Re: How to use dmsetuup?

From	David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: How to use dmsetuup?
Date	2023-11-04 22:40 +0100
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On 11/4/23 04:46, gene heskett wrote:

> ... my only previous experience with logical volumes 20 years ago
> cost me dearly in terms of lost, irreplaceable data, like the only
> pictures of my first wife ...


On 11/4/23 05:22, gene heskett wrote:

> On 11/4/23 05:39, Andy Smith wrote:
>> Maybe it is time to just buy a "black box" NAS device and make all 
>> this someone else's problem in return for money. It's not the way I
>> go, but you have had a lot of trouble getting your own mdraid to 
>> work.
> 
> Good advice maybe, Andy Smith, thank you, but that puts it all at the
> mercy of a $5 cable.  Not exactly my cup of tea.  Since I'm into 
> designing stuff in OpenSCAD, 3d printing the output, made into gcode
>  with Cura, and none of the common tools for making gcode to drive 
> the printers, or the printers own firmware, has learned how to roll 
> up the code into repetitive loops, instead generating step by step 
> printer instructions, so even the simplest part is half a gig of 
> g-code. So the data is growing like a cancer. Really complex parts 
> might be 50 gigs of g-code and takes the printer a week or more to 
> make.
> 
> G-code, properly written is like a .pdf, its the best compression we
>  have. I write it by hand for linuxcnc and have one 90 LOC file that
>  takes the machine 3 days to run. Remove the comments and it fits on 
> one side of one sheet of paper.


On 11/4/23 10:20, gene heskett wrote:

> I've found I could temporarily unload the 6 port on the mobo 
> controller down to 1, the boot disk containing everything but home, 
> which would give me enough ports to build another raid10 if I can 
> conjure up enough sata power plugs, which I have some spares of
> molex to sata splitters. Or does pvcreate automatically null the 
> formatting. I have enough of the 2T gigastones to do that, but will 
> that then fix my lack of instant raid access? That would leave me 
> with a blank home I could then copy to the new raid10 which would 
> give me a raid10 twice as big as now.
> 
> To complicate that, I also have a wd 2T NVMe that has never been 
> plugged in but I'm understanding that is not a mod, but a whole new 
> install, and another 22 installs disaster before it works this well, 
> unless the installer now has some manners or I unplug all usb stuff 
> except the keyboard/mouse buttons. that possibly reduces the sata 
> count because it would become the boot drive. I can do the usb 
> cleanup long enough to do the install now that I know about it. 
> Probably should download and burn the latest netinstall image first 
> though.
>> Perhaps my constant mewling about the broken installer has done 
>> some
> good? Like asking me yes/no do I want brltty and cura or whatever
> the hell it is that yells out every keypress from any speakers it
> can find and locking up the machine for the duration of the yell
> just because it surveyed the usb stuff and found a usb-serial
> adapter connected to a cm11a X10 controller so it ASSUMES I'm blind
> and installs that stuff w/o asking me. IDK. I don't want to get into
> that situation ever again because if you nuke brltty and cura so you
> can work in peace, the sob won't reboot, grub gets stuck looking for
> them and won't proceed with the boot, forcing yet another
> re-install. Finally, may even have been you, someone told me to
> unplug the usb stuff FIRST, rebooting problem solved.  Sorry, but
> this gets me started on a rant about a broken installer.
> 
> I have 5 of those 2T drives. And another narrow PCIe sata card with 
> all 16 ports populated. That may serve as the foundation storage so
> I can restart amanda and have some backups. A 2T raid10 for /home
> out of 4 of them would satisfy the storage needs for a while, maybe
> even for the rest of my time here. And an expandable linear lvm for
> amanda would be a treat. If its dependable. A maintenance PITA if
> not.
> 
> WDYT?


Trying to do too much with too little equipment is a recipe for 
disaster.  Been there, done that, lost data.


