Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-07 Thread Dale
Kerin Millar wrote: > On 07/09/2014 01:28, Dale wrote: >> Kerin Millar wrote: >>> On 06/09/2014 13:54, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: > James wrote: >> Joseph gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Thank you for the information. >>> I'll continue on Monday and le

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Kerin Millar
On 07/09/2014 01:28, Dale wrote: Kerin Millar wrote: On 06/09/2014 13:54, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: James wrote: Joseph gmail.com> writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Dale
Kerin Millar wrote: > On 06/09/2014 13:54, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: >>> James wrote: Joseph gmail.com> writes: > Thank you for the information. > I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot > with sector starting at 2048

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: > From reading the XFS list and my own experience, I have formed the > opinion that the maintainers are more stringent in matters of QA and > regression testing and more mature in matters of public debate. That doesn't surprise me. One of the b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Kerin Millar
On 06/09/2014 13:54, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: James wrote: Joseph gmail.com> writes: Thank you for the information. I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. Tak

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 06/09/2014 15:13, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Alan McKinnon >> wrote: >>> >>> ZFS is the most resilient filesystem I've ever used, you can through the >>> bucket and kitchen sink at it and it really doesn't giv

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/09/2014 15:13, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> ZFS is the most resilient filesystem I've ever used, you can through the >> bucket and kitchen sink at it and it really doesn't give a shit (it just >> deals with it :-) ) >> > > Nothing wrong wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > ZFS is the most resilient filesystem I've ever used, you can through the > bucket and kitchen sink at it and it really doesn't give a shit (it just > deals with it :-) ) > Nothing wrong with ZFS itself, but keep in mind that ZFS on linux is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Thanasis
on 09/06/2014 03:48 PM Dale wrote the following: I'm not sure if it is ZFS or XFS but I seem to recall one of those does not like sudden shutdowns, such as a power failure. XFS does not like sudden shutdowns

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 06/09/2014 14:48, Dale wrote: > James wrote: >> Joseph gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Thank you for the information. >>> I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector >> starting at 2048, I will >>> re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. >> >> Take some time to research

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Dale
James wrote: > Joseph gmail.com> writes: > > >> I'm configuring MBR partition for older disk and need to know what code >> to enter for boot partition. My BIOS is not EFI type. > > Just to ensure that you have made your decisions based on good information, > I wanted to clarify something about b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread Dale
James wrote: > Joseph gmail.com> writes: > >> Thank you for the information. >> I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector > starting at 2048, I will >> re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. > > Take some time to research and reflect on your needs (desires?) > abo

[gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread James
Joseph gmail.com> writes: > I'm configuring MBR partition for older disk and need to know what code > to enter for boot partition. My BIOS is not EFI type. Just to ensure that you have made your decisions based on good information, I wanted to clarify something about bios. Vendors often rele

[gentoo-user] Re: MBR partition

2014-09-06 Thread James
Joseph gmail.com> writes: > Thank you for the information. > I'll continue on Monday and let you know. If it will not boot with sector starting at 2048, I will > re-partition /boot sda1 to start at 63. Take some time to research and reflect on your needs (desires?) about which file system to u