Bug 9348

Summary: Can't create btrfs partitions during install
Product: Mageia Reporter: Jim Darby <uberscubajim>
Component: Release (media or process)Assignee: Thomas Backlund <tmb>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: major    
Priority: release_blocker CC: sysadmin-bugs, thomas
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Source RPM: draklive CVE:
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Description Jim Darby 2013-03-12 16:44:49 CET 
Description of problem:

The btrfs-progs package isn't available during installation. This means you can't create btrfs partitions.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Mageia 3b3 KDE live DVD 64-bit.


How reproducible:

Every time.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot install DVD
2. Select install
3. Configure language, accept license, set timezone, confirm clock, set keyboard, select custom disk partitioning, continue, switch to expert mode, create partition, select btrfs, say OK to install btrfs-progs.
4. Observe âno package named btrfs-progsâ


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Manuel Hiebel 2013-03-12 23:30:38 CET

Priority: Normal => release_blocker
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs
Component: Installer => Release (media or process)
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb
Source RPM: (none) => draklive

Comment 1 Jim Darby 2013-03-14 17:45:19 CET 
Important newsflash: this doesn't appear to be a problem with the just-released install DVD. It only seems to occur with the live DVD.

This makes it MUCH less of a concern.
Comment 2 Thomas Spuhler 2013-03-15 17:38:07 CET 
I had no problem creating a btrfs with the net install. But my issue is, the system cannot install the bootloader, grub nor grub2.
Maybe it's not so bad that the live DVD cannot use btrfs.

CC: (none) => thomas

Comment 3 Jim Darby 2013-03-15 17:46:33 CET 
It looks like it's just the live DVD that has this problem then. As you say, this isn't a major issue.

You can't boot from a system that has /boot on a btrfs filesystem. That's just the way it is I'm afraid.

What you need to do is to create a /boot partition (ideally at one end of the disk because you almost never use it after booting). This should be around 500M (less will do, but I'm never sure by how much) and formatted as ext2 (Linux native in the installer).

Then it all works fine.
Comment 4 Thomas Backlund 2013-03-15 19:33:19 CET 
A simple workaround is to add online repos in live mode, install btrfs-progs, and then do the install.

I'll add btrfs-progs for beta4 isos
Comment 5 Thomas Backlund 2013-04-09 22:30:33 CEST 
Fixed on beta4 isos

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED