On 01/16/2016 08:05 PM, don fisher wrote:
On 01/16/2016 05:52 PM, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 01/16/2016 06:58 PM, don fisher wrote:
Please give me the commands, probably to mkfs.btrfs, that allows me to generate the file system that the distribution media provides. I have tried to use the distribution media, but keep having trouble with a clean build on a USB drive.
Does "mkfs.btrfs" not work for you? Its in /usr/sbin/mkfs.btrfs
I do not know what parameters to give mkfs.btrfs to generate a file system like that the distribution generates. I date back to the days of Richard Stevens where a file was just a set of bytes. I know how to mkfs.ext4 and the rest, but do know know all of the parameters for the btrfs. I was hoping for an example, one that would make the distribution file system. I will try to understand the btrfs at a later time.
I date back, in internet time, to a previous geological era, long before Richard Stephen's books, to UNIX V6, well V5 if you count my time at university, but I wasn't doing sysadmin on that. it wasn't difficult then, its even easier now. Today, the mkfs are SMART! Making BtrFs is not different from any other file system. if you can do ext4FS you can do BtrFS the command you want is probably mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb1 Personally I wouldn't put a BtrFS on a USB, but that's me. I've only been using BtrFS for a couple of years. The man page on mkfs.btrfs, if you're read it, as Patrick suggested, makes it quite clear what options are available and how they can be used and when they are required, if any. Make sure the device is unmounted. If there is an existing file system on the partition then you'll need "-f", as the man page says. RTFM. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org