From cd790a98440ced5dea6e62328cb80bf63336e792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:39:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] idea from Roger Leigh re subvolumes r62091 --- TODO | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 8c95a65..1db6a1e 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -8,3 +8,18 @@ * parted support needed for filesystem detection #567176 * Resizing? * Allow forcing use of btrfs for /boot (would probably work with eg, lilo) + +* How about installation into different subvolumes? + + Example: + / (root), /usr, /var and /home each on the same btrfs filesystem, + but as separate named subvolumes (root/default, usr, var and home). + + This would break the one filesystem==one mount concept currently + used by the partitioner. Here, one filesystem would be mounted + in several places, but with a slightly different subvol mount + option. Maybe handle like LVM, where there's a separate dialogue + for creating LVs (subvolumes), and then select individual + subvolumes on the main partitioning dialogue for mounting in a + given location. +