Is there a non-btrfs version?

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Hello people of the internet.

i would love to use garuda linux but i cannot use it as bedrock linux does not support btrfs + grub, so i was wondering if there is a non btrfs version i can use? specifically i would like to use the dragonized kde gaming edition, cheers!

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Welcome :slight_smile:

Nope, but you can change the fle system after installation.
Than you are on your own, you lost the snapshot function, if bedrock can boot Garuda IDK, maybe refind can.
Now I will whoogle what bedrock is. :slight_smile:

Bedrock Linux is a meta Linux distribution which allows users to mix-and-match components from other, typically incompatible distributions.

So, have fun.

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Grub with BTRFS or ZFS

When GRUB updates grub.cfg on BTRFS it adds a subvol= field. Similarly, on ZFS it adds a ZFS= field.

GRUB’s logic to populate these fields via grub-mkrelpath/grub2-mkrelpath appears to be confused under Bedrock and mis-populate the BTRFS and ZFS fields. This will cause boot failures.

Until this is resolved, it is strongly recommended not to use Bedrock, GRUB, and BTRFS/ZFS. Any two of the three is fine; consider another bootloader or filesystem.

Some quick digging into grub-mkrelpath’s source found:

  • grub-mkrelpath gets the major:minor number of the root directory via stat()
  • grub-mkrelpath then parses /proc/self/mountinfo to find a line with the same major:minor number.

This is fine on most distros which only mount the root partition once. However, Bedrock’s use of bind-mounts results in multiple /proc/self/mountinfo entries with the same major:minor number, which in turn means grub-mkrelpath may grab the wrong one.

Looks like you might be able to use it with refind, according to their documentation. The combination of all 3 is the problem and they suggest a different bootloader.

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I’m confused as to why Garuda is not viable because of something that’s not Garuda-related?

Can’t you install using one of the provided installation images, and then get a working Garuda installation, all set up and ready to go with all of the included Garuda goodness?

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No, Garuda is Garuda and BTRFS is part of the deal.

But you can do nearly as well by using one of the myriad of vanilla "Arch-based" Calamares installer images, then add the Garuda and Chaotic AUR repositories. Add Endeavour's. Add Arcolinux's, whatever.

I won't tell you what they are or where they are--that's for your own research to accomplish. Plus, I don't care to be involved when you eventually break your installation.

But you could also have some fun getting to that point.
:wink:

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Create partitions beforehand as you wish and specify custom mountpoints when installing.

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That is exactly how I set up my unofficial, unsupported Garuda-off-the-cuff setups. Not keen to BTRFS personally, not yet anyway, and I love Timeshift, so, this way works really well for me. :+1:

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hello, thanks for the reply, where can i find documentation for changing the filesystem?

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the issue here is bedrock works by adding new os's onto bedrock and i already have some ext-4's so i dont believe i can use the btrfs version at all unless i want to just get rid of everything and clean install Garuda, which atm isnt viable, thanks for the reply though!

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bedrock is not a piece of software but rather its own os which mix and matches components of other os's; the file system compatibility with the bedrock + my current setup which is ubuntu is the issue

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hello, thanks for the reply, can you point me to some documentation? im fine with doing my own research but i would like a pointer. believe it or not i think this might be the most helpfull awnser because i can very easilly install arch or any other arch based os on my os with brl fetch arch and just install those aur's i just need the proper docs. thanks!

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thanks for the awnser, but i currently im not at a place where i can replace my os as i need it for work, and i have my drive full encrypted so for now thats not viable, but it is something to consider for the future.

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wondering if you can point me to some docs and also expand upon what your setup is? i would like to hear

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