Re: [arch-releng] btrfs support in aif

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:33 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:

On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:19:43 -0600 C Anthony Risinger wrote:

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no worries.  probably not this release, but by the next spin of install media, what do you think about including the hook + tool as an option to those installing to a btrfs root?  do we do things like that? i suppose the install media is pretty strapped for space.

technically speaking we could package it and include the package, but it makes much more sense to try to get this merged into the official initcpio package, imho. or at least get it packaged and maintained in one of the official arch repo's.

i think you already hinted this, but just do the dedicated subvol thing; no need to try and build any of the crap i posted now or later :-) i've been pretty heavy into implementing my design, and for the most part i'm pleased... but i made quite a few updates to the structure and most of what i posted no longer applies. among other things, i decided to dump all the actual subvols into the /, like you questioned: /.vol.1291021356 for simpler mounting. my only real annoyance was having to look at them, but the leading period takes care of that :-) plus i forgot there are a couple bugs in the tool i need to discover the internal id (entries are missing arbitrarily) that could lead to a situation where i cannot mount the root for a really dumb reason. in other words, don't mind me... move along, nothing to see here. C Anthony