Re: How to remount btrfs without compression?

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On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Lubos Kolouch <lubos.kolouch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry for possibly OT question - when I have historical btrfs system
> mounted with zlib compression,
>
> can I remount it with lzo ?

yes

> What will happen? Will the COW be broken
> and the files taking duplicate space? Or will the Universe explode and
> be replaced with something even more bizzare?

New written block/extents will use lzo compression (if it's
compressible, or if it's mounted with compress-force). Old, unmodified
block/extents will remain unchanged, using zlib or uncompressed.

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Fajar
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