Siduction Forum

Siduction Forum => Ideas & Improvements => Topic started by: dibl on 2013/06/16, 17:01:50

Title: Installer -- Ability to select BTRFS subvolume
Post by: dibl on 2013/06/16, 17:01:50

BTRFS has a capability to set subvolumes (https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Getting_started) within a BTRFS filesystem.  Each subvolume can be used like a partition, but has other advantages such as dynamic size adjustment within the BTRFS filesystem.  It would be great if the siduction installer could allow the user to select a BTRFS subvolume for installation of the OS, and including the Grub location.

I can't code it, but I can test it on hdds and sdds (BIOS boards only at this date).

Title: Re: Installer -- Ability to select BTRFS subvolume
Post by: louispolaire on 2014/01/13, 01:30:06

I support this request !
A issue will maybe be to help grub finding the other OS that may be on other subvolumes as os-prober doesn't do the job afaik.

Title: Re: Installer -- Ability to select BTRFS subvolume
Post by: terroreek on 2014/01/13, 19:02:32

+1 this request as well. 

Title: Re: Installer -- Ability to select BTRFS subvolume
Post by: melmarker on 2014/01/14, 17:28:44

Only a idea - please diskuss experimental feature in the experimental section. The most effort in near future will be to stabilize and improve the regular features in the installer, booth in frontends and backends. After that we will be glad to improve the experimental features.