ARGVMI~1.PIFNov 29, 2024

So, somebody wrote a program that converts, in-place, an #NTFS volume into #btrfs.

It even keeps an image of the original NTFS volume as a file in the resulting btrfs volume. This can be used to undo the conversion or deleted to free up space and make the conversion permanent.

That is absolutely wild.

https://github.com/maharmstone/ntfs2btrfs

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Show threadEnQueuedNov 30, 2024
@argv_minus_one Ive wanted to like #btrfs for so long but every time i use it something goes wrong and i just go back to #zfs I think i just have bad luck ​​
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIFNov 30, 2024

@nqd

Apparently so. The only time I had btrfs fail was when I stupidly ignored a warning that `btrfs check --repair` would probably trash my file system, which it did. Otherwise it seems to work fine.

Show threadalways tired
@argv_minus_one @nqd But why in the first place? I wouldn't associate "check" and "repair" with trashing. No, not even after such a warning.
Nov 30, 2024 at 7:21pmWeb
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIFNov 30, 2024

@project1enigma

Neither would I, but the warning was not a joke, as I discovered the hard way.

@nqd