novel mantle
So the one i'm helping is on endeavourOS.
Now i'm not too sure how RAID works turning 4 1 terabyte drives into 1 4 terabytes drive but he wants the endeavouros install section to see those 4 drives as a single 4tb drive as it does on windows, his previous os. We have drivers but they wont compile properly. github: https://github.com/thopiekar/rcraid-dkms
foggy inlet
So the one i'm helping is on endeavourOS.
Now i'm not too sure how RAID works tu...
i would recommend NOT using raid
but using LVM instead
novel mantle
but using LVM instead
how would he easily switch to lvm?
foggy inlet
raid is somewhat annoying and tedious to setup if you arent going for the data redundancy
novel mantle
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LVM
okay sent it to him!^^
foggy inlet
okay sent it to him!^^
note that it would require a reinstall
and potentially some manual setup
novel mantle
note that it would require a reinstall
well he is switching to endeavouros
what does that matter?
sorry lol
foggy inlet
what does that matter?
he might need to do some manual setup in the command line before turning to endeavour's installer
just saying
novel mantle
he might need to do some manual setup in the command line before turning to ende...
may i ask specifically what commands should he do if he ever had to?
foggy inlet
may i ask specifically what commands should he do if he ever had to?
look at this section
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LVM#RAID
also just a correction im saying that its not recommended to use raid im saying its not recommended to use hardware raid
becausee software raid using LVM is a lot more flexible and easier to setup
and have less quirks
foggy inlet
may i ask specifically what commands should he do if he ever had to?
thte raid level you are looking for is 0, aka striping data across mutliple drive
novel mantle
thte raid level you are looking for is 0, aka striping data across mutliple driv...
he said that you know that he wants this bootable right?
i mean, he is installing endeavouros on it'
foggy inlet
he said that you know that he wants this bootable right?
pretty sure it can be bootable
though im not sure how
foggy inlet
he said that you know that he wants this bootable right?
actually yeah it can be bootable if you store initramfs and the kernel inside efi
because in order for something to be bootable:
and initramfs can handle the compleex stuff of setting up LVM mapper device and stuff
novel mantle
and initramfs can handle the compleex stuff of setting up LVM mapper device and ...
i see
hes asking if you could join us at linux for all lol
foggy inlet
is that a discord server?
novel mantle
yeah but i invited him to this server so he can interact with the forum\
novel mantle
ok he just joined
@light glacier hes going to read the rules first, ill ping him so he'll be involved
light glacier
hello, thanks so much for your help to this poin!
foggy inlet
hello, thanks so much for your help to this poin!
honestly this might be easier if you just install vanilla arch
novel mantle
honestly this might be easier if you just install vanilla arch
with or without archinstall? x3
foggy inlet
you might have to fight the endeavor os installer just to get it to use the lvm partition
novel mantle
yeah
novel mantle
its pretty simple anyway
thats true
foggy inlet
so basically you'll setup efi on one of the drives
fill the rest of that drive and other drives with lvm partition
create the lvm mapper device, and feel free to do whatever you like next
setup luks or put filesystem of your choice on top
novel mantle
ive never worked with lvm before, what would i do?
foggy inlet
ive never worked with lvm before, what would i do?
look at the wiki and follow it to setup LVM in the way you like
which in this case would be making a raid 0 setup
novel mantle
which in this case would be making a raid 0 setup
yes
foggy inlet
yes
also, you will face the choice of either (unnecessarily) putting a partition table on the other 3 drives or just use them raw
i would recommend making a partition table even though there is only one partition
it makes sure most disk tools will be able to recognize the drive at the cost of a little less space
though you can do it without partition table too, it would still work, just might break some disk utilities you may use in the future
light glacier
everything you are saying makes sense space is not the issue for sure so if it makes things easier I will, I have a lot of reading to do first then.
novel mantle
ill help him with the steps on arch, because im nice :>
light glacier
Thanks again and have a great week!!!
novel mantle
i think ill tag this as solved for now
he'll get back on this tomorrow
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idk how to close lol
foggy inlet
idk how to close lol
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Thanks again and have a great week!!!
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