Re: [qubes-users] Multi-drive computers installation

2016-08-28 Thread Drew White
Any new information on this issue? Is there any way that it will be resolved or 
available for use for installation?

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Re: [qubes-users] Multi-drive computers installation

2016-07-14 Thread Drew White
On Thursday, 14 July 2016 21:15:19 UTC+10, Gorka Alonso  wrote:
> I think you were missing the term 'volume' in contrast with drive. Thanks for 
> the explanation, wanted to make sure I understood it right.

A volume isn't a drive. A drive is a drive. You can have multiple volumes on 1 
drive.
Thus they are different.
 
> Should check it to make sure, but Qubes uses Anaconda in the installer in a 
> encrypted LVM group. Check this[1] link, I think they are answering the exact 
> same question you are asking. Have not checked if the Qubes installer has 
> exact same options (modify the volume group, create a new one), hope it 
> helps. 
> 
> [1]: 
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/newreply.php?s=4fdd575cdd983bdfd45ee7a42e28f1a7=newreply=1726897

I last ran the installer only 20 minutes ago. (version 3.1 and 3.2 I installed 
today. 3.2 just before, 3.1 several times)

Also, I can't view that link. It requires a login.

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Re: [qubes-users] Multi-drive computers installation

2016-07-14 Thread Gorka Alonso
El jueves, 14 de julio de 2016, 12:48:14 (UTC+2), Drew White  escribió:
> On Thursday, 14 July 2016 20:26:03 UTC+10, Gorka Alonso  wrote:
> > What do you call 'multi-drive PC'? A computer with 2 physical drives (for 
> > example a SDD and a HDD)?
> 
> Yes, Multi-Drive. It doesn't mean anything else. To read it as anything other 
> than what it says just means that someone is trying to make it mean something 
> that it does not.

I think you were missing the term 'volume' in contrast with drive. Thanks for 
the explanation, wanted to make sure I understood it right.

> 
> > Have you tried the advanced partitioning option in qubes installer? I think 
> > that what you want to do is to install Qubes without LVM (which makes 
> > several physical devices look like a single logical volume). If I recall 
> > correctly, long time since I dont install Qubes, there is an option to 
> > enable/disable LVM.
> 
> I ALWAYS do custom, NOT automatic.
> Automatic doesn't do anything right for me.
> 
> I always do standard partitioning. But unfortunately when you have 2 drives 
> selected for install, it always has the data and partitions crossing the 
> drives.
> 
> i.e. 2 drives become 1.
> 
> I have 1 drive that I want Qubes on. It is a 60 GB SSD.
> Then I have my 256 GB Mirror Raid, on which I want to map to /var/lib/qubes.
> I'm not asking much, but the installer doesn't do what it's meant to.
> So I have to install, then reconfigure, then get external drive and run 
> partitioning software, and then do a resize and move and shift and just stuff 
> around with it all.
> 
> IF it was to work correctly, then I could use encryption and LVM on the 60 GB 
> and then standard on the raided.
> 
> In other words, I could configure it all correctly the way I want it, instead 
> of being forced to have it a way that is not the way I want it.
> 
> Since we can't always upgrade by downloading, due to the data usage 
> limitations here, we need to install by the DVD. So 1 download and update 
> multiple machines.
> 
> If it's configured on multiple drives, then it can set to install on just the 
> first drive. Then all the VMs will be stored on the secondary drives.
> 
> At this time, I have had to make all the adjustments manually by the XML only 
> after installation and then I have to restore backups to the system, and 
> since there's not always the right Kernel installed because it's not included 
> in the new versions, it makes it difficult.
> 
> But anyway... I'll leave it at that for now.

Should check it to make sure, but Qubes uses Anaconda in the installer in a 
encrypted LVM group. Check this[1] link, I think they are answering the exact 
same question you are asking. Have not checked if the Qubes installer has exact 
same options (modify the volume group, create a new one), hope it helps. 

