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

workaround install boot on btrfs with windows partition scheme

2014-10-30 Thread Michael Chang
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, 64424509440 bytes, 125829120 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 51