Comments on: How to Create and Manage Btrfs File System in Linux https://www.tecmint.com/create-btrfs-filesystem-in-linux/ Tecmint - Linux Howtos, Tutorials, Guides, News, Tips and Tricks. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bill Riemers https://www.tecmint.com/create-btrfs-filesystem-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1999085 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=11275#comment-1999085 It is very very sad this is the number one search result for creating a btrfs volume. While there might be a reason to use LVM with BTRFS, it is a very niche condition. 99% of users should not be using LVM if they are using btrfs, it is just adding complexity and another point of failure.

]]> By: Tom https://www.tecmint.com/create-btrfs-filesystem-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1857235 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:01:02 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=11275#comment-1857235 As LVM supports caching, you can set up your btrfs logical volumes with an SSD cache. This also open’s up all the LVM tools to you. So, for some, there might be perfectly legitimate reasons to use LVM.

]]> By: Joachim Friberg https://www.tecmint.com/create-btrfs-filesystem-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1839606 Mon, 04 Jul 2022 07:51:01 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=11275#comment-1839606 Please revise this guide and remove the LVM parts. It’s so unnecessary!

You wouldn’t put ZFS on LVM, now would you?

BTFS is easy:

Install btrfs-progs and make sure kernel module is loaded…

mkfs.btrfs [-L <label of disk if wanted] /dev/
mount /dev/ 
tail -n1 /etc/mtab >> /etc/fstab
]]> By: master of perfection https://www.tecmint.com/create-btrfs-filesystem-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1353381 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 14:37:48 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=11275#comment-1353381 I seen lvm and thought What ?

I made the mistake of using gpt partition then putting btrfs on that and ouch lost my data later.

Now I make sure to wipe all the partitions from the drives first. Then I create my btrfs partitions.

This seems to work best starting with blank drives.

]]> By: Master https://www.tecmint.com/create-btrfs-filesystem-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-1335330 Wed, 27 May 2020 15:24:53 +0000 http://www.tecmint.com/?p=11275#comment-1335330 As the 2 previous posters. No need for LVM with BTRFS and NEVER use “df“, it will give you the wrong information, use “btrfs fylesystem df” instead.

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