[1]: 
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/newreply.php?s=4fdd575cdd983bdfd45ee7a42e28f1a7=newreply=1726897

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Re: [qubes-users] Multi-drive computers installation

2016-07-14 Thread Drew White
On Thursday, 14 July 2016 20:26:03 UTC+10, Gorka Alonso  wrote:
> What do you call 'multi-drive PC'? A computer with 2 physical drives (for 
> example a SDD and a HDD)?

Yes, Multi-Drive. It doesn't mean anything else. To read it as anything other 
than what it says just means that someone is trying to make it mean something 
that it does not.

> Have you tried the advanced partitioning option in qubes installer? I think 
> that what you want to do is to install Qubes without LVM (which makes several 
> physical devices look like a single logical volume). If I recall correctly, 
> long time since I dont install Qubes, there is an option to enable/disable 
> LVM.

I ALWAYS do custom, NOT automatic.
Automatic doesn't do anything right for me.

I always do standard partitioning. But unfortunately when you have 2 drives 
selected for install, it always has the data and partitions crossing the drives.

i.e. 2 drives become 1.

I have 1 drive that I want Qubes on. It is a 60 GB SSD.
Then I have my 256 GB Mirror Raid, on which I want to map to /var/lib/qubes.
I'm not asking much, but the installer doesn't do what it's meant to.
So I have to install, then reconfigure, then get external drive and run 
partitioning software, and then do a resize and move and shift and just stuff 
around with it all.

IF it was to work correctly, then I could use encryption and LVM on the 60 GB 
and then standard on the raided.

In other words, I could configure it all correctly the way I want it, instead 
of being forced to have it a way that is not the way I want it.

Since we can't always upgrade by downloading, due to the data usage limitations 
here, we need to install by the DVD. So 1 download and update multiple machines.

If it's configured on multiple drives, then it can set to install on just the 
first drive. Then all the VMs will be stored on the secondary drives.

At this time, I have had to make all the adjustments manually by the XML only 
after installation and then I have to restore backups to the system, and since 
there's not always the right Kernel installed because it's not included in the 
new versions, it makes it difficult.

But anyway... I'll leave it at that for now.

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Re: [qubes-users] Multi-drive computers installation

2016-07-13 Thread Drew White
On Thursday, 14 July 2016 01:09:10 UTC+10, Chris Laprise  wrote:
> On 07/12/2016 08:35 PM, Drew White wrote:
> > Has anyone been able to install Qubes on a multi-drive PC as a multi-drive 
> > PC without having all drives formed into 1 yet?
> >
> 
> Anaconda always seems to mess up when I manually setup partitions. But 
> both LVM and Btrfs will let you expand volumes into other partitions 
> after installation. The trick is to luks encrypt the partitions first, 
> preferably using the same passphrase as your initial volume. Then you 
> adjust your crypttab and update grub.conf with the new additions. The 
> downside is your kernel options line can get very very long.
> 
> Chris

Your answer has nothing to do with my question.

If you want to start another post, please do so.


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Re: [qubes-users] Multi-drive computers installation

2016-07-13 Thread Chris Laprise

On 07/12/2016 08:35 PM, Drew White wrote:

Has anyone been able to install Qubes on a multi-drive PC as a multi-drive PC 
without having all drives formed into 1 yet?



Anaconda always seems to mess up when I manually setup partitions. But 
both LVM and Btrfs will let you expand volumes into other partitions 
after installation. The trick is to luks encrypt the partitions first, 
preferably using the same passphrase as your initial volume. Then you 
adjust your crypttab and update grub.conf with the new additions. The 
downside is your kernel options line can get very very long.


Chris

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[qubes-users] Multi-drive computers installation

2016-07-12 Thread Drew White
Has anyone been able to install Qubes on a multi-drive PC as a multi-drive PC 
without having all drives formed into 1 yet?

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