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From: Rolf Fokkens <rolf@rolffokkens.nl>
To: Jonathan Tripathy <jonnyt@abpni.co.uk>, linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Easy CentOS 5 install
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2013 19:48:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52A4BF13.30703@rolffokkens.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a4112a312285944fa9fac6446f79ce3b@abpni.co.uk>

On 11/30/2013 02:45 AM, Jonathan Tripathy wrote:
> What is the easiest way to install bcache on a currently running 
> production CentOS 5.x machine? Is there an official and/or EPEL 
> package available? We would also need Xen Dom0 support...
I built the bcache-tools package for Fedora 20, which has some specific 
requirements (that are met by Fedora 20):

- util-linux >= 2.24, because libblkid (>= 2.24) is able to identify 
bcache devices which greatly improves dracut functionality
- dracut < 34, because bcache-tools includes the dracut module for 
bcache which was part of dracut from dracut-31 to dracut-33

Having your root FS on bcache requires the proper util-linux and dracut 
versions, but when not having your root FS on a bcache(d) device it 
should be possible to use bcache on e.g. CentOS. This requires a 
modification of the current src.rpm though, which I won't mind doing if 
you intend to use it

Please let me know.

Rolf

      reply	other threads:[~2013-12-08 18:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-30  1:45 Easy CentOS 5 install Jonathan Tripathy
2013-12-08 18:48 ` Rolf Fokkens [this message]

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