On Mon, Jun 19, 2023, at 1:37 AM, Joe Salmeri wrote:
I wondering a TW update will do the root fs conversion at some point or if there is a reason they are holding back?
The only way to convert the FS is to do it offline, and there wouldn't be any plans to "upgrade" existing installs. I don't know any other distro that would do this either except for extreme circumstances. Messing with the filesystem metadata of live systems is just asking for trouble. Starting with bftrfs-progs 5.15 space_cache=v2 is the default, so even if it's not been set explicitly, new installs should be using it as far as I'm aware.
What are you using to backup your rootfs and all the subvolumes that the installation creates and then putting it all back?
Nothing special, just tar.