Re: btrfs device delete problem

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On Oct 7, 2013, at 4:38 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since your btrfs in raid1 mode has two devices currently, you won't be 
> able to delete one of them as-is.  You will need to ADD a device first 
> (bringing the total to three devices), optionally do a balance, and THEN 
> delete the failed/missing/to-be-removed device (bringing the total back 
> to two, which you never go below that way).

Oops that's right, I forgot about this, and I have read the wiki! The other way to do it is to just pull the device, preferably with the file system unmounted. And then use it in degraded mode. I don't know if it's possible to convert a degraded volume, however.

Chris Murphy

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