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Install fresh fedora 20 with bcache partition for beginers
Boot into Live Fedora, and type in Terminal
*Working with root access:
$ su root
*Install Bcache and Gparted packages:
# yum install bcache-tools gparted
*First, Open Gparted:
# gparted
then...
Create "GPT Partition Table" on SSD, HDD Disks
Add HDD Partition /dev/sda1 (type: cleared)
Add SSD Partition /dev/sdb1 (type: cleared)
*Clean everything on Partitions with wipefs commands:
# wipefs -f -a /dev/sda1
# wipefs -f -a /dev/sdb1
*Create /dev/bcache0 by this way:
# make-bcache --wipe-bcache -w512 --discard --writeback -B /dev/sda1 -C /dev/sdb1
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/bcache0
*Start Fedora Installer with English Language:
then...
Click the "Installation Destination" button, select "bcache0" and "sda"
Click "Full disk summary and bootloader...", Select "Green Mark HDD" (not bcache0)
Click the "Done" button
Select "LVM" from the Partition scheme droplist
Select "I want to review/modify my disk partitions" before click "Continue" button
Let installer auto create moute points and partition by clicking "Auto ...."
Remove / and /home moute points with "-" button
After that expand "Unknown"
Select "bcache0" partition, in the right side type / in moute point field, check "Reformat" then click the "Update ..." button
Click the "Done" button
*Finish the install normally "but not reboot system"
*Use chroot command to login to installed system:
# chroot /mnt/sysimage
*Install bcache tools:
# yum install bcache-tools
*Rebuild initramfs:
# dracut -f
*Check status bcache:
# bcache-status
REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM. DONE!
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More views:
https://gist.github.com/buckelij/8016541
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=296015
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/how-to-fix-non-bootable-ubuntu-system.html
# sudo mount ROOT-PARTITION /mnt
# for i in /sys /proc /run /dev /dev/pts; do sudo mount --bind "$i" "/mnt$i"; done
# sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/
# sudo mount /dev/sdaX /mnt/boot ##X is boot partition
# sudo chroot /mnt
UBUNTU
# add-apt-repository ppa:g2p/storage
# apt-get update
# apt-get install bcache-tools
UBUNTU rebuild initframfs
# update-initramfs -u
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