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Re: Re: Help needed: error booting to btrfs filesystem



> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Eugen Dedu
> <Eugen.Dedu@pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr> wrote:
>>
>> I have a new computer with SSD disk.  I installed today debian sid with
>> debian-installer (daily image from 22 March, the latest available now,
>> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/).
>>  I have only one partition.  I prefer to use btrfs for it.
>>
>> So (according to http://www.howtoforge.com/boot-on-btrfs-with-debian and
>> another page), after successful debian installation with ext3, I booted
>> on d-i CD and:
>> - I downloaded btrfs-convert and the other btrfs utilities
>> - I replaced UUID=... with /dev/sda1 in /boot/grub/grub.cfg and /etc/fstab
>> - and converted ext3 to btrfs according to the page above.
>>
>> Now, when I boot, I receive:
>> GRUB loading.
>> Welcome to grub!
>>
>> error: unknown filesyste.
>> Entering rescue mode...
>> grub rescue>
> 
> What is the filesystem of /boot?
> 
> It should not be btrfs.

Well, /boot is on the same filesystem as / (only one FS), so it is
btrfs.  Does not grub2 boot linux from btrfs?  I have seen Web pages
saying that it boots...

-- 
Eugen


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