Installation on existing btrfs subvolume

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Hi all

I want to switch from Fedora to Manjaro and want to keep my /home subvolume and install in /root subvolume - not Manjaro-Standard, I know. Both are inside a btrfs on /dev/sda4. No LVM, no encryption.

‘’’ Modell: ATA Samsung SSD 850 (scsi)
Festplatte /dev/sda: 500GB
Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/512B
Partitionstabelle: gpt
Disk-Flags:

Nummer Anfang Ende Größe Dateisystem Name Flags
1 1049kB 211MB 210MB fat16 EFI System Partition boot, esp
2 211MB 1285MB 1074MB ext4
3 1285MB 9705MB 8420MB linux-swap(v1) swap
4 9705MB 500GB 490GB btrfs
‘’’
In the graphic installer I can’t organize it that way. Is there a possibility for my setting or do i have to make /home complete new?

Thanks in advance

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Hello and welcome :wink:

Possible, but not advisable. However, if you want to do it that way. Then the only way is pure manual setup: [root tip] Do a manual Manjaro installation

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Ok, thanks for that answer.

Why ist my choice not a good one?

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Because config files inside the home folder can break from Distro to Distro, because of different versions also different DEs. However, when you can deal with that, go for it.

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Ok, i think i give it a try.

Thanks for Your help!

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Also, I’m pretty sure you want to install to the / subvolume, not /root which is the root user’s home directory.

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Everything went fine - all problems were planned and performed by myself… ;o)

I just changed the distro and stayed with gnome, so no pain here.

@anon59284200 In my case “/root” is just the name of the Subvolume that has to be mounted at /, not the best choice i have to admit. (Just in case of other dependencies i mounted by subvolid)

Thanks to all for participating in my adventure!

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