From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E29F81381F3 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E832E0D97; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:06:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E86FE0D77 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:06:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E13536B826E for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:06:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=7TW/wpNU5rSsjq7hgjjw+UTCDOE=; b=rqMW+a0s801p 5cmaqRbqn9ZOZYGfXY9TreyujjLF7Qidg/QSNTWvma75ttWWeX4nHkFWGPyAjf88 xi0cMN5dI1XYPovTKA1Gds/Qr7YBG96amtFPZkJuoZlD7/S3EBT2R+yqY+TY78P5 FViiBYGx//HmAmP7SA+6PDhDdlKCb9o= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [159.63.145.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a52.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A9D786B8269 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:06:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <521C9622.2070206@libertytrek.org> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:05:54 -0400 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Optional /usr merge in Gentoo References: <520A5446.1050001@mail.ru> <520DA782.4050803@sporkbox.us> <520F6333.70301@dmj.nu> <9716EEEB-144F-47AA-A828-FC9A508CE9FA@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <521090F5.4090305@gmail.com> <521122CB.4010003@libertytrek.org> <521A7EE9.8000706@gmail.com> <521AF45C.1010206@gmail.com> <521C8F22.9060200@libertytrek.org> <521C90B2.3020805@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <521C90B2.3020805@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 17ec1b79-652d-4630-80a6-b96cb80f0627 X-Archives-Hash: b777adc812f44361333c20af6a9c2c37 On 2013-08-27 7:42 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 27/08/2013 13:36, Tanstaafl wrote: >> I'm wondering what the best way would be to get something set up for ZFS >> file storage. I have some older servers that I can use, so was leaning >> toward FreeNAS... > Mine are HP mini-servers (the cube shaped ones) with 4 SATA bays running > FreeNAS 8.0.something. > > Dunno if you've worked with FreeNAS before, but it's literally a case of > write the image to USB or flash storage and boot off it. Then play. > > You will need to be able to boot off a USB stick, CF card or similar, > FreeNAS uses an entire drive for it's system partition and it's a shame > to waste a whole high-capacity disk just for a 2G system image I haven't worked with it before, but this comment of yours means I soon will be - thanks... :) So, once I have something up and running and fully configured, it is relatively easy to backup the new/running system image, in case the flash drive ever crashes and burns? Thanks Alan, starting to get excited about playing with ZFS. How would you rate their docs and support community (for the free version)? Thanks again Alan Charles