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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: btrfs
It sounds like it's not ready for the prime time!

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM, James Mcphee <> wrote:

> Per the main page, and something I got to experience first-hand.
>
>> Note that Btrfs does not yet have a fsck tool that can fix errors. While
>> Btrfs is stable on a stable machine, it is currently possible to corrupt a
>> filesystem irrecoverably if your machine crashes or loses power on disks
>> that don't handle flush requests correctly. This will be fixed when the
>> fsck tool is ready.
>>
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Stephen <> wrote:
>
>> "plus when it needs fscking you're fscked at the moment." care to
>> elaborate?
>>
>> Im fine with additional space being rolled into place that makes sense
>> and i do have a 750GB drive to work with so space is not an issue.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:31 PM, James Mcphee <> wrote:
>> > if you're running on a single disk you have half the space, cause it
>> needs
>> > to always have a copy. plus when it needs fscking you're fscked at the
>> > moment.
>> >
>> > On Nov 23, 2011 12:15 PM, "Stephen" <> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btrfs
>> >>
>> >> What thoughts are there to be had?
>> >>
>> >> I skimmed that wikipedia article and it sounds nice and all, but has
>> >> anyone had a real world experience with it?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>> >>
>> >> Stephen
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>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
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