From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>
To: linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>, hugo@carfax.org.uk
Subject: Re: Raid root filesystem?
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:05:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E1835E7.60901@wpkg.org> (raw)
>> It would be awesome to be able to just boot a btrfs raid without the
>> need for pesky partitions, as this would allow a system to be "grown"
>> later when space gets scarce...
>
> You still need a partition for swap, of course.
With btrfs it's still true, unfortunately, as you can't swap to a file
placed on btrfs.
Are there any middle-term plans to let swap to a file on btrfs (without
the workarounds like loop devices etc.)?
--
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org
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2011-07-09 11:05 Tomasz Chmielewski [this message]
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2011-07-09 4:45 Raid root filesystem? Evert Vorster
2011-07-09 8:45 ` Hugo Mills
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