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#OpenZFS #ZFS #Kubuntu #KDE #catsofmastodon

🌗 使用 ZFS、iSCSI 與 PXE 實現無碟 Linux 開機
➤ 擺脫實體磁碟束縛，透過網絡實現靈活的 Linux 部署
✤ https://aniket.foo/posts/20260505-netboot/
本文記錄了一種利用網絡啟動技術（PXE/iPXE）取代實體硬碟安裝 Debian 的方案。作者透過在 NAS 或伺服器端建立 ZFS ZVol 作為區塊設備，並透過 iSCSI 協議將其掛載為遠端磁碟。此架構不僅解決了在遊戲 PC 上安裝 Linux 可能破壞 Windows 開機引導（GRUB）的問題，還省去了維護實體 USB 安裝碟的麻煩。透過設定 DNSMasq 將引導請求指向 TFTP 伺服器，系統啟動時會自動載入 netboot.xyz 選單，進而掛載 iSCSI 目標並進行作業系統安裝與執行。這是一個適合開發者在不幹擾現有 Windows 環境下，靈活調用 Linux 資源的高階技術實作。
+ 這對於在 Windows 遊戲機上測試實驗性環境非常有幫助，不用再擔心 Wind
#Linux #網絡啟動 (Netboot) #iSCSI #ZFS #系統架構

Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI & PXE

Diskless Linux Boot

Syncopated Pandemonium

N-gated Hacker News 15h ago

🎉 In the latest episode of "Things No One Asked For", our hero bravely attempts to boot #Linux #diskless using #ZFS, #iSCSI, and #PXE just to avoid messing with Windows. Because clearly, the only logical solution to not wanting to clutter your #gaming PC with toolchains is to summon the unholy trinity of ancient network boot protocols. 🥳 Honestly, why not just run Doom on your fridge while you're at it? 😂
https://aniket.foo/posts/20260505-netboot/ #HackerNews #ngated

Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI & PXE

Diskless Linux Boot

Syncopated Pandemonium

Hacker News 15h ago

Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI and PXE

https://aniket.foo/posts/20260505-netboot/

#HackerNews #DisklessLinux #ZFS #iSCSI #PXE #Boot #Technology

Diskless Linux boot using ZFS, iSCSI & PXE

Diskless Linux Boot

Syncopated Pandemonium

Dr. Cuff 19h ago

this is proper open source. #zfs #linux #fedora

Markus Probst 2d ago

Someone on Reddit launched a petition to relicense ZFS from CCDL to UPL.
This would make it compatible with the GPL and makes it possible to upstream it into the Linux kernel.

There have been attempts in the past and this will likely fail too.

Anyway,
the Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/zfs/comments/1t24hkj/relicense_zfs_petition/
The petition: https://www.change.org/p/re-license-zfs-to-upl

#zfs #openzFS #opensource #foss

FreeBSD Foundation 2d ago

Duplicating Your System: Using Duplicity to Back Up Your FreeBSD Desktop.

In this Q1 2026 FreeBSD Journal article, Jason Tubnor walks through a practical approach to backing up your FreeBSD system using duplicity, including encrypted backups, incremental chains, parity protection, and S3-compatible storage.

Read more:
https://bit.ly/4d5AR1v

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #ZFS #Backup #SystemsAdministration

The Psychotic Network Ferret 3d ago

Alright, so far so good!

I had a pair of Sabrent EC-DFLT external HDD enclosures, but I lost the power supplies for them, and they are thirsty little bitches. 12v/2a according to some forum posts I found, more like 12v/3a based on a replacement part I found.

But, I have these old Juniper SRX100 power bricks that do 12v/2.5a, and that seems to be doing the needful.

Copying the raw dump to a mirrored zpool of both of them right now to see how they handle load over time. I still haven't figured out how I plan to use these going forward. My old external drive bay was mostly a staging area for remote backups, and a recent local copy. It was also the dumping ground for my media collection, which is just too big to upload over my shitty 38mbit uplink cable modem. I may simply recreate that, but have about 1 TB less usable space on this pair of drives than I did on the 4x drives in the old array. So, maybe I'll split them up? Maybe I'll keep a copy of my media directly attached to the kodi box and just rsync shit over regularly. Use the other drive for everything else. Striping them sounds like an absolutely terrible idea.

I dunno, I have to ponder this a lot. I'm just happy I got these not terrible external drive enclosures working.

#FreeBSD #ZFS