BTRFS during installation

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I am pretty sure a few months ago I was able to install Manjaro with a BTRFS filesystem by selecting ‘Replace a partition’ (I resized my disk). Today I want to do the same using the latest ISO image, but after completing the installation I end up with an ext4 partition. Is there any way to get a BTRFS partition instead of ext4 when using that option (replace a partition) ? The advantage was that everything was setup automatically, didn’t have to create any partition layout… Thanks for any information

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You should have the file system option right under the selected installation option.

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There are 3 options:

  1. Replace a partition, which doesn’t give any file system option
  2. Erase disk, which does give the option but will erase the whole disk
  3. Manual partitioning, which I would prefer to skip.

I’m pretty sure last time ‘Replace a partition’ used BTRFS, but not now. It’s a pity because everyhing was perfectly configured.

For reference, I’m using this ISO image: manjaro-xfce-21.3.7-minimal-220816-linux515.iso

Maybe there is some way to get this option available(?)

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It’s available under the manual partitioning, which you chose to skip. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Ok maybe I am confused… I will try with that option; thanks!

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I finally found where is the issue…

So if I want to install Manjaro using the option ‘Replace a partition’ with a BTRFS file system, then I need to:

1- Select ‘Erase disk’ + select ‘btrfs’ file system
2- Now select ‘Replace a partition’
3- Choose the disk partition where I want to install Manjaro

In this way, I get the desired results: ‘Replace a partition’ + BTRFS (or whatever file system I selected in #1, ie: f2fs).

A little bit tricky and probably a bug within the installer(?) or is this the expected behaviour?

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That behavior is a bit confusing to me. It may warrant:

  • an issued bug on how the filesystem option should be taken into account when “removed” to another installation option
  • a feature request on adding the filesystem choice for the partition replacement option

@Manjaro-Team Should those go to our Calamares overlay or upstream?

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I do this on Arch based distros I’m testing that are still setup for ext4.

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