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 B05F9158095 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:12:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BC5CE09AE; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-il1-x136.google.com (mail-il1-x136.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::136]) (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 32D96E09A1 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-il1-x136.google.com with SMTP id e7so1125937ilc.5 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:12:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc; bh=kfqC4evh5grST3BW9szjNDRYG4VPj4vSKgZadRgjdCY=; b=VB0dPEe0knKtfvm71bwvn8tt6ylgqv6dDF591zG/k8bOlpA6bIfnWV4wf78/10DWoq qBA2lXaq6dnbmWjjFsk2S7+0QQUa8qDncPd6Ndd5CQCWY7+2LQQfq/F802ZLY0GrKhA8 khcAfpWycUYkgYSFYZ9rL/RAxyxxI65njYyd2ibn2B4LTtVPPkeZkj5utpW6XnZAFS4B ZYEMmeLk4aP2il1Si+alBEWeIhyEZ05ZgV49H3L4N1syi65qdBJ7WDfTnr7NDRDyIm8I tE0k0siPdpZsRR4qMrSaFQ+h+hSXvgs9UR/dh864qudgtLiVeqrYPLzY49qjwi2QRK5+ NYgA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc; bh=kfqC4evh5grST3BW9szjNDRYG4VPj4vSKgZadRgjdCY=; b=w2/tMqPRvO7sr8vCNQHj6V8Dke7G0owcf8b/w8D8ZyhQEMLASzTKnpG752C7YHYGGV Q8HTcd4gUAuOuY0D6qh8vSH/1PqKrrYUJied+bqfwCsrWkQ0A1ZkJzU4kTpA4mEm1+i/ acY2176f1Y3cTNwKOFjK169GhhM+2Y9tOs7lytbgMjpp9zc26m/Qjv8grgyTFWi9AhD5 HmqKOPz9ciYJPGVhr1zEcmggI4zK1Illf9sjJ131Mz6WB8amGbsKEZCXo8kYe9QqXFxZ 223tdV4Vm2yQXB1BYvIEBOC+uRK9tlzDW0YfTqxJJjC3ntzVm5PfEA+n377vOZOga2tS Wtmw== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo1Ye8wkfOUvaTNdzQyjlaQbFPzH5/3PqF6kiHEh6MjQITRfkv27 gPZ1msjFfvqW23Aj2gMP57tipdDoQjXVPvyT+AWZNJWU X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR4VlPPCxZGzfMGyabDpxP6hYybQ4MqgngeIItYO4NiaIZra3X8ey5LJ/QehxIBMEGzDk5CksLHuWTcAJW3BbYc= X-Received: by 2002:a63:5015:0:b0:42b:5a50:711d with SMTP id e21-20020a635015000000b0042b5a50711dmr5061606pgb.202.1661557084489; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:38:04 -0700 (PDT) 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 References: <57a9895b-9357-17f1-8fb5-d0ede952eefc@gmail.com> <20220819042614.bj5crtjkgszbnshh@grusum.dhaller.de> <289fe32e-2815-c361-ea80-73d8df539417@iinet.net.au> <6f3feff2-eac9-f6ec-4a3c-c511cf469603@gmail.com> <6e3ee99d-46da-4cdf-93ed-838591a50f67@users.sourceforge.net> <12905e2c-f3ad-b7b9-78e1-4604e38f8a8e@gmail.com> <6995d9eb-06e6-2b97-cbcf-045b065c194c@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6995d9eb-06e6-2b97-cbcf-045b065c194c@gmail.com> From: Mark Knecht Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:37:53 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Getting maximum space out of a hard drive To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000cb8ccb05e72d6745" X-Archives-Salt: 10d620e2-ee8c-484b-9a3a-91af48966715 X-Archives-Hash: d225bc8e78e8a337faac6cc4ba4e3679 --000000000000cb8ccb05e72d6745 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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 advantage of starting out this way was is that you can try multiple NAS systems on different flash drives without making a hard commitment. Keep in mind stuff like log files gets written to the OS drive whether it's a flash drive or not so long term it wasn't a solution I wanted to stick with long term. In my case I have about 30 old hard drives from old machines so I just found one and used it. In my case it was a 1TB WD Green drive circa 2012 that I purchased for a RAID but learned the hard way not to use. ;-) Whatever you do, have fun. Cheers, Mark --000000000000cb8ccb05e72d6745 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 4:21 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have looked into OpenNAS and other NAS OS stuff= .=C2=A0 Some are on USB sticks and basically, you shut it down, upgrade the= USB stick, insert it back into NAS and boot up.
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The first version of TrueNAS I used was on a USB stick an= d it worked fine so I'm fairly confident you'd be at least function= al.

One advantage of starting out this way was is = that you can try multiple NAS systems on different flash drives without mak= ing a hard commitment.

Keep in mind stuff like log= files gets written to the OS drive whether it's a flash drive or not s= o long term it wasn't a solution I wanted to stick with long term. In m= y case I have about 30 old hard drives from old machines so I just found on= e and used it. In my case it was a 1TB WD Green drive circa 2012 that I pur= chased for a RAID but learned the hard way not to use. ;-)

Whatever you do, have fun.

Cheers,
<= div>Mark
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