Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
Duncan <1i5t5.duncan cox.net> writes: > > Alex posted on Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:19:09 + as excerpted: > > > I have quite an (overly) complicated setup. > > I had to chuckle at that one. Fits my setup to a "T", altho they're > different complications than yours. I'll have to remember it the next > time I find a fitting context to use it! =:^) > Pretty shiny things. ;-) Kind regards. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
Alex posted on Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:19:09 + as excerpted: > I have quite an (overly) complicated setup. I had to chuckle at that one. Fits my setup to a "T", altho they're different complications than yours. I'll have to remember it the next time I find a fitting context to use it! =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
Blaz Balon laly.si> writes: > > I also had some problems with syslinux. > > For me it only works if I put boot folder to root of btrfs. > Didn't have a chance to do more test, but I copied /boot from default > subvolume to subvolume 0 and it boots OK. Not sure I understand your /boot comment. I have some /boots on the main btrfs partition and some mounted ext(x)s (can't remember, don't care). I have quite an (overly) complicated setup. All major directories are subvols eg. /etc /usr etc so that I can snapshot at almost every level. if you create the subvol you want as a tree, debootstrap (Debian) and git clone the stages (funtoo) are quite happy, but I guess you know that. Transforming from standard directory to subvol is easy with any live distro (sysrescuecd). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
I also had some problems with syslinux. For me it only works if I put boot folder to root of btrfs. Didn't have a chance to do more test, but I copied /boot from default subvolume to subvolume 0 and it boots OK. -- regards Blaz Balon On 01/31/2014 11:00 PM, Alex wrote: Sorry KC: All my VM's are on syslinux (actually extlinux) and btrfs: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/vda1 *2048 7938047 3968000 83 Linux /dev/vda2 7938048 8388607 225280 82 Linux swap / Solaris root@ ~ # ll /boot total 19452 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2319932 Jan 21 06:12 System.map-3.12-1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 149029 Jan 21 06:12 config-3.12-1-amd64 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 176 Jan 28 22:32 extlinux/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14240605 Jan 28 22:32 initrd.img-3.12-1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 13 2011 memtest86+.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 13 2011 memtest86+_multiboot.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2842064 Jan 21 06:08 vmlinuz-3.12-1-amd64 root@china ~ # Occasionally I get excited and decide to fix it 'til it breaks (usually I turn compression on, and /boot can't be accessed), but it's been working fine for a few years now. Kind regards. Al. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
Sorry KC: All my VM's are on syslinux (actually extlinux) and btrfs: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/vda1 *2048 7938047 3968000 83 Linux /dev/vda2 7938048 8388607 225280 82 Linux swap / Solaris root@ ~ # ll /boot total 19452 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2319932 Jan 21 06:12 System.map-3.12-1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 149029 Jan 21 06:12 config-3.12-1-amd64 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 176 Jan 28 22:32 extlinux/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14240605 Jan 28 22:32 initrd.img-3.12-1-amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 13 2011 memtest86+.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 13 2011 memtest86+_multiboot.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2842064 Jan 21 06:08 vmlinuz-3.12-1-amd64 root@china ~ # Occasionally I get excited and decide to fix it 'til it breaks (usually I turn compression on, and /boot can't be accessed), but it's been working fine for a few years now. Kind regards. Al. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
Use extlinux, variant of syslinux. Chris Murphy
Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
Use extlinux, variant of syslinux.
Re: Booting with syslinux not possible
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 08:46:10PM +0100, KC wrote: > I do not know if people her are aware of it, but just in case I > thought it is worth mentioning that currently it is not possible to > boot with Syslinux bootloader, if the boot partition is on BTRFS. > > Perhaps it's worth adding to the wiki. Are you certain? I've definitely had it working late last year. You can't boot from a multi-device filesystem with it, but a single-device FS worked fine for me. Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 65E74AC0 from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- Great films about cricket: Batsman Returns --- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
