Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-04 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 3, 2014, at 9:50 PM, Michael Chang wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 01:04:33PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> Well, Btrfs raid1 might make sense for some of them but opensuse will >> constrain people from multiple device btrfs. So you can just disallow them >> from /boot on Btrfs by

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 3, 2014, at 10:50 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > В Mon, 3 Nov 2014 14:05:24 -0700 > Chris Murphy пишет: > >> >> On Nov 3, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >> >>> В Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:36:24 -0700 >>> Chris Murphy пишет: >>> On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Andrei Borz

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
В Mon, 3 Nov 2014 14:05:24 -0700 Chris Murphy пишет: > > On Nov 3, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > > > В Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:36:24 -0700 > > Chris Murphy пишет: > > > >> > >> On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > >> > >>> В Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:19:43 -0700 > >>>

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Michael Chang
On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 01:04:33PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Michael Chang wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 03:42:29PM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Michael Chang wrote: > >>> Many shipped Windows created it's first pa

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 3, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > В Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:36:24 -0700 > Chris Murphy пишет: > >> >> On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >> >>> В Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:19:43 -0700 >>> Chris Murphy пишет: >>> On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Andrei Borz

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
В Mon, 3 Nov 2014 12:36:24 -0700 Chris Murphy пишет: > > On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > > > В Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:19:43 -0700 > > Chris Murphy пишет: > > > >> > >> On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > >>> > >>> So far nobody suggested solution for

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 2, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Michael Chang wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 03:42:29PM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Michael Chang wrote: >>> Many shipped Windows created it's first partition aligned in 63 >>> (cylinder) and therefore can't offer enough room

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:36 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > В Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:19:43 -0700 > Chris Murphy пишет: > >> >> On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >>> >>> So far nobody suggested solution for grubenv on unwritable location. >>> Not to mention implementation … >> >>

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-03 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:31 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > В Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:11:29 -0700 > Chris Murphy пишет: > >> >> On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:27 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >> >>> В Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:35:57 -0600 >>> Chris Murphy пишет: Why not have a dedicated partition with MBR

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-02 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
В Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:19:43 -0700 Chris Murphy пишет: > > On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > > > В Sat, 1 Nov 2014 19:34:56 -0600 > > Chris Murphy пишет: > > > >> > >> On Oct 30, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > >>> > >>> I still believe this is more flexible

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-02 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
В Sun, 2 Nov 2014 15:11:29 -0700 Chris Murphy пишет: > > On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:27 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > > > В Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:35:57 -0600 > > Chris Murphy пишет: > >> > >> Why not have a dedicated partition with MBR type code for core.img, > >> equivalent to BIOSBoot currently us

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-02 Thread Michael Chang
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 03:42:29PM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Michael Chang wrote: > > Many shipped Windows created it's first partition aligned in 63 > > (cylinder) and therefore can't offer enough room for core.img. Even > > worse the partitions has been c

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-02 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > В Sat, 1 Nov 2014 19:34:56 -0600 > Chris Murphy пишет: > >> >> On Oct 30, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: >>> >>> I still believe this is more flexible; in particular, /boot/grub on >>> btrfs has problems with unwritable grube

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-02 Thread Chris Murphy
On Nov 1, 2014, at 11:27 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > В Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:35:57 -0600 > Chris Murphy пишет: >> >> Why not have a dedicated partition with MBR type code for core.img, >> equivalent to BIOSBoot currently used on GPT? freedesktop.org has a proposal >> to use type code 0xEA for

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-01 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
В Sat, 1 Nov 2014 19:34:56 -0600 Chris Murphy пишет: > > On Oct 30, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > > > > I still believe this is more flexible; in particular, /boot/grub on > > btrfs has problems with unwritable grubenv (quite a few people are hit > > by this now, when openSUSE de

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-01 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
В Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:35:57 -0600 Chris Murphy пишет: > > On Oct 30, 2014, at 2:32 AM, Michael Chang wrote: > > > Many shipped Windows created it's first partition aligned in 63 > > (cylinder) and therefore can't offer enough room for core.img. Even > > worse the partitions has been created as

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Oct 30, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > > I still believe this is more flexible; in particular, /boot/grub on > btrfs has problems with unwritable grubenv (quite a few people are hit > by this now, when openSUSE defaults to single btrfs partition) so > having separate /boot as ext

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-11-01 Thread Chris Murphy
On Oct 30, 2014, at 2:32 AM, Michael Chang wrote: > Many shipped Windows created it's first partition aligned in 63 > (cylinder) and therefore can't offer enough room for core.img. Even > worse the partitions has been created as logical. > >> sudo /sbin/fdisk -l > Disk /dev/sda: 64.4 GB, 64424

Re: workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-10-31 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Michael Chang wrote: > Many shipped Windows created it's first partition aligned in 63 > (cylinder) and therefore can't offer enough room for core.img. Even > worse the partitions has been created as logical. > > > sudo /sbin/fdisk -l > Disk /dev/sda: 64.4 GB, 64