[BlueOnyx:22132] Re: cmuImport

[Herbert Rubin]

Thanks, I can probably get a /home partition ext4 working.

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Michael Stauber <mstauber at blueonyx.it>
wrote:

> Hi Herbert,
>
> > I spun up a vm with CentOS 7 and then applied the rpms to turn it into a
> > Blue Onyx server. I did it before the same way and it worked fine.
>
> It kind of depends on the base OS that you apply the BlueOnyx 5209R RPMs
> to. Like how it was partitioned and what filesystem it uses. So it's
> doable, but has some requirements that are outlined here:
>
> https://www.blueonyx.it/index.php?page=5209r-manual-install
>
> 1.) Pre-installed CentOS 7, Scientific Linux 7 or RHEL 7 server (minimal
> install).
>
> 2.) Partitions & Filesystems: The partition layout doesn't matter. But
> if possible set up a separate /home partition, which has some benefits.
> But we can do without separate /home. But please make sure to use the
> EXT4 or EXT3 filesystems. XFS and BTRFS use different disk quota systems
> which are not compatible with BlueOnyx.
>
> 2.) "root" access
>
> 3.) Working network connection and pre-configured network settings.
>
> 4.) SELinux must be disabled (see: /etc/selinux/config, SELINUX=disabled)
>
> > # /etc/fstab
> >
> > UUID=74309cb6-4564-422f-bd07-a13e35acbb7a /   xfs
> >   defaults,usrquota,grpquota        0 0
>
> That's the problem: XFS.
>
> If mounted like that XFS does indeed support user- and group-quotas. But
> in a way that's not supported by BlueOnyx. The perl-Quota module can't
> handle the quotas the way XFS implements them.
>
> So you'd need something with EXT4. It would be sufficient if /home was
> using EXT4 and quotas.
>
> You can perhaps salvage this by mounting a separate volume under /home
> or by resizing / and then creating a separate /home. But one way or
> another you need EXT4 for that.
>
> --
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
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