Build a home server - part 2
Installation
The hardware is now assembled and it is time to install an operating system. My choice is Ubuntu and the only reason is that I am used to it. As version 12.04 was about to be released I started with the beta. Worked fine!
I am using the two 60 GB SSD disks as mirrored root. I partitioned the disks as follows:
gdisk /dev/sdd:
The motherboard supports EFI, so partition 1 is formatted for EFI boot.
Partition 2 is a RAID partition.
Partition 3 is a swap partition
Partition 4 is a RAID partition for the future Flashcache block device.
OS installation is pretty straight forward. Create a RAID 1 array (/dev/md0) from partition 2 of the two disks and use it for the root partition. Later during installation I just chose to install OpenSSH server, so that I can sit in my sofa and do the remaining configuration.
Post OS installation task:
Part 3 - Post OS installation tasks
The hardware is now assembled and it is time to install an operating system. My choice is Ubuntu and the only reason is that I am used to it. As version 12.04 was about to be released I started with the beta. Worked fine!
I am using the two 60 GB SSD disks as mirrored root. I partitioned the disks as follows:
gdisk /dev/sdd:
| Number | Start (sector) | End (sector) | Size | Code | Name | |
| 1 | 34 | 195346 | 95.4 MiB | EF00 | EFI_boot | |
| 2 | 195347 | 19726597 | 9.3 GiB | FD00 | ||
| 3 | 19728384 | 36505599 | 8.0 GiB | 8200 | ||
| 4 | 36505600 | 117229567 | 38.5 GiB | FD00 | ||
The motherboard supports EFI, so partition 1 is formatted for EFI boot.
Partition 2 is a RAID partition.
Partition 3 is a swap partition
Partition 4 is a RAID partition for the future Flashcache block device.
OS installation is pretty straight forward. Create a RAID 1 array (/dev/md0) from partition 2 of the two disks and use it for the root partition. Later during installation I just chose to install OpenSSH server, so that I can sit in my sofa and do the remaining configuration.
Post OS installation task:
sudo passwd rootPart 3 - Post OS installation tasks
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Postat av: Dr.Antidata
Tell us more about Flashcache!
regards
Postat av: Dr Data
Oh! A fellow collegue.
It would be extremly stupid of me to reveal any secrets to anyone from the dark side...
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