Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 12:22 AM Chris Murphy wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 8:54 AM Sreyan Chakravarty > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 2:42 AM Sreyan Chakravarty > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 15 Jun 2021, 1:27 am Garry T. Williams, > wrote: > >>> > >>> On Monday, Jun

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 8:54 AM Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 2:42 AM Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, 15 Jun 2021, 1:27 am Garry T. Williams, wrote: >>> >>> On Monday, June 14, 2021 3:50:57 PM EDT Joe Zeff wrote: >>> > On 6/14/21 1:12 PM, Sreyan Chakrava

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 2:42 AM Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 2021, 1:27 am Garry T. Williams, > wrote: > >> On Monday, June 14, 2021 3:50:57 PM EDT Joe Zeff wrote: >> > On 6/14/21 1:12 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: >> > > I mean if I backup from BTRFS can I restore it into ext4

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Tue, 15 Jun 2021, 1:27 am Garry T. Williams, wrote: > On Monday, June 14, 2021 3:50:57 PM EDT Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 6/14/21 1:12 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > > I mean if I backup from BTRFS can I restore it into ext4 ? > > > > Your backup software neither knows nor cares how your filesys

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 1:57 PM Garry T. Williams wrote: > > On Monday, June 14, 2021 3:50:57 PM EDT Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 6/14/21 1:12 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > > I mean if I backup from BTRFS can I restore it into ext4 ? > > > > Your backup software neither knows nor cares how your file

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Monday, June 14, 2021 3:50:57 PM EDT Joe Zeff wrote: > On 6/14/21 1:12 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > I mean if I backup from BTRFS can I restore it into ext4 ? > > Your backup software neither knows nor cares how your filesystem is > formatted, so of course you can. Unless, of course, you

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On 6/14/21 1:12 PM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: I mean if I backup from BTRFS can I restore it into ext4 ? Your backup software neither knows nor cares how your filesystem is formatted, so of course you can. Unless, of course, you're cloning the partition, in which case a restore will overwri

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On 6/14/21 12:05 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: The easiest to*explain* is: * backup /home * clean install the OS using Custom partitioning's "LVM" preset partitioning scheme * restore /home from backup Or, as I do, because I don't use LVM, do a clean install, using the current partitioning scheme a

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 12:31 AM Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:35 PM Chris Murphy > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:38 AM Sreyan Chakravarty >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > BTRFS is not working out for me. >> > >> > What will be the easiest way to move to E

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:35 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:38 AM Sreyan Chakravarty > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > BTRFS is not working out for me. > > > > What will be the easiest way to move to EXT4 ? > > > > I am on Fedora 33. > > > > Please note I also want to backup my

Re: Easiest way to move from BTRFS to EXT4 without losing data

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:38 AM Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > > Hi, > > BTRFS is not working out for me. > > What will be the easiest way to move to EXT4 ? > > I am on Fedora 33. > > Please note I also want to backup my root filesystem and not just my home. > I think if you ask 10 people you'll ge