cannot use btrfs subvolumes with alternate installer

[Tom H]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Amedee Van Gasse
<amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> On Tue, June 21, 2011 22:58, Tom H wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Amedee Van Gasse
>> <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
>>> On Tue, June 21, 2011 11:42, Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:24 AM, Amedee Van Gasse
>>>> <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you think that the Ubuntu installer should be modified because of
>>>>> btrfs
>>>>> subvolumes?
>>>>> Should this be reported as a bug? Or perhaps a feature request?
>>>>
>>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-btrfs/+changelog
>>>
>>> This is *EXACTLTY* what I meant! So this will be in oneiric? Cool!
>>
>> I would've assumed that it's already available in Natty because the
>> change that you're hoping for was first made on 28 Jan 2011.
>
> *Something* is happening with btrfs and subvolumes, but I'm not entirely
> happy with the implementations... This needs more research.

Have you tried an "expert" install? Although I'm not sure that its
partitioning step's different from a "regular" install's partitioning
step, it _might_ very well give you the options that you're looking
for.