axion, this is probably going to be very hard for us to fix and is not
going to be a priority, as btrfs is a complex filesystem that requires
considerable amounts of code in GRUB to read. Given that btrfs is known
not to be terribly space-efficient in many cases, it seems an odd
decision to use btrfs on a small drive and then skimp on space for the
boot loader code required to read it. I would expect that the megabyte
you'd spend on modern partition alignment (which, incidentally, will
perform much better on SSDs than the old-style alignment - many of them
really benefit from being aligned on 1024*1024-byte boundaries, or
sometimes even larger) will be dwarfed by the space you'll lose to
btrfs. So why worry about the pennies when you're already not worrying
about pounds?
Besides, you have an 80GB drive here - a megabyte is not going to break
the bank! I use an 80GB SSD myself and it is not a problem.
I recommend one or more of the following:
* Align the first partition to a multiple of 1024*1024 bytes. Yes, really.
It will be better.
* Use a separate ext2 /boot partition if you absolutely must have minimal
space in the MBR.
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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btrfs core image too large for minimal MBRs
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