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bmentink

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From: New Zealand

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 442

Can btrfs(2.6.31) file system be used during an install

Hi,

I would like to use btrfs for my root and home partition during an initial installation, but I notice that the btrfs in kernel 2.6.30 (what's on the CD) is old and has had the file system
format changed as of 2.6.31, so is not backward compatible.

Is there any way to install using the latest btrfs from 2.6.31 (or 2.6.32 if it is out ..)  .... or am I just too beeding edge on this ..

Cheers,
Bernie

woeye

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From: Munich, Bavaria

Registered: 2009-08-03

Posts: 10

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Re: Can btrfs(2.6.31) file system be used during an install

Cool, I am not the only one as it seems

I might be wrong but doesn't btrfs handle file system upgrades? But even then it doesn't seem to be possible to setup the root filesystem for btrfs currently. Because the setup enviroment lacks the proper tools, like mkfs.brtfs.

Maybe stability is an issue here. Some user might get very angry if their data gets lost After all btrfs is still under development.

Mr.Elendig

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From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,094

Re: Can btrfs(2.6.31) file system be used during an install

You could always make yourself a install cd with a newer kernel version and install from that, or install from <insert live cd here> that has a  newer kernel version.

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