On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 09:45:05PM -0700, Evert Vorster wrote: > A year ago a btrfs raid needs to be scanned before it can be mounted. > Is this still the case? > > I would like to have a btrfs raid as root, but so far this was not > possible due to the scanning thing, and thus I still need a /boot > filesystem. It's perfectly possible, as far as I know. There's two solutions: use an initrd that does the scan for you, or specify all of the devices in the filesystem in the mount command (-o device=...). In either case, you will need a boot manager that understands btrfs -- grub2 does, and (I think) syslinux. > It would be awesome to be able to just boot a btrfs raid without the > need for pesky partitions, as this would allow a system to be "grown" > later when space gets scarce... You still need a partition for swap, of course. Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- __(_'> Squeak! ---
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