our kernel has support for it, from a while, already, and we have btrfs-progs in the repo. So, as soon as we get our anaconda resynced with upstream, we 'll get transparent support for it.
Mark__T is working hard on the anaconda front lately , in order to get it filling or needs :). António. P.S. so, with a bit of manual effort one can have / on btrfs now (calling btrfs-progs from a liveCD for ex. and remaking iinitrd) On 09/29/2009 02:22 PM, David Nielsen wrote: > 2009/9/19 ermo | Rune Morling <[email protected]> > >> >> >> Anaconda installer progress: >> ============================ >> As I understand it, we use a custom version of the Anaconda installer >> which adds support for rPath specific technology. This in turn means >> that we cannot simply suck in a newer Anaconda version verbatim from >> upstream, so with that in mind the good news is that Mark Trompell and >> elliot are making steady progress with the update, which will see our >> Anaconda include a newer kernel (newer than 2.6.27 anyway) w/Ext4 >> support. This should allow us to have a decent install experience on >> newer hardware. >> > > I've been thinking a bit lately, given this move to a newer kernel and > adding support for ext4, would it be possible to add btrfs support in the > same fashion as is done with Fedora currently. I know there isn't bootloader > support for it in grub but so far I am very pleased with it and rely on it > for everything except /boot. I also know that Moblin upstream have been > reviewing btrfs for their next generation (post moblin 2.1) base. I think > the time to integrate preview support would be now. > > I only wish I knew what we need to make that happen and that I wasn't a > bumbling fool so I could help. > > - David > > >> > _______________________________________________ > Foresight-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rpath.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel > _______________________________________________ Foresight-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rpath.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel
