Hello On 04/08/2014 05:10 AM, Duncan wrote: >[...] >> I >> copied all the files from my old HD using dd, converted and then resized >> the file system. However, my old drive already had some errors. > > There's a page on the wiki specifically covering conversion. Please read > it carefully and follow the recommendations, as the post-ext4-subvolume- > delete defrag and balance it recommends can prevent problems later. > > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Conversion_from_Ext3 I did follow instructions from a similar website. The fsck on the ext4 system didn't work though. I also ran the balance command on btrfs, but I'm not sure anymore, if I ran the defrag. > [...] >> Btrfs v3.12+20131125 that's the version I have installed at the moment. > FWIW, there's a new btrfs-progs v3.14 version available. [...] > >>> uname -a >> Linux apersaud 3.14.0-23.gfa168d7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 1 >> 12:54:08 UTC 2014 (fa168d7) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Looks like you're up on the kernel, anyway. =:^) > >> I'm running opensuse/Tumbleweed. I'll see if I can get an update for btrfs-progs. >[...] > Don't run btrfs check --repair unless you're either told to do so by a > dev after examining the errors you are seeing, or it's the last desperate > step before you scrap the filesystem and mkfs anyway, so there's nothing > to lose. OK, good to know ;) >[...] > And one more thing as a hint to save you some trouble. Strongly consider > both the noatime (mainly performance) and the autodefrag mount options, I have noatime, but I'll add autodefrag. Thanks Arun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
