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  • Updated HOWTO install EL7 (CentOS RHEL) to a Native ZFS Root Filesystem (markdown)

    @dacianstremtan dacianstremtan committed Aug 29, 2018
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  • Updated HOWTO install EL7 (CentOS RHEL) to a Native ZFS Root Filesystem (markdown)

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Nov 14, 2017
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  • Updated HOWTO install EL7 (CentOS RHEL) to a Native ZFS Root Filesystem (markdown)

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Nov 14, 2017
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  • Verify that the kernel module zfs.ko is included in the initramfs image with this bash script

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Nov 14, 2017
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  • Another way is with this command (before to run grub2-mkconfig): ``` # export ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_PATH=YES ```

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Nov 10, 2017
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  • Updated HOWTO install EL7 (CentOS RHEL) to a Native ZFS Root Filesystem (markdown)

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Nov 10, 2017
    d1deed9

  • Updated HOWTO install EL7 (CentOS RHEL) to a Native ZFS Root Filesystem (markdown)

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Oct 29, 2017
    41db3bb

  • 'BIOS' and 'GRUB' are acronymns

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
    2b9a0da

  • more surgical refinements

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
    0f77c45

  • clean out 2.7 section (why is the dracut stuff in 2.7 when it clearly should be in 2.6?)

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
    37cff61

  • some niceties and extra little info bits

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
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  • Revert 59e7b4fb3cd010218a6a0dcb57ebcb4638548513...66069079d5b4d1f223872d13ea202d72daccf1de on HOWTO install EL7 (CentOS RHEL) to a Native ZFS Root Filesystem

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
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  • some niceties and extra little info bits

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
    6606907

  • clean up and make consistent all the raidz2 notes

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
    59e7b4f

  • FIx up 2.6.2 section for 'grub2-install --boot-directory' location. '--boot-directory=/rpool/ROOT' is at best confusing (see single vdev example before it) and at worst wrong! Thank you vstoykovbg for pointing out the problem in edit 27bc8bb

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
    c004376

  • Fix grub configfile reference in '2.5 (Optional) Test boot from existing grub installation'

    @jf jf committed Jun 10, 2017
    c8c8f18

  • remove extra 'p' for gdisk script

    @jf jf committed Jun 9, 2017
    a1932c5

  • update ZoL-epel link

    @jf jf committed Jun 7, 2017
    82024c2

  • Correct "separate" typo

    @paisleyrob paisleyrob committed May 9, 2017
    000bb13

  • added video of example installation

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Apr 22, 2017
    654be3d

  • editing files not needed

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Apr 9, 2017
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  • dracut bug

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Apr 9, 2017
    7da17ad

  • clarification

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Apr 9, 2017
    161a38b

  • formatting

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Apr 9, 2017
    40eedaf

  • something is wrong, tested it on CentOS 7.3.1611 and have some notes

    @vstoykovbg vstoykovbg committed Apr 9, 2017
    27bc8bb

  • i don't think grub can detect bios_boot partitions beyond 2TB. this article put them t the end. If the drive is larger than 2TB, you won't be able to boot,

    kelly hirai committed Dec 13, 2016
    2c4e98a

  • Fix broken section numbering

    @varesa varesa committed Mar 4, 2016
    9cb3789

  • removed typo of "ubuntu" in the fstab section (likely carry over from a copy-paste)

    fermulator committed Feb 10, 2016
    34108da

  • adding a note to have run full EL7 update before proceeding (e.g. as a pre-req)

    fermulator committed Feb 10, 2016
    5e5e4fd

  • replaced queries RE 'fedora' for 'rhel'

    fermulator committed Jan 9, 2016
    33d770b