# # Boot Linux Live CD with ZFS support # fearedbliss maintains a variant of System Rescue CD that is highly recommended: # https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Fearedbliss # Instruction for a USB key version # http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick # Create pool zpool create -f -o ashift=12 -o cachefile=/tmp/zpool.cache -O normalization=formD -m none -R /mnt/gentoo -d -o feature@async_destroy=enabled -o feature@empty_bpobj=enabled -o feature@lz4_compress=enabled -o feature@spacemap_histogram=enabled -o feature@enabled_txg=enabled -o feature@extensible_dataset=enabled -o feature@bookmarks=enabled rpool /dev/sda # Create rootfs zfs create -o mountpoint=none rpool/ROOT zfs create -o mountpoint=/ rpool/ROOT/gentoo # Create home directories zfs create -o mountpoint=/home rpool/HOME zfs create -o mountpoint=/root rpool/HOME/root # Create portage directories zfs create -o mountpoint=none -o setuid=off rpool/GENTOO zfs create -o mountpoint=/usr/portage -o atime=off rpool/GENTOO/portage zfs create -o mountpoint=/usr/portage/distfiles rpool/GENTOO/distfiles # Create portage build directory zfs create -o mountpoint=/var/tmp/portage -o compression=lz4 -o sync=disabled rpool/GENTOO/build-dir # Create optional packages directory zfs create -o mountpoint=/usr/portage/packages rpool/GENTOO/packages # Create optional ccache directory zfs create -o mountpoint=/var/tmp/ccache -o compression=lz4 rpool/GENTOO/ccache # Download stage3 wget 'ftp://gentoo.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo/releases/amd64/autobuilds/current-stage3-amd64/stage3-amd64-[0-9]*.tar.bz2' # Extract stage3 tar -xvjpf stage3-amd64-*.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo # Copy zpool.cache into chroot mkdir -p /mnt/gentoo/etc/zfs cp /tmp/zpool.cache /mnt/gentoo/etc/zfs/zpool.cache # Copy resolv.conf into chroot cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf # Mount filesystems mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys # chroot chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash env-update; source /etc/profile; export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"; cd # Get portage snapshot (use OSUOSL mirror because it is usually fast) env GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org" emerge-webrsync # Install genkernel emerge sys-kernel/genkernel # Install sources emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources # Build initial kernel (required for checks in sys-kernel/spl and sys-fs/zfs) # FIXME: Make genkernel support modules_prepare genkernel kernel --no-clean --no-mountboot # Install ZFS echo "sys-kernel/spl ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords echo "sys-fs/zfs-kmod ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords echo "sys-fs/zfs ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords emerge sys-fs/zfs # Add zfs to boot runlevel rc-update add zfs-import boot rc-update add zfs-mount boot rc-update add zfs-share default rc-update add zfs-zed default # Install gptfdisk emerge sys-apps/gptfdisk # Make BIOS Boot Partition (make certain /dev/sda is your actual block device!) sgdisk --new=2:48:2047 --typecode=2:EF02 --change-name=2:"BIOS boot partition" /dev/sda # Flush the page cache to ensure GRUB2 sees the latest disk content echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches # Install GRUB2 mkdir -p /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask mkdir -p /etc/portage/package.use echo "sys-boot/grub:2 -libzfs" >> /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask/zfs echo "sys-boot/grub:2 libzfs" >> /etc/portage/package.use/zfs echo "sys-boot/grub:2 ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords emerge sys-boot/grub:2 touch /etc/mtab # Install GRUB2 to disk (make certain /dev/sda is your actual block device!) grub-install /dev/sda # We must create an empty configuration file so genkernel fines the right one. touch /boot/grub/grub.cfg # Build kernel and initramfs genkernel all --no-clean --no-mountboot --zfs --bootloader=grub2 --callback="emerge @module-rebuild" # Comment the BOOT, ROOT and SWAP lines in /etc/fstab sed -i -e "s/\(.*\)\/\(BOOT\|ROOT\|SWAP\)\(.*\)/\#\1\/\2\3/g" /etc/fstab # # Follow chapters 8 through 12 of Gentoo Handboook: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/ # # Make recovery snapshot after booting into new install zfs snapshot rpool/ROOT/gentoo@install # Additional tips # ARC tuning - You can configure the RAM that ARC uses in bytes echo options zfs zfs_arc_max=536870912 >> /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf # Set portage niceness to minimize potential for updates to cause lag echo PORTAGE_NICENESS=19 >> /etc/make.conf # Set portage to compile in a CGROUP to minimize lag cat << END > /usr/local/sbin/portage-cgroup #!/bin/sh # $1 must be the portage PID cgroup=$(mktemp -d --tmpdir=/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu portage-XXXX) && echo $1 > "${cgroup}/tasks" && echo 1 > "${cgroup}/notify_on_release" echo 256 > "${cgroup}/cpu.shares" END chmod u+x /usr/local/sbin/portage-cgroup echo 'PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="/usr/local/sbin/portage-cgroup \${PID}"' >> /etc/make.conf # Swap support zfs create -o sync=always -o primarycache=metadata -o secondarycache=none -b 4K -V 8G rpool/swap mkswap -f /dev/zvol/rpool/swap zfs snapshot rpool/swap@install # Edit fstab to use swap here # # Note: Integrate `zfs create -o mountpoint=/home/user rpool/HOME/user` into procedure #