On the image devuan_daedalus_5.0.1_amd64_server.iso you can find mkfs.f2fs:
e.g. see https://ftp.fau.de/devuan-cd/devuan_daedalus/installer-iso/

Follow the tutorial under https://howtos.davidsebek.com/debian-f2fs-installer.html, which is for Debian, but it should work for Devuan as well (I
have not tried).

Regards, Adrian.

In der Nachricht vom Monday, 25 December 2023 23:14:29 CET schrieb ael via
Dng:
> I tried to install daedalus using
> devuan_daedalus_5.0.0_amd64_desktop-live.iso.
>
> I tried to use refracta to start an installation on an existing debian
> machine with many discs. I added a new ssd and wanted to use that as
> my devuan root.
>
> Partioning failed because refracta insisted on invoking cfdisk on
> /dev/sda which was completely the wrong place!. But I could
> switch to a terminal and use fdisk directly on the new ssd.
>
> I could set up a small swap partion manually. I wanted the rest of the
> disc as an f2fs root partition for devuan. But there were no f2fs tools!
> In these days of SSDs, surely a filesystem that is explicitly designed
> for flash media, especially SSDs, should be there? it seems perverse
> that it is not available.
>
> I have now built an f2fs filesystem using the old debian system.
>
> Now I turned to the installer devuan_daedalus_5.0.1_amd64_desktop.iso.
> I have just loop-mounted it, and as far as I can see, there is no f2fs
> support there either. I wanted to see
> pool/DEBIAN/main/f/f2fs-tools/f2fs-tools_1.15.0-1_amd64.deb
> or similar. Perhaps the installer would allow me to download that
> during installation? I have not tried yet.
>
> A long time ago, I knew how to build iso images, so I guess that
> could collect a f2fs deb and add it into a new iso. If I had time...
>
> Am I going to have more problems running devuan with an f2fs root?
>
> Thanks for any help in anticipation.
>
> ael
>
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