From: dima <dolenin@parallels.com>
To: <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What is best practice when partitioning a device that holds one or more btr-filesystems
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:29:12 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EE9AFD8.1010306@parallels.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111215082543.GA12179@attic.humilis.net>
On 12/15/2011 05:25 PM, Sander wrote:
> dima wrote (ao):
>> Maybe just skip partitioning altogether ;)
>
> +1
>
>> format the device to
>> btrfs and use subvolumes instead of your usual partitions (some
>> /boot restrictions apply). You won't be able to use grub2 though,
>> but syslinux will work.
>
> Grub2 has btrfs support for quite some time now, which you are aware of
> I assume. Grub2 can't cope with / in a subvolume or something?
No, btrfs has nothing to do with this. It is just that grub2 cannot be
installed to a partition-less drive (at least 1 partition is needed),
while syslinux can.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-15 8:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-14 13:00 What is best practice when partitioning a device that holds one or more btr-filesystems Wilfred van Velzen
2011-12-14 13:17 ` Helmut Hullen
2011-12-14 16:43 ` Peeters Simon
[not found] ` <CAKcLGm-LZmyOKm4gegZDRYaq-DO-KW+5CCb_E7n8WvF0fEFCeQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-12-14 18:51 ` Wilfred van Velzen
[not found] ` <CA+WRLO98Je2J1SMZv0zVi1r1AfGFcnUCHKU=sJAsYDuUssqx8w@mail.gmail.com>
2011-12-14 21:42 ` Wilfred van Velzen
2011-12-14 22:46 ` Fajar A. Nugraha
2011-12-15 0:42 ` Kok, Auke-jan H
2011-12-15 1:09 ` dima
2011-12-15 8:25 ` Sander
2011-12-15 8:29 ` dima [this message]
2011-12-15 8:55 ` Sander
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