nstalation of manjaro zfs root

manjaro-17.1.2-zfs-root.bash

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# Origianly from https://forum.manjaro.org/t/solved-manjaro-16-06-01-zfs-root-installation-problem/4469
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sudo -i

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# Installed the system onto an USB drive, then
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pacman-mirrors -G
pacman -Syu
pacman -S manjarozfs zfs mc rsync linux-headers manjaro-tools arch-install-scripts 
modprobe zfs

# If error: modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.14-1-MANJARO
pacman -S linux414-zfs
      
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# Partition editing (way 1)
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Part     Size   Type
----     ----   -------------------------
   1       2M   BIOS boot partition (ef02)
   2     108M   ext2 (bf00)
   3     XXXG   Solaris Root (bf00)
   
| # to Refresh the kernel's view of the partition table.
| partx -u /dev/sda
| # clear end of disk if needed
| dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 seek=$((... - 1024)) of=/dev/sda
| # to clear zfs labels
| zpool labelclear [-f] /dev/sda

# clear partition table
sgdisk --zap-all /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_disk1

# create partition table
parted /dev/sda
(parted)unit MiB
(parted)mklabel gpt
(parted)mkpart non-fs 1 3
(parted)mkpart primary 3 103
(parted)mkpart primary 103 100%
(parted)set 1 bios_grub on
(parted)set 3 boot on
(parted)quit

# ===================================
# ZPOOL Create
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ls -lh /dev/disk/by-id/
sudo zpool create -f -o ashift=12 zroot /dev/disk/by-id/SATA_disk1-part3

zfs create -o mountpoint=none zroot/DATA
zfs create -o mountpoint=none zroot/ROOT
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o mountpoint=/ zroot/ROOT/manjaro
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o mountpoint=/home zroot/DATA/home

zfs umount -a
zfs set mountpoint=/ zroot/ROOT/manjaro
zfs set mountpoint=legacy zroot/DATA/home


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# SWAP
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sudo zfs create -V 3G -b $(getconf PAGESIZE) -o compression=off -o primarycache=metadata -o secondarycache=none -o sync=always -o com.sun:auto-snapshot=false zroot/swap
sudo mkswap /dev/zvol/zroot/swap

# ===================================
# ZPOOL POST
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sudo zpool set bootfs=zroot/ROOT/manjaro zroot
sudo zpool export zroot
sudo zpool import -d /dev/disk/by-id -R /mnt zroot

! Can not import more than one mathcing names
! import by numeric ID instead
! do this
! zpool labelclear [-f] /dev/sda
! repeat previous

sudo zpool set cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache zroot

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# BOOT PARTITION
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mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda2
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/boot
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot

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# INSTALL PACSTRAP
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sudo pacstrap -i /mnt manjaro-system mc manjarozfs zfs manjaro-tools
sudo genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab
# edited /mnt/etc/fstab (removed the zpool drives)
# add to fstab:
# zroot/DATA/home         /home           zfs             rw,auto         0 0
sudo cp /etc/zfs/zpool.cache /mnt/etc/zfs/zpool.cache

# ===================================
# CHANGE ROOT
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sudo manjaro-chroot /mnt /bin/bash
export PS1="(ZFS root) $PS1"
# from the chroot
pacman -Syu
pacman -S file diffutils rxvt-unicode
pacman -S emacs
pacman -S manjarozfs zfs mc rsync linux-headers manjaro-tools arch-install-scripts grub
# edited the mkinitcpio hooks: "…block keyboard zfs filesystems,"

| IF FINISH THIS DOC THEN 
| AFTER REBOOT GRUB ZFS IMPORT SHOWS ERROR
| "libgcc_s.so.1 must be installed for pthread_cancel to work"
| TO SOLVE PUT
| FILES=("/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1")
| into /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
| then running mkinicpio -p linux
| to test result
| lsinitcpio /boot/initramfs-linux.img | grep gcc
| usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1

emacs -nw /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
systemctl enable zfs.target
modprobe zfs
echo options zfs zfs_arc_min=268435456 >> /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf
echo options zfs zfs_arc_max=1073741824 >> /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf
passwd


# build kernel
mkinitcpio -P linux

# went without any error:

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# GRUB INSTALL
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grub-install --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/boot --recheck --debug --force /dev/sda
# failed to find the caninical drive: 
# BE SURE YOU ARE IN CHANGE ROOT!!!!! 
update-grub
# after the link, it was created the config without any problem:
ln -s /dev/sda3 /dev/ata-Maxtor_6B300S0_B60TP9WH-part3
# changing the grub.cfg
# 'root=ZFS=Zroo’t\ was changed to ‘zfs=zrooz’
sed -i -e 's/root=ZFS=zroot\//zfs=zroot/g' /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# needed a link because of the grub
ln -s /dev/sda3 /dev/ata-Maxtor_6B300S0_B60TP9WH-part3
update-grub

# edit /etc/defaults/grub
emacs -nw /etc/defaults/grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
# Boot with systemd instead of sysvinit (openrc)
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/lib/systemd/systemd dozfs=force zfsforce=yes"
#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/sbin/init dozfs=force dozfs=force zfsforce=yes"

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# TO REBOOT
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exit
sudo umount /mnt/boot
sudo zfs umount -a
sudo zpool export zroot
sudo reboot

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# POSTINSTALL
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# initialy pacman compile in /tmp
# which is in emory, and there will not be enought space
sudo emacs -nw /etc/makepkg.conf
# edit text
BUILDDIR=/var/tmp/makepkg

# swap
sudo mkswap /dev/zvol/zroot/swap
> Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 3 GiB (3221221376 bytes)
> no label, UUID=0d9a89c0-7434-4414-9f3a-a10006998ea5
# enable it
swapon /dev/zvol/zroot/swap
# edit fstab
# swap
UUID=0d9a89c0-7434-4414-9f3a-a10006998ea5       none    swap sw 0 0