From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C14A7158094 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DBE7EE087A; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw.thundermail.uk (mail-gw.thundermail.uk [149.255.60.71]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D9A2E07FE for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:28:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgw01.thundermail.uk (mail-gw.thundermail.uk [149.255.60.66]) by mail-gw.thundermail.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 89C03600423D for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:28:09 +0100 (BST) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1661678888-0554132cd12724bb0001-LfjuLa Received: from cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk (cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk [149.255.60.183]) by mailgw01.thundermail.uk with ESMTP id mbN1YVcNHT3zt3OV (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:28:08 +0100 (BST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: confabulate@kintzios.com X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk[149.255.60.183] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 149.255.60.183 Received: from lenovo.localdomain (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 60814C1F5D2 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:28:08 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kintzios.com; s=default; t=1661678888; bh=KEfp8dxF1IXYwgHQ2FeMb87s533nawwZ0/l2XEAJ7AY=; h=From:To:Subject; b=Cw9IluYVxgYZeFj10a8WKc9/3ze5LG1GXD+qGIW6BgvHtrr/5j2dVcyov4TgSBqU0 zu2g61MexMaLV5Oq+lKq33XgU41tBer7Kii7pBucHt1eOAtQp1IG1I//yhY4jv6GKc ZeFE/Bq3o1KMIK+P5TO15eOShFoqpq/+s+A8IMOI= From: Michael To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:27:50 +0100 X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive Message-ID: <4765904.31r3eYUQgx@lenovo.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4424005.LvFx2qVVIh"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-PPP-Message-ID: <20220828092808.4167547.63553@cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk> X-PPP-Vhost: kintzios.com X-Barracuda-Connect: cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk[149.255.60.183] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1661678888 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 X-Barracuda-URL: https://149.255.60.66:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at thundermail.uk X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 1769 X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=1.9 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.100388 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Archives-Salt: c8270f8e-8004-44e0-a268-3587cf2f805b X-Archives-Hash: 0df96db05a701aa47aa92225a53e6834 --nextPart4424005.LvFx2qVVIh Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; protected-headers="v1" From: Michael To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: confabulate@kintzios.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:27:50 +0100 Message-ID: <4765904.31r3eYUQgx@lenovo.localdomain> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Sunday, 28 August 2022 00:30:08 BST Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:37 PM Mark Knecht > > > > wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:21 PM Dale > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I have looked into OpenNAS and other NAS OS stuff. Some are on > > > > USB sticks and basically, you shut it down, upgrade the USB stick, > > insert it back into NAS and boot up. > > > > > > > > > > > The first version of TrueNAS I used was on a USB stick and it worked > > > > fine so I'm fairly confident you'd be at least functional. > > > > One last thing for now - if you do buy a used MB do some research into > > whether it will actually boot from USB. One of the ones I bought > > actually did not do that so I had to dig up a old DVD drive to install > > from a CD. > > > > - M > > I've got a older donated machine that doesn't boot from USB too. The > newer donated machine does, I've booted from USB sticks before. I'm > going to pull the side off and see how many drives it can hold and such > in a bit. If I gather up enough steam. As it is, I only need three at > the moment, four maybe later. Most come with six but this is a factory > built machine. I can't recall what it comes with. > > Dale > > :-) :-) Depending on the age of the MoBo, even if it can't boot from USB, it should be able to boot with 'pixie'. Set up a tftp PXE server on your LAN and the old MoBo will fetch the image(s) to boot with. You can take a look here for ideas: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ Installation_alternatives#Diskless_install_using_PXE_from_the_LiveCD --nextPart4424005.LvFx2qVVIh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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