest and most stable distro. Also >> in my exp there is lots of docs online for all the projects I have had to >> do, like openstack and salt. iSCSI was so simple to setup from that repo, >> so I had to mention my bias. >> >> dp >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nicholas Leippe [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 5:04 PM >> To: Provo Linux Users Group >> Subject: Re: iSCSI howto? >> >> Not to start a flame war, but genuinely curious--why? >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 1:01 PM, David Phillps <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/ISCSI >> > >> > Not to be a jerk , but so glad I am in the centos repo world.. >> > >> > dp >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Dan Egli [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:57 AM >> > To: Provo Linux Users Group >> > Subject: Re: iSCSI howto? >> > >> > On May 7, 2015, Nicholas Leippe wrote: >> > >> > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ISCSI >> > >> > >> > >> > Finally got the #!%^)*( proxy to let me view the page, and I must say >> > that it was not wholly informative. Maybe one page if I was to print >> > it. Some good info on running the iscsiadm command, but it doesn't >> > cover creating iscsi target files or anything of that nature. In fact >> > the information was extremely limited. I'll keep looking and perhaps >> > between several sites I'll find enough to be able to explain the >> > process, and perhaps even update the Gentoo wiki so that it's more >> > informative. :( >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks though! >> > --- Dan >> > >> > On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Yea, I saw that one, but then the proxy I'm forced to go through >> > > decided to throw a hissy fit and wouldn't let me into the Gentoo >> > > site to look at that. I'll keep trying and perhaps I'll get lucky >> > > one of these days. I hate mis-configured transparent proxy servers! >> > > >> > > >> > > --- Dan >> > > >> > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Nicholas Leippe <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > >> 1st hit on google: >> > >> >> > >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ISCSI >> > >> >> > >> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> > On May 4, 2015, David Phillps wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Depending on the OS. There is a lot of docs on iscsi-initiator >> > >> > > for >> > >> > redhat/centos/deb clients. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_6&p=iscsi >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > I'll check that url. Thanks. While not using redhat/centos or a >> > >> > debian based client, I imagine the steps are going to be similar >> > >> > for Gentoo. Of course there's some changes. But the core should >> > >> > be the same, >> > >> especially on >> > >> > the server end. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --- Dan >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:18 AM, David Phillps >> > >> > <[email protected]> >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Depending on the OS. There is a lot of docs on iscsi-initiator >> > >> > > for redhat/centos/deb clients. >> > >> > > >> > >> > > http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_6&p=iscsi >> > >> > > >> > >> > > You can use raw/lvm/image as a target. If you are booting off >> > >> > > of >> > >> iSCSI, I >> > >> > > have never used that method. >> > >> > > >> > >> > > David >> > >> > > >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > > From: Dan Egli [mailto:[email protected]] >> > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 12:56 AM >> > >> > > To: Provo Linux Users Group >> > >> > > Subject: iSCSI howto? >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I was talking to someone here today and we got on the topic of >> > iSCSI. >> > >> I >> > >> > > had to admit that I didn't know how to setup an iSCSI install, >> > >> > > and >> > >> that >> > >> > > kind of bugged me. Anyone know of a good site that explains how >> > >> > > to >> > >> setup >> > >> > > iSCSI (probably using gPXE since that's the only way I've seen >> > >> > > it >> > >> done on >> > >> > > Linux)? >> > >> > > That way I can correct the gap in my knowledge? >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Thanks! >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > --- Dan >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > /* >> > >> > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> > >> > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> > >> > > Don't fear the penguin. >> > >> > > */ >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > /* >> > >> > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> > >> > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> > >> > Don't fear the penguin. >> > >> > */ >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> /* >> > >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> > >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> > >> Don't fear the penguin. >> > >> */ >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > /* >> > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> > Don't fear the penguin. >> > */ >> > >> >> >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
