From: Michal Rostecki <mrostecki@suse.de>
To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@gmail.com>, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: APFS and BTRFS
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2021 14:45:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <110677dd-2969-c913-38d2-c9dd729afe0c@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f2508894-5198-7c33-bec7-b731667f597b@gmail.com>
On 3/20/21 4:09 PM, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> I have a really large (3+ TB) volume I am copying to a BTRFS volume
> (both over USB) which is painfully slow. In fact, it will probably take
> days to complete. My goal is to use BTRFS on that larger USB volume
> (it's an 18TB drive)....
>
> I don't suppose there is a way to convert APFS to BTRFS :) I know, but
> I thought I would ask as it seems like others may have a similar query.
>
>
> Thx...
Hi Forrest,
No, there is no other option than copying the data. Converting
partitions automatically with btrfs-convert is supported only for
ext2/3/4 and reiserfs, though it's still not recommended without backups
and might fail.
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Manpage/btrfs-convert
Cheers,
Michal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-04 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-20 16:09 APFS and BTRFS Forrest Aldrich
2021-04-04 13:45 ` Michal Rostecki [this message]
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2021-03-20 15:22 Forrest Aldrich
2021-03-22 22:22 ` David Sterba
[not found] ` <CAA+gEba91br_M6qERcwL5no=DdMSw3QA7iNwf8OGwskX=9Z6_g@mail.gmail.com>
2021-03-22 23:19 ` Forrest Aldrich
2021-03-27 18:13 ` Forza
2021-03-27 18:16 ` Forrest Aldrich
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