[opensuse-factory] Install openSUSE in a subvolume of btrfs
btrfs will be the default filesystem for 13.2: https://news.opensuse.org/2014/03/19/development-for-13-2-kicks-off/ Should the installer install openSUSE in a subvolume by default, or let the user choose to do so? This would make it possible to install multiple versions of openSUSE, or multiple Linux distributions, without having to partition and fragment disk space. I can think about two examples: - a developer that tests a software across distributions - after installation of a new version of openSUSE, a user keeps the old version around for a time window while s/he gets accustomed to the changes or decides whether to 'skip a release'. There may be other use cases. Currently, distributions that are installed with Ubiquity (Ubuntu and derivatives) install into @ and @home, which are mounted on / and /home in fstab, respectively. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On 2014-05-23 T 10:08 +0100 Astro Xe wrote:
Currently, distributions that are installed with Ubiquity (Ubuntu and derivatives) install into @ and @home, which are mounted on / and /home in fstab, respectively.
This is similar in SUSE Linux Enterprise since SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2, if chosing btrfs for "/", (and will be in upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise 12), and it should also be the case in openSUSE since 13.1 already. Isn't it? so long - MgE -- Matthias G. Eckermann Senior Product Manager SUSE® Linux Enterprise SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 04:23:42PM +0200, Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:
On 2014-05-23 T 10:08 +0100 Astro Xe wrote:
Currently, distributions that are installed with Ubiquity (Ubuntu and derivatives) install into @ and @home, which are mounted on / and /home in fstab, respectively.
This is similar in SUSE Linux Enterprise since SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2, if chosing btrfs for "/", (and will be in upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise 12), and it should also be the case in openSUSE since 13.1 already. Isn't it?
No, for YaST it's a product specific parameter only set on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop. ciao Arvin -- Arvin Schnell, <aschnell@suse.de> Senior Software Engineer, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Hello Arvin and all, On 2014-05-23 T 16:50 Arvin Schnell wrote:
On Fri, May 23, 2014 Matthias G. Eckermann wrote:
On 2014-05-23 T 10:08 +0100 Astro Xe wrote:
Currently, distributions that are installed with Ubiquity (Ubuntu and derivatives) install into @ and @home, which are mounted on / and /home in fstab, respectively.
This is similar in SUSE Linux Enterprise since SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2, if chosing btrfs for "/", (and will be in upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise 12), and it should also be the case in openSUSE since 13.1 already. Isn't it?
No, for YaST it's a product specific parameter only set on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop.
Oh, thanks for clarification. In that case I definitely support Astro Xe's request to introduce this also for the upcoming openSUSE 13.2: it's just the more flexible way to work with btrfs. so long - MgE -- Matthias G. Eckermann Senior Product Manager SUSE® Linux Enterprise SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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