Why doesn't the Ubuntu 26.04 Installer allow you to create Btrfs subvolumes?

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Post by Siecje » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

Why doesn't the Ubuntu 26.04 Installer allow you to create Btrfs subvolumes?
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Re: Why doesn't the Ubuntu 26.04 Installer allow you to create Btrfs subvolumes?

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Post by tim-tday » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 8:29 PM UTC

Ubuntu started locking security updates behind an account. I therefore don’t care what the Ubuntu installer does anymore because I’ll never use it again.

Re: Why doesn't the Ubuntu 26.04 Installer allow you to create Btrfs subvolumes?

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Post by Siecje » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC

tim-tday wrote: post #2

Ubuntu started locking security updates behind an account. I therefore don’t care what the Ubuntu installer does anymore because I’ll never use it again.

Which distro do you use?

Re: Why doesn't the Ubuntu 26.04 Installer allow you to create Btrfs subvolumes?

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Post by ethersteeds » Tue, Jun 02, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC

tim-tday wrote: post #2

Ubuntu started locking security updates behind an account. I therefore don’t care what the Ubuntu installer does anymore because I’ll never use it again.

Yeah, I read this wondering why the author encountered these issues and pushed on considering it a viable option. But like you, those are my priors