On Sep 23, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Gene Czarcinski <g...@czarc.net> wrote: >> > How about the reuse of btrfs subvolumes?
It is possible to reuse btrfs subvolumes for mount points other than root. Root requires a new subvolume. > It seems to me that the only way to do that is to delete the subvolume and > then reallocate it which is precisely what I do in my KVM kickstart installs. > I first bootup in rescue mode and delete the old root subvolume and then > reboot to do the install. I probably need to figure out out a pre-install > script which will do that. No need to delete the previous subvolume unless you want to delete the installation contained on it. > > Is this worth an RFE? I am thinking of an RFE for kickstart. I assume (I > have not tried it) that I can reuse an subvolume by first deleting and > "reclaiming" the space from a regular install. Reuse is inconsistent with delete, but yes you can't reuse an existing subvolume for rootfs for a new install. Chris Murphy -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
