Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On Mon, 2016-04-25 at 09:32 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > On 25 April 2016 at 07:51, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > > > I meant btrfs is going to remain unstable for some time. There'll always be > > mixed results reported. > > > > We should allow, for the brave, to easily try

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On 25 April 2016 at 07:51, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > I meant btrfs is going to remain unstable for some time. There'll always be > mixed results reported. > > We should allow, for the brave, to easily try if they want to. > > Something like: > > rrs@learner:~$ cat

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On Mon, 2016-04-25 at 07:00 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > >> ).  I agree that it's probably best to drop the unsafe binary we > >> currently ship; earlier this year I updated the Debian btrfs wiki to > >> warn against using it, because of data-loss level bugs mentioned on > >> the btrfs

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

Hi Ritesh, On 16 April 2016 at 04:46, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > On Fri, 2016-04-15 at 21:14 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> >> As of btrfs-progs-4.4, they're "doing preparatory work for >> btrfs-convert rewrite" ( >>

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On Fri, 2016-04-15 at 21:14 -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > > As of btrfs-progs-4.4, they're "doing preparatory work for > btrfs-convert rewrite" ( > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Changelog#btrfs-progs_4.4_.28Jan_2016. > 29 > ).  I agree that it's probably best to drop the unsafe

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On Wed, 07 Oct 2015 22:03:58 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: >On Wed, 2015-10-07 at 16:49 +0100, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >> >> I have considered including it, and had it staged locally. However >> with recent btrfs/kernels I did not manage to successfully convert >> ext4 from initramfs =( >> >>

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

Package: btrfs-tools Version: 4.1.2-1 Severity: wishlist Hi, Do you think it'd make sense to have btrfs-convert (a static version) in the initramfs ? Because without it, converting an ext4 rootfs to btrfs can be tricky. By having it in the initramfs, it should be simple. But apart from the

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Package: btrfs-tools > Version: 4.1.2-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > Do you think it'd make sense to have btrfs-convert (a static version) in > the initramfs ? > > Because without it, converting an ext4 rootfs to

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

Hello, On 7 October 2015 at 12:50, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > Package: btrfs-tools > Version: 4.1.2-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > Do you think it'd make sense to have btrfs-convert (a static version) in > the initramfs ? > > Because without it, converting an ext4 rootfs

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On Wed, 2015-10-07 at 16:26 +0300, Roman Lebedev wrote: > https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Conversion_from_Ext3 > "Warning: As of 4.0 kernels this feature is not much used or well > tested anymore, and there have been some reports that the conversion > doesn't work reliably. Feel free to

Bug#801192: btrfs-tools: add btrfs-convert to initramfs

On Wed, 2015-10-07 at 16:49 +0100, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > > I have considered including it, and had it staged locally. However > with recent btrfs/kernels I did not manage to successfully convert > ext4 from initramfs =( > > > > > If not initramfs, but can you enable a static versio of it?