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Add docs to create a only HDD node #595

Closed A-Harby closed 1 month ago

A-Harby commented 1 month ago

Update the docs with steps to create a node with no SSD (only HDD).

It is very important to mention Bois step: https://github.com/threefoldtech/zos/issues/2367#issuecomment-2208783018

https://github.com/threefoldtech/zos/issues/2258

Mik-TF commented 1 month ago

@A-Harby can I get more info here?

So in short, you just set up a 3Node without SSD, just HDD, and you make sure that the BIOS has AHCI set for SATA?

Is that all? Thanks. Will make the docs for the manual once this is clear.

A-Harby commented 1 month ago

@A-Harby can I get more info here?

So in short, you just set up a 3Node without SSD, just HDD, and you make sure that the BIOS has AHCI set for SATA?

Is that all? Thanks. Will make the docs for the manual once this is clear.

Something that I struggled with for a while was how to specify a certain flag for the image, and I was able to do it with these steps to download the image with the correct/wanted flag:

  1. Navigate to the Zero-OS Bootstrap site.
  2. Select Expert mode from the navbar at the top.
  3. Fill in all the needed inputs (Farm ID, network, kernel, and format).
  4. In the Extra kernel arguments input field, type your specified flag (for example, here for only the HDD node, I used the flag missing-ssd).
  5. Generate and download the image.

Other information should be in the issue and the other related issues.

Mik-TF commented 1 month ago

@A-Harby good! I think the following will suffice. Will make the docs soon.

notes for the guide

Mik-TF commented 1 month ago

We can close when #597 is merged.