Ubuntu installer doesn't offer option for btrfs subvolume
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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debian-installer (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The 'alternate' installer for Precise, even in expert mode, doesn't allow the selection of a subvolume ID when installing into a btrfs partition.
I have a btrfs partition that already contains some data. I wanted to install Ubuntu into it in a fresh subvolume. I created the subvolume, so I now have a subvol called '@precise'. I go into 'manual disk partitioning'. It offers me the option to use a btrfs partition and not reformat it, but no choice of subvolume ID. That means it will install all over the existing files. The mount option would be subvol=@precise, but the installer doesn't allow me to add that or select from anything but a very limited set of mount options.
More generally, perhaps there could be an option in the disk partition settings to add user-supplied textual mount options?
I eventually installed manually via debootstrap, chroot and much fiddling, via these instructions:
https:/
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.