Tag: OS/Linux/Arch/CachyOS

1. Follow GUI Installer

2. Reboot Into Live ISO (Again)

3. Setup Custom ZFS Layout

By default, CachyOS Installer will create a ZFS layout with the following commands:

zpool create -f -o ashift=12 -o autotrim=on -o compatibility=grub2 -O mountpoint=none -O acltype=posixacl -O atime=off -O relatime=off -O xattr=sa -O normalization=formD zpcachyos /dev/disk/by-partuuid/f329b2e6-0022-4c8c-bdb5-c1422fb02ebe
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o canmount=off -o mountpoint=none zpcachyos/ROOT
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o canmount=off -o mountpoint=none zpcachyos/ROOT/cos
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o canmount=noauto -o mountpoint=/ zpcachyos/ROOT/cos/root
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o canmount=on -o mountpoint=/home zpcachyos/ROOT/cos/home
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o canmount=on -o mountpoint=/var/cache zpcachyos/ROOT/cos/varcache
zfs create -o compression=lz4 -o canmount=on -o mountpoint=/var/log zpcachyos/ROOT/cos/varlog

liblaf5/2/25About 2 min

GPU has fallen off the bus.

Hardware

$ lspci -k -d ::03xx
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3b53
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

liblaf4/26/25Less than 1 minute

Install CachyOS on ZFS

Partitioning

$ lsblk --output NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,PARTTYPENAME,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT
NAME        FSTYPE     LABEL     PARTTYPENAME          SIZE MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1                                                3.7T
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat       EFI       EFI System              1G /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2 vfat       Boot      Microsoft basic data    3G /boot
└─nvme0n1p3 zfs_member zpcachyos Linux filesystem      3.7T

liblaf4/26/25Less than 1 minute

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GUI: offer GUI installer
ZFS: easy to install on ZFS root filesystem

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liblaf4/10/25About 1 min