ubuntu-zfs-mirror-install SKILL.md skillA
ubuntu-zfs-mirror-install from soulmachine/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add soulmachine/skills/ubuntu-zfs-mirror-install@git:20260610.1c5c032Pins git:20260610.1c5c032 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- soulmachine/skills
- Path
ubuntu-zfs-mirror-install/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260610.1c5c032, committed Jun 10, 2026
- Size
- 4,101 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Install Ubuntu Server onto a 2-disk ZFS mirror root (rpool→/) plus a striped data pool (dpool→/data) via debootstrap + ZFSBootMenu, or fall back to a plain single-disk ext4 install (GRUB-EFI) when there aren't two equal-size disks. Use when asked to install Ubuntu on ZFS, build a ZFS mirror root / rpool+dpool layout, set up root-on-ZFS with ZFSBootMenu, or do a scripted Ubuntu Server install on a UEFI x86 server with one or two SSDs/NVMes.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Ubuntu ZFS-mirror (or ext4) Server Install Validated end-to-end (proven on an 8-GPU ASUS ESC8000-E12P). Every fix that makes the ZFS path boot **hands-free and reboot-safe** is baked into the scripts — see [REFERENCE.md](REFERENCE.md) for what they are and how to recover if something's off. ## Decision rule (choose the path from the disks) - **Exactly two fixed disks of the SAME size → ZFS mirror** (`scripts/install.sh`): per disk `ESP | rpool-member | dpool-member`; `rpool` mirror → `/`, `dpool` stripe → `/data` (no redundancy). - **One disk, or two disks of different sizes → plain ext4 single-disk** (`scripts/install-ext4.sh`): `ESP | ext4 root`, GRUB-EFI. (`install.sh` refuses unequal/single disks and points here.) ## Prerequisites - Target booted into an **Ubuntu Server LIVE** environment (24.04+/26.04), **UEFI** mode (CSM off). - A **root shell** on it (local console, or SSH — enable `ssh` + set a password in the live env). - **Internet** reachable from the live env (debootstrap + ZFSBootMenu download). - Copy `scripts/` to the target (e.g. `scp -r scripts root@<live-ip>:`). ## Workflow …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add soulmachine/skills/ubuntu-zfs-mirror-install@sha256:7e5842c8b5cf3266The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260610.1c5c032, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_6kg4mszaa5vndrwm)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 10, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4101 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
soulmachine/skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6kg4mszaa5vndrwm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=soulmachine/skills/ubuntu-zfs-mirror-install GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7e5842c8b5cf3266d244dd16ca2956ccbf0afab1d54ed9153e2658ada958e7b7
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.