How to setup file systems

1. offizieller Beitrag

    Hi all,


    Just started playing with OMV and I have a question.


    I have a single drive system that I've installed Debian 11.3.0 on and I have tried to follow the directions here. as was recommended in the OMV documentation. However the partitioning section is missing a few screenshots and I was not sure what to do.


    I've ended up with one large partition, which I do no think was intended.


    Code
    root@OMV:~# lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0  100G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0   99G  0 part /
├─sda2   8:2    0    1K  0 part
└─sda5   8:5    0  975M  0 part [SWAP]
sr0     11:0    1 1024M  0 rom
root@OMV:~#


    OMV6 shows the same:


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    If someone could let me know the preferred partitioning method when install Debian it would be appreciated.


    TIA

    OMV 6 Lenovo M910q - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz 16GB RAM

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    • Offizieller Beitrag

    OMV is intended to be installed on the whole drive. What you are trying to do is not common. Assuming you are using an -x86 machine - many (most?) install their OMV operating system on a 16 or 32GB USB flash drive.

    System Backup Typo alert: Under the Linux section the command should be sudo umount /dev/sda1 NOT sudo unmount /dev/sda1

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    • Offizieller Beitrag

    You can reduce the size of sda1 and increase the size of sda2. Then you can create a filesystem on sda2.


    Either you start over and create the partitions in the manual mode with size you like, or you boot into a linux live distro with gparted and do the resizing there.

    • Offizieller Beitrag
    Zitat von gregeeh

    Yes, this maybe the case. But installing it over Debian is a recommended method too.

    I was not arguing against that. I was merely pointing out that if you have a USB port a much smaller USB flash drive for your OS will make operations and maintenance much more simple. You don’t even have to worry about partitions and resizing.

    Zitat von gregeeh

    I've installed Debian 11.3.0 on and I have tried to follow the directions here. as was recommended in the OMV documentation.

    Yes, there is a Guide on this forum (by the OMV developer, no less) that explains how to install OMV over an existing Debian system. I believe the recommended Guide is this one which uses an OMV iso found here. For OMV5 use the stable iso and for OMV6 use the testing iso.


    I know this doesn’t address your original question - macom answered that for you. But since you started your post with “…just started playing with OMV…” I thought you might appreciate a starting tip. Take the time to read the Guide I linked to above.

    • Offizieller Beitrag

    There is little reason to partition the OS drive because the sharerootfs plugin lets you use the root partition. Either way, if you have data on your OS drive and it fails, you lose that data. That is why OMV has always recommended not putting data on the os drive.

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    Zitat von ryecoaaron

    Either way, if you have data on your OS drive and it fails, you lose that data.

    Yes, I completely understand that and also the reasoning behind it. However, if you have OS and data on separate drives and the data drive fails you still lose that data.


    So I'm presently tossing up between a new 4TB only SSD with a small 10GB home partition for OMV or the same 4TB SSD with a 16GB USB Flash Drive. I'm leading towards the former but worry about updating OMV 5 as version 6 and its updates happen.

    OMV 6 Lenovo M910q - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz 16GB RAM

    I've been running OMV on a 16GB flash drive since OMV 2.x for nearly seven years and have updated it four times to OMV 6. Never had a problem.


    My use case is clearly different though as I have thirteen data drives totalling 62TB data and 24TB parity.

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    Zitat von gderf

    I've been running OMV on a 16GB flash drive since OMV 2.x for nearly seven years and have updated it four times to OMV 6. Never had a problem.


    My use case is clearly different though as I have thirteen data drives totalling 62TB data and 24TB parity.

    Hi, when you update did you do a fresh install or update? thanks

    Yesterday i upgraded two system usin omv-release-upgrade without any problem. What are your concerns?

    If you got help in the forum and want to give something back to the project click here (omv) or here (scroll down) (plugins) and write up your solution for others.

    Zitat von Zoki

    Yesterday i upgraded two system usin omv-release-upgrade without any problem. What are your concerns?

    I haven't been att the server location, will be there next week.

    Trying to find much as possible about the upgrade.

    One server is running RPi4 the other a amd64

    In your opinion it should work Zoki?

    I saw in your guide :

    If you installed software from foreign repos make sure they have a release for bullseye or remove the repos / software

    How can I check this?

    Thanks

    Zitat von jofen

    If you installed software from foreign repos make sure they have a release for bullseye or remove the repos / software

    How can I check this?

    Thanks

    Check for repos in /etc/apt/sources.list.d and finde the docs for what you installed apart from omv.

    Or check the contents of the repo by brwsing it.

    If you got help in the forum and want to give something back to the project click here (omv) or here (scroll down) (plugins) and write up your solution for others.

    Zitat von Zoki

    Check for repos in /etc/apt/sources.list.d and finde the docs for what you installed apart from omv.

    Or check the contents of the repo by brwsing it.

    Here is my contents :

    omvextras.list openmediavault.list

    openmediavault-kernel-backports.list raspi.list

    openmediavault-local.list vscode.list

    openmediavault-os-security.list zerotier.list


    Skall I remove ?

    raspi.list

    vscode.list

    zerotier.list


    Thanks

    Can I ask, what is the upgrade path if I install OMV5 over Debian 10 with a separate home partition? Just trying the get all my options before making the step.


    TIA

    OMV 6 Lenovo M910q - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz 16GB RAM

    Zitat von jofen

    zerotier.list

    You only need to check if zerotier has a release for bullseye. They should have ...


    Then just update

    If you got help in the forum and want to give something back to the project click here (omv) or here (scroll down) (plugins) and write up your solution for others.

    Zitat von gregeeh

    Can I ask, what is the upgrade path if I install OMV5 over Debian 10 with a separate home partition? Just trying the get all my options before making the step.


    TIA

    omv-release-upgrade will do what is necessary.

    If you got help in the forum and want to give something back to the project click here (omv) or here (scroll down) (plugins) and write up your solution for others.

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