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#1 2010-11-14 22:01:52
- feet
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Boot from Small JBOD?
Haven't seen this covered anywhere, so apologies if it has been.
I think it'd be useful to be able to format the box to have its boot Volume (usually Volume_1) as a small (say 6GB) JBOD partition
Then the rest as RAID1/0/another JBOD/whatever
This could allow the box to boot faster, it'd certainly be cleaner for users so I can present them a drive without all my linux application files on it and would be much easier to wipe all these application files and start again if desired (which i have wanted to do a few times)
Have seen a number of posts about renaming volumes, which doesn't seem to be feasible in a useful way. Nothing about changing the boot Volume (so tell it to boot from Volume_2 having done the standard RAID1 format with the remaining space as a JBOD). I've just tried formatting the whole thing as a JBOD first, then a RAID1 with some space left, hoping it'll keep the JBOD allocated to Volume_1... no dice. RAID1 still Vol1 and JBOD Vol2.
So, any thoughts?
Useful? Worthwhile?
If so, How?
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#2 2010-11-15 02:53:36
- FunFiler
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Re: Boot from Small JBOD?
I was never a fan of partitioning a drive. I always ran out of space. Users won't see the system files if you create standard accounts and shares. I'd say it isn't worth the trouble.
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#3 2010-11-15 15:10:43
- fordem
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Re: Boot from Small JBOD?
Maybe I'm missing something - this box boots from flash memory and has either three or four (I don't remember which) partitions on the disk, one is swap, another is used for various system files, and one for NAS storage - I don't recall your "linux apps" are ever visible, unless of course you've hacked the NAS.
Early versions of the firmware did have the print spooler folder in the NAS storage area, but as a hidden folder, but I believe that was changed in later versions.
I could be wrong on this, but I believe if you're hacking the NAS, the fun_plug script MUST be placed in the NAS storage area, other than that you can put things where you want them, limited only by your own engenuity, and the fact that you're trying to partition a disk that's already partitioned and in use.
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