Re: [gentoo-user] Re: system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Hayley
On Thu, 2021-07-01 at 15:14 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2021-07-01, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > make install names the files in a way that dracut and grub-mkconfig > > recognise. Just run make install after make modules install. You've > > let > > the makefile copy all the other files, you

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread William Kenworthy
There is a lot online - basically its optional and needed just in case (!) and should be versioned like its matching kernel and initrd. BillK one of many refs: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28936630/what-is-the-need-of-having-both-system-map-file-and-proc-kallsyms On 1/7/21 2:59 pm, Dale

[gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Dale
Howdy, The subject line pretty much describes this.  How does one manage the system.map file in /boot?  Is it needed?  Should it be updated with each kernel?  I tend to keep 2 to 3 kernels installed.  I tend to keep 2 that I know are stable and one testing.  After a while, I may remove the oldest

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Using an odd number of drives in ZFS RaidZ

2021-07-01 Thread Robert David
Hi Frank, On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 3:56:49 PM CEST Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Hello fellows > > This is not really a Gentoo question, but at least my NAS (which this mail > is about) is running Gentoo. :) > > There are some people amongst this esteemed group that know their stuff > about

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok
Dale, On Thursday, 2021-07-01 01:59:57 -0500, you wrote: > ... > > The subject line pretty much describes this.  How does one manage the > system.map file in /boot?  Is it needed?  Should it be updated with each > kernel?  I tend to keep 2 to 3 kernels installed. Same here. And whenever I

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread tastytea
On 2021-07-01 13:16+0200 Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Dale, > > On Thursday, 2021-07-01 01:59:57 -0500, you wrote: > > > ... > >  Should I version the > > system.map file the same as kernels? > > Not sure about that. Mine ARE versioned. That's

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Dale
tastytea wrote: > On 2021-07-01 13:16+0200 Dr Rainer Woitok > wrote: > >> Dale, >> >> On Thursday, 2021-07-01 01:59:57 -0500, you wrote: >> >>> ... >>>  Should I version the >>> system.map file the same as kernels? >> Not sure about that. Mine ARE

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 13:16:29 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Same here. And whenever I configure a new kernel my kernel managing > script makes sure both, the kernel I'm currenty running on and the one > just configured are in "@world". That way "emerge --depclean" will nev- > er remove a

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 13:16:29 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > >> Same here. And whenever I configure a new kernel my kernel managing >> script makes sure both, the kernel I'm currenty running on and the one >> just configured are in "@world". That way "emerge

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Using an odd number of drives in ZFS RaidZ

2021-07-01 Thread antlists
On 01/07/2021 14:47, Robert David wrote: Hi Frank, In any of my data arrays I have long time migrated off the RAIDZ to the MIRROR or RAID10. You will find finally that the RAIDZ is slow and not very flexible. Only think you gain is the extra space in constrained array spaces. For RAID10 it

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 09:41:27 -0500, Dale wrote: > > grub-mkconfig only reads the files, it is the make install step of > > kernel installation that takes care of copying the files to /boot > > with the correct version numbers. ISTR Dale prefers to copy the > > kernel files manually, which is why

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Using an odd number of drives in ZFS RaidZ

2021-07-01 Thread antlists
On 01/07/2021 00:31, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: Antlist made a similar suggestion using external USB, and I gave a more detailed answer in reply to his mail. I've got this ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B072J52TR1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8=1 It's eSATA not USB. It's

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok
Neil, On Thursday, 2021-07-01 15:28:51 +0100, you wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 13:16:29 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > > > Same here. And whenever I configure a new kernel my kernel managing > > script makes sure both, the kernel I'm currenty running on and the one > > just configured

Re: [gentoo-user] system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread antlists
On 01/07/2021 15:41, Dale wrote: I do copy mine manually.  It's how it was done when I first started using Gentoo and I just stuck with it, it works.  It's just one additional file. I copied my kernels manually to start with. Then I discovered "make install". (and "make modules_install").

[gentoo-user] Re: system.map file in /boot. How to manage?

2021-07-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2021-07-01, Neil Bothwick wrote: > make install names the files in a way that dracut and grub-mkconfig > recognise. Just run make install after make modules install. You've let > the makefile copy all the other files, you may as well let it handle the > final two :) IIRC, "make install"

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Using an odd number of drives in ZFS RaidZ

2021-07-01 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 04:07:39PM +0100 schrieb antlists: > On 01/07/2021 00:31, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Antlist made a similar suggestion using external USB, and I gave a more > > detailed answer in reply to his mail. > > I've got this ... > >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Using an odd number of drives in ZFS RaidZ

2021-07-01 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 04:01:25PM +0100 schrieb antlists: > On 01/07/2021 14:47, Robert David wrote: > > Hi Frank, > > > > > > > In any of my data arrays I have long time migrated off the RAIDZ to the > > MIRROR or RAID10. You will find finally that the RAIDZ is slow and not > > very