Bug#718548: debian-installer: add bcache support to partitions setup and bcache-tools to installer
On 3 March 2014 03:00, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
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> Josep Lladonosa <jlladono@gmail.com> (2013-08-02):
>> Last kernel versions have added bcache to the system. It allows to use an SSD
>> drive as a cache for a -for example- a disk drive partition.
>>
>> A common installation is /dev/sda as the main disk drive and /dev/sdb as a
>> cache drive for it. After a configuration like this, one gets the /dev/bcache0
>> device to mkfs the filesystem on it, in a similar way to LVM or RAID. Even
>> more, bcache can be combined with these.
>>
>> It would be nice if the installer gave these options to configure, for example,
>> at the moment, in an expert mode install. It would require bcache-tools at boot
>> and bcache as a module in the kernel.
>
> bcache.ko is shipped in current debian kernels, alright. I don't see any
> bcache-tools package though.
>
> Mraw,
> KiBi.
Hi,
Well there is a package of bcache-tools under development (I guess) in
http://mentors.debian.net/package/bcache-tools
That is where I got it to install system.
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Salutacions...Josep
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