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BTRFS-CONVERT(8) Btrfs Manual BTRFS-CONVERT(8)

NAME

btrfs-convert - convert from ext2/3/4 filesystem to btrfs or rollback

SYNOPSIS

btrfs-convert [options] <device>

DESCRIPTION

btrfs-convert is used to convert existed ext2/3/4 to btrfs filesystem, and the original filesystem image is accessible as from separate subvolume named ext2_saved as file image.

OPTIONS

-d
Disable data checksum.
-i
Ignore xattrs and ACLs.
-n
Disable packing of small files.
-r
Roll back to ext2fs.
-l <LABEL>
set filesystem label during conversion.
-L
use label from the converted filesystem.

EXIT STATUS

btrfs-convert will return 0 if no error happened. If any problems happened, 1 will be returned.

SEE ALSO

mkfs.btrfs(8)
11/22/2014 Btrfs v3.17