In <201105070904.26205....@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >In <pan.2011.05.07.10.57...@gmail.com>, Camaleón wrote: >>On Fri, 06 May 2011 10:44:21 -0700, CACook wrote: >>> This just started after my most recent (very painful) dist-upgrade. It >>> seems that BTRFS is not compatible with grub and Debian. I very nearly >>> lost my whole system because of this catastrophe. >>> >>> Does anyone know the nature of the error and how to fix? >> >>You're asking for so much :-) >> >>First, the btrfs filesystem is still very experimental so only use it if >>you really (I mean *really*) know what you are doing and also know how to >>deal when things go wrong. I would even expect data loss (directly or >>indirectly related to the usage of this filesystem) so make daily backups >>if needed. > >As a current btrfs user, I don't recommend you run it on the Squeeze kernel >(2.6.32-5) because
Bug 625899 >I don't recommend you use the Wheezy kernel (2.6.38-2 in the package name; >2.6.38-3 in the package version) either. There's a least one outstanding >bug Bug 622218 >I've not tested the Sid kernel; I may do that today. Just tested. Also affected by bug 622218. >I thought 2.6.39-rc5 from experimental would work, but they haven't put the >2.6.39 kbuild infrastructure in experimental and I have an out-of-tree >kernel module that I need for daily operations. This is a close second >just because I don't have any experience with it, yet. You could try this one, if you aren't using any out-of-tree modules. For me it is the NVidia module. I really should find the money for a cheap ATI card so I can use FLOSS modules. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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