Re: "Invalid argument" when mounting a btrfs raid1 filesystem

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Hugo Mills <hugo <at> carfax.org.uk> writes:


>    Basically, the kernel needs to know which devices hold which btrfs
> filesystems (organised by UUID) before it tries to mount them. So,
> there's an ioctl that is used for sending that data to the kernel, and
> a userspace tool (btrfs dev scan) that enumerates all of the block
> devices it can see, looks for a btrfs superblock on them, and tells
> the kernel.
> 
>    Hugo.
> 

If you install the package btrfs-tools (currently dated 5 November 2011 in
unstable), it'll set up the necessary.


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