Bug#692927: debian-installer: Unable to finish installation using btrfs and traditional partitioning
Holger Wansing li...@wansing-online.de (30/12/2012): Additional info on this topic was also given in https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/11/msg00442.html and https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/11/msg00084.html Thanks for the pointers. I'm not sure errata is the right way to advertise this. I'd expect errata to be something we catch after the fact, and expect to fix at some point. btrfs looks like something that won't be usable for wheezy, and I think advertising against it in the manual is the way to go. Comments, anyone? Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#692927: debian-installer: Unable to finish installation using btrfs and traditional partitioning
Hi, Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: speaking of btrfs, it doesn't seem to be mentioned on: http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/ch06s03.html.en#di-partition http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch06s03.html#di-partition Until somebody digs into btrfs-related constraints, maybe we should warn against that FS anyway, since AFAICT it's still dog-slow anyway. Additional info on this topic was also given in https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/11/msg00442.html and https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2012/11/msg00084.html Holger -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Created with Sylpheed 3.0.2 under D e b i a n G N U / L I N U X 6.0 ( S q u e e z e ) Registered LinuxUser #311290 - http://linuxcounter.net/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#692927: debian-installer: Unable to finish installation using btrfs and traditional partitioning
Hi, Gábor J.Tóth debb...@jnet.hu (10/11/2012): Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Tags: d-i I tried a clean install of Wheezy, on a machine with traditional partitioning (i.e., first partition starting on sector 65). I assigned a single partition to this setup, and selected btrfs for it. After the installation completed, grub installation failed, complaining Your core.img is unusually large. It won't fit in the embedding area.. I now realize that the core.img with btrfs support is indeed too large to install into the 32k available in front of the first partition, but this realization required a good deal of googling. What would be helpful, however, is to warn the user up front that this setup isn't going to work, that they either need a different partitioning scheme (e.g., bigger whole before the first partition), a separate, non-btrfs boot partition, or not use btrfs. speaking of btrfs, it doesn't seem to be mentioned on: http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/ch06s03.html.en#di-partition http://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch06s03.html#di-partition Until somebody digs into btrfs-related constraints, maybe we should warn against that FS anyway, since AFAICT it's still dog-slow anyway. Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#692927: debian-installer: Unable to finish installation using btrfs and traditional partitioning
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Tags: d-i I tried a clean install of Wheezy, on a machine with traditional partitioning (i.e., first partition starting on sector 65). I assigned a single partition to this setup, and selected btrfs for it. After the installation completed, grub installation failed, complaining Your core.img is unusually large. It won't fit in the embedding area.. I now realize that the core.img with btrfs support is indeed too large to install into the 32k available in front of the first partition, but this realization required a good deal of googling. What would be helpful, however, is to warn the user up front that this setup isn't going to work, that they either need a different partitioning scheme (e.g., bigger whole before the first partition), a separate, non-btrfs boot partition, or not use btrfs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
