On 9/3/13 2:22 PM, Roman Bysh wrote:
On 09/03/2013 12:26 PM, Yamaban wrote:
On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 16:32, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...> wrote: [snip]
So, I'd like to propose that we use btrfs as the default file system for the 13.1 release before we release the first beta.
To spare us all a rush of headaches, a couple of points to add:
- Be aware that not every bootloader does supports btrfs for /boot (lilo, syslinux, ...)
- For the Yast installer: Select bootloader before partitioning / root-fs selection, be prepared to 'propose' a extra /boot partition for non-btrfs aware bootloaders.
Make sure that these points land in the printed manual, and the wiki.
- Yamaban.
Doesn't btrfs support booting the system without a /boot partition?
Yes, but his point was that while GRUB2 supports it (and GRUB1 with patches, I forget if we're carrying those), other boot loaders may not and YaST should be intelligent enough to know which ones don't. That's where the separate /boot comes in. -Jeff -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs