From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tomasz Chmielewski Subject: Re: Raid root filesystem? Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:05:11 +0200 Message-ID: <4E1835E7.60901@wpkg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed To: linux-btrfs , hugo@carfax.org.uk Return-path: List-ID: >> 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