My computing life became more reliable and less stressful when I bought 
additional computers, additional drives, and mobile racks:

https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/drw150satbk

https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/hsb220sat25b

https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/s25slotr


I suggest that you give the Asus a rest, buy or build another computer, 
install one small SSD (and mobile rack), install Debian, install one 
very large HDD (with mobile rack), install Amanda, and back up 
everything over the network.  Once that is working, buy another HDD 
(with mobile rack), either swap HDD's or duplicate the first HDD to the 
second HDD, store one HDD off-site, and repeat monthly.


In any case, burn your most valuable data to optical discs regularly.


David

Thread

How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-03 17:30 +0100
  Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-03 17:50 +0100
  Re: How to use dmsetuup? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-03 18:10 +0100
  Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-03 22:50 +0100
    Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-04 01:00 +0100
      Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-04 01:50 +0100
  Re: How to use dmsetuup? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-11-03 23:20 +0100
    Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-04 01:10 +0100
    Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-04 12:50 +0100
      Re: How to use dmsetuup? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-11-04 14:50 +0100
        Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-04 18:30 +0100
          Re: How to use dmsetuup? tomas@tuxteam.de - 2023-11-04 19:40 +0100
            Re: How to use dmsetuup? debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-11-04 21:50 +0100
          Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-04 22:40 +0100
            Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-04 23:30 +0100
              Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-05 00:40 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? yxcv@vienna.at - 2023-11-05 01:10 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-05 02:00 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-05 04:20 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-05 05:10 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-05 07:50 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-05 10:50 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-05 11:30 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-05 16:30 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2023-11-05 09:10 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-05 21:20 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-11-05 21:50 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-05 23:30 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2023-11-05 23:20 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-05 23:50 +0100
                Re: How to use dmsetuup? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2023-11-06 08:40 +0100
                xorriso and SIGTERM/SIGINT handler (was: Re: How to use dmsetuup?) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 05:30 +0100
                Re: xorriso and SIGTERM/SIGINT handler "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2023-11-06 09:00 +0100
        Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-04 23:10 +0100
  Re: How to use dmsetuup? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-11-04 10:40 +0100
    Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-04 13:30 +0100
  Re: How to use dmsetuup? Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 16:50 +0100
    Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-06 17:30 +0100
    Re: How to use dmsetuup? Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2023-11-08 00:50 +0100
      Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-08 01:30 +0100
        Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-08 06:10 +0100
        Re: How to use dmsetuup? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-11-08 06:40 +0100
          Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-08 11:30 +0100
            Re: How to use dmsetuup? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-11-08 19:10 +0100
              Re: How to use dmsetuup? jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2023-11-08 23:00 +0100
            Re: How to use dmsetuup? Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2023-11-09 02:10 +0100
            Re: How to use dmsetuup? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-11 01:50 +0100
              Re: How to use dmsetuup? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-11 04:30 +0100
                Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-11-11 18:00 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-11 18:10 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-11-11 18:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-11 19:50 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Pocket <pocket@columbus.rr.com> - 2023-11-11 21:50 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-11-11 22:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-11-11 22:10 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-11-12 00:30 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-11-12 00:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] fxkl47BF@protonmail.com - 2023-11-11 18:30 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-12 01:10 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-12 05:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2023-11-13 11:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-13 14:00 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-11-12 14:20 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-12 19:40 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-11-12 18:20 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-11-12 20:30 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-12 21:20 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-11-13 06:40 +0100
                Linux supprt (was: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?]) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-13 13:50 +0100
                Re: Linux supprt (was: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to  use dmsetuup?]) Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2023-11-13 16:00 +0100
                Re: Linux supprt Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-11-13 16:40 +0100
                Re: Linux supprt Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2023-11-13 22:50 +0100
                Re: Linux supprt John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2023-11-13 19:00 +0100
                Re: Linux supprt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-11-13 19:40 +0100
                Re: Linux supprt Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2023-11-14 18:40 +0100
                Re: Linux supprt <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-11-14 18:50 +0100
                Re: Hardware for a back up server? [WAS Re: How to use dmsetuup?] Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-11-13 15:10 +0100
        Re: How to use dmsetuup? Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2023-11-09 01:50 +0100
          Re: How to use dmsetuup? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-11-09 16:20 +0100
            Re: How to use dmsetuup? debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-11-09 17:50 +0100

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