Maybe 6 years ago I converted couple of hundred partitions to btrfs on SLES/SLED - Motivation: OS/update snapshots significantly simplified staged testing and deployment with supper simple and fast roll back. I had no problems with ext3/4- ->btrfs conversion back then.
That said, I have not needed/used it for years. As far as I can tell, there is no negative chatter about it on openSuSE support mailing list "ever". If you are thinking about converting OS partitions - I would not recommend doing that. It will work, I am sure, but it would likely complicate your life because btrfs is different kind of animal when it comes to OS install. OpenSuSE/SLES/SLED takes advantage of sub-volume handling/configuration, so it wants to create following OS vol/sub-vol structure: UUID=09...495 / btrfs defaults 0 0 UUID=09...495 /.snapshots btrfs subvol=/@/.snapshots 0 0 UUID=99...a87 swap swap defaults 0 0 UUID=09...495 /var btrfs subvol=/@/var 0 0 UUID=09...495 /usr/local btrfs subvol=/@/usr/local 0 0 UUID=09...495 /tmp btrfs subvol=/@/tmp 0 0 UUID=09...495 /srv btrfs subvol=/@/srv 0 0 UUID=09...495 /root btrfs subvol=/@/root 0 0 UUID=09...495 /opt btrfs subvol=/@/opt 0 0 UUID=09...495 /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi btrfs subvol=/@/boot/grub2/x86_64- efi 0 0 UUID=09...495 /boot/grub2/i386-pc btrfs subvol=/@/boot/grub2/i386-pc 0 0 UUID=78FE-6619 /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 0 So, if you are converting traditional 1-2 partition ext4 OS structure random things might cause you various headaches over time. Best luck, Tomas On Mon, 2020-08-10 at 16:42 -0700, logical american wrote: > I am thinking of converting my ext3/4 file partitions to btrfs type, > since Suse is pushing for this as their default file system. Has anyone > had any trouble with the conversion or with btrfs itself? I have about > 8-10 partitions to change over. > > - Randall > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug