Discover the power of Btrfs subvolumes and how they revolutionize storage management. Are they the ultimate solution for dynamic data handling?

In my first post on this subject, Btrfs basics, I discussed how to create a simple btrfs filesystem, or a complete btrfs Linux system. The information and examples in that post are going to be ...

Btrfs is a new file system for Linux, one that is still very much in development. Although I wouldn't exactly describe it as "experimental" any more, it is, as stated in the Wiki at kernel.org, "a ...

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The video drivers choked, crashed your system, and then btrfs couldn't fix itself because btrfsck (btrfs file system checker/fixer) doesn't exist yet.

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df ...

I have no help other than to say that btrfs isn't ready for prime time so I hope your data isn't important. Take frequent backups and move them off the system asap.

The btrfs file system is a modern copy-on-write (CoW) filesystem for Linux that provides advanced features while also focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration.

If an update does break something, the BTRFS file system allows you to roll back to a previous snapshot. [Tyler] installs the OS and gives it a walkthrough in the video below.

Btrfs and file system snapshots OpenSUSE uses the new Btrfs file system by default. If you prefer another Linux distribution, it will probably start using Btrfs soon, too.