On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 11:08 +0530, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote: > > > > I'm going give it a try w/ btrfs partitioning. Meanwhile, I wasn't keeping up. Can someone > > confirm, does /boot still need to be ext3/ext4 for btrfs to work? > > > > > Ok, I gave it a try w/ the below command line, and an error "you have not created a > bootloader stage1 target device. This can happen if there is not enough space on your > harddrive for your installation" > > Really? There is plenty of space on the disk. > > Screenshot of the text install error --> > http://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/f17-btrfs-install.png > > Any hints? Here's a hint: try this instead of the clearpart and part commands you used below: clearpart --all --initlabel autopart --type=btrfs > > > ==> virt-install cmdline <== > ######################################################################################### > $ virt-install --connect=qemu:///system \ > --network=bridge:br0 \ > --initrd-inject=./ks-with-btrfs.ks \ > --extra-args="ks=file:/ks-with-btrfs.ks console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 > root=live:http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/17-Beta.RC4/Fedora/x86_64/os/LiveOS/squashfs.img"; > \ > --name=f17t1 \ > --disk /export/vmimgs/f17t1.img,size=20 \ > --ram 2048 \ > --vcpus=2 \ > --check-cpu \ > --accelerate \ > --hvm \ > --location=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/ \ > --nographics > ######################################################################################### > > => Contents of my btrfs ks file <= > ######################################################################################### > $ cat ks-with-btrfs.ks > ## A minimal fedora kickstart file > > install > text > lang en_US.UTF-8 > keyboard us > rootpw testpwd > firewall --service=ssh > authconfig --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 > selinux --enforcing > timezone --utc Asia/Kolkata > bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="rhgb console=tty0 > console=ttyS0,115200 rd_NO_PLYMOUTH" > zerombr > clearpart --initlabel > part /boot --fstype ext4 --size=600 > part / --fstype btrfs --size=14000 > > > %packages > @core > @editors > %end > ######################################################################################### > > > > > > Thanks, > > /kashyap > >> > >> it was a bit better with live - I was able to play with > >> filesystems without the installer crashing, however, I could not > >> install on btrfs as the target filesystem has to match the live > >> image > >> > >> there may have been some fixes since ... > >> > >> K. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
