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chris2be8

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

root@devuan1:/home/david1# modprobe e1000e
bash: modprobe: command not found
root@devuan1:/home/david1# 

That makes me suspect you switched to root with su so didn't get your PATH updated. Try su - and see if modprobe works then.

If it still doesn't post output from:
echo $PATH
whereis modprobe

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Very possibly so.

I'm in the midst of a re-install - this time with the AMD64 version.

Will assess where things are at once I sort the mess I've made of Raid1 ...

Dutch_Master

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Is there valuable data on that LVM partition that needs saving? If not, wipe the whole lot (i.e. delete all partitions on sda).

Partition sda as follows:

• sda1: 512MB for /boot

• sda2: 48GB for /

• sda3: 8GB for swap

• sda4: remainder for /home

Partitions sda1, sda2 and sda4 need a file system, choose one from the list: ext4, jfs or btrfs. You can mix different file systems, just ensure the appropriate tool package is installed (ie.e jfsutils, btrfs has a similar package). This allows the kernel to control and check the file system.

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

It was initially allowing me to make those changes but I made an error and couldn't return to the menu I needed.

It was late so I powered down - this morning it prompted for an Intel Raid setup (I presume a hardware Raid) and that seemed good.

Now I can't find any menu that will allow me to make granular partition changes.

Could us use gparted to get this done?

Last edited by dcolburn (2022-12-12 17:36:29)

rolfie

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Now I can't find any menu that will allow me to make granular partition changes.

On https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … all-devuan is a nice description of a default installation with screenshots.

In Step 10 you have to choose Manual to get full access to the disks/devices/partitions the installer sees. You may also use a gparted live cd to adjust the disk setup, but you will have to go through the assignment via Step 10 anyhow.

Note: from what I have seen you are running an efi installation. Add a ESP as first device with 128MB/FAT32.

Last edited by rolfie (2022-12-12 19:05:54)

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

I have that open and it had been helpful.

Something changed when I powered back up ...

Note: from what I have seen you are running an efi installation. Add a ESP as first device with 128MB/FAT32.

Were it not obvious, I've not tried to set up a Raid1 server before, so it's all new. Is an efi installation to be preferred?

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

This is what I'm looking at ...

rolfie

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

When you look on your screenshot in post #25 at SCSI1 #1, there is an EPS = efi. You have a relatively recent HW, so an efi installtion is advisable.

But: I am out with any RAID stuff. I have tried U320 SCSI RAIDs on Windows XP and 7, and damned them as unreliable, no matter if RAID0 for speed or RAID1 for some sort of backup. All my Linux boxes are running either from a single HD on very old stuff, on newer units SSD or NVME. RAID is no backup. It just complicates things (for me at least).

To delete something that has been set: select the partition by moving the cursor to it, them you can set properties or even delete that partition.

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

I suppose one could implement a script that runs a backup every x-minutes or x-hours and accomplish much the same thing as Raid1?

I looked at Raid0 but could not think of a use case for it.

MX-Linux has a tool called "Snapshot" that creates an iso and it runs concurrent with continued operation of the computer, that's another option.

Hmmm ...

aluma

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Timeshift is in the repo.

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Timeshift is in the repo.

Cool.

I'm going to abort the install and begin from scratch.

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Note: from what I have seen you are running an efi installation. Add a ESP as first device with 128MB/FAT32.

Should the Bootable flag be "on" for the ESP?

And the recommended structure look like this ...

    sda1: 128MB for /EFI System Partition
    sda2: 512MB for /boot
    sda3: 48GB for /
    sda4: 8GB for swap
    sda5: remainder for /home

... instead of this?

sda1: 512MB for /boot
    sda2: 48GB for /
    sda3: 8GB for swap
    sda4: remainder for /home

Or ...

Dutch_Master

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Yeah, that'll be good. I didn't take account of EFI, as I'm not using it myself.

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Yeah, that'll be good. I didn't take account of EFI, as I'm not using it myself.

Why not use EFI?

Best I ask now than later ...

Dutch_Master

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

EFI mandates an M$ file system (FAT). They made sure (read as: paid sh#tloads of money) only FAT was specified in the EFI standard, so until the standard changes to allow non-M$ file systems, I refuse to use EFI.

But that's just me being old school I guess

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

I despise anything M$ as well.

What's my alternative?

Dutch_Master

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Not using EFI. Works fine, all my systems work w/o EFI. The installer recognizes there's no EFI partition, so Grub will use a regular MBR-style install instead.

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Why would, then, anyone bother with the extra step of EFI?

So, back to this ...

    sda1: 512MB for /boot
    sda2: 48GB for /
    sda3: 8GB for swap

And, rather than Raid1, just use Timeshift to mirror the main ssd to the second ssd?
    sda4: remainder for /home

Dutch_Master

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Not used Timeshift, so can't advise you on that, but the partitioning looks OK to me.

dcolburn

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

I don't know why it's so limited but Timeshift is not the solution to avoiding Raid1 ...

Timeshift is designed to protect only system files and settings. User files such as documents, pictures and music are excluded

I need something like Snapshot that mirrors everything.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] How to get hardware info

Please open a new thread for backup solutions (or search the boards to read the extant threads on that subject). This thread is waaaaaaaay off topic now.

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