Some further comments - it finally does boot
Following on from the original install report (stuck in initramfs), I then a) boot into rescue mode with the Debian beta1 DVD b) ask the rescue system to mount /dev/vg00/lv0 c) select the option to launch a shell in the root FS d) hack /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/btrfs to make sure all LVs are active before the btrfs dev scan command (notice I added the lvchange command below into the existing script): if [ -x /sbin/btrfs ] then modprobe btrfs /sbin/lvm lvchange -ay vg00 /sbin/btrfs device scan 2> /dev/null fi e) regenerate the initramfs mount /boot && update-initramfs -k all -u f) exit the shell and reboot from the rescue mode menu Now my system boots into a fresh install of wheezy on btrfs RAID1 Action items for full btrfs RAID1 in Debian: - partman needs to be able to call mkfs.btrfs -t raid1 -m raid1 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686097 - tweak the initramfs support in btrfs-tools (or maybe it is actually an lvm2 issue?) root@wheezy3:~# btrfs fil df / Data, RAID1: total=5.00GB, used=3.18GB Data: total=8.00MB, used=0.00 System, RAID1: total=8.00MB, used=4.00KB System: total=4.00MB, used=0.00 Metadata, RAID1: total=1.00GB, used=242.18MB Metadata: total=8.00MB, used=0.00 root@wheezy3:~# df -lh Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on rootfs 18G 6.9G 9.5G 42% / udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 202M 584K 201M 1% /run /dev/mapper/vg00-lv0 18G 6.9G 9.5G 42% / tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 403M 8.0K 403M 1% /tmp tmpfs 403M 72K 403M 1% /run/shm /dev/sda1 120M 26M 89M 23% /boot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/503d4096.2000...@pocock.com.au