Re: Fixing Btrfs Filesystem Full Problems typo?

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Robert White posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:42:38 -0800 as excerpted:

> TRUTH BE TOLD :: After two very "eventful" conversions not too long ago
> I just don't do those any more. The total amount of time I "saved" by
> not copying the files was in the negative numbers before I just copied
> the files onto an external media and reformatted and restored.

While I was running reiserfs and thus wasn't a conversion candidate, I 
have basically the same opinion of the ext* -> btrfs conversion tool.  
It's for people who don't have the extra space resources necessary to do 
a full backup, wipe clean and set it up the way you like, then restore.

That said, the conversion and subsequent btrfs troubleshooting has 
certainly been a "real world" learning experience for you (Patrik, not 
Robert as quoted above), and while I'd certainly start clean when I was 
really going to do it, for initially playing around, learning the tools, 
some troubleshooting, etc, and just to be able to say I've tried the 
conversion, I could easily see myself spending some time doing what you 
did, just learning the ropes, etc.  When I was done playing and ready to 
do it for real, I'd wipe the playground and start clean, more confident 
in my setup and management since I had spent some time playing with it 
and familiarizing myself with how it worked and what might work best in 
terms of my own setup.

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