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Paradiesstaub
Asked: 2012-03-16 11:57:50 +0800 CST

Can 12.04 be installed using Btrfs only?

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In the past it was not possible to install Ubuntu on a pure Btrfs file system (/ btrfs + swap), will it be possible for 12.04?

btrfs 12.04

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    You have been able to install Ubuntu into btrfs since 10.10

    See the following guides

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/btrfs

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1389279

    With that said, see the stability section on the wiki

    You can boot a btrfs root (/boot) partition with grub2 (1.99), but the initrd has to be compressed with zlib (not lzo)

    Looking as /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf, gzip appears to be the default, you should be good to go.

    And from the ubuntu wiki page I gave you :

    As of 11.04-beta1, it is possible to use only btrfs file systems with the caveat that grub _MUST_NOT_ be installed to the boot sector of the btrfs volume containing /boot.

    So install Ubuntu 11.04 or higher, be sure to install grub to the MBR (this is the default behavior of the installer).

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