Thanks, Alex, for your reply. It seems that the safest path is to go for a fresh install of Fedora.
Paul On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:07 AM Alex Gurenko via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > I've forgot to add, that for compression, this, again, works only for newly > created/accesses files only, so after adding compression to fstab (and > reboot), you might want to run a defragmentation `sudo btrfs filesystem > defragment -r <mount point>`. > > There was a recent article about that too: > https://fedoramagazine.org/working-with-btrfs-compression/ > > --- > Best regards, Alex > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 at 12:04, Alex Gurenko <agure...@protonmail.com> > wrote: > > > > There was an article back in the days of btrfs introduction that described > > the process: https://fedoramagazine.org/convert-your-filesystem-to-btrfs/ > > > > I've used it myself without any issues back then, I would assume it's still > > safe to do so now. > > > > I ran it like this for a few more releases without issues, until I decided > > to re-install fresh. > > > > The only downside would probably be (please keep me honest here), the > > defaults might not apply. > > > > There are few things that are done on a fresh install, which will probably > > won't apply on a converted system: > > > > - COW (copy-on-write) disabled for /var/lib/libvirt/images > > - probably on other directories? > > - can be done manually with `chattr -R +C <path>` but it only works for new > > files in said path, so you might need to move things out and back in > > > > - enable compression by making sure fstab includes `,compress=zstd:1` > > - based on your position on async discard [0], you might want to add > > `nodiscard` to fstab as well, but it seems to be okay with latest fixes > > kernels 6.2.13+ or 6.3.0, at least on a desktop > > > > [0] > > https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/btrfs-discard-storm-on-fedora/79997/28 > > > > --- > > Best regards, Alex > > > > > > > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > > On Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 at 11:29, Paul Smith phh...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > I have always upgraded Fedora from the previously installed version. > > > Consequently, I still have ext4. To have btrfs, is it needed to do a > > > Fedora clean install? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > List Archives: > > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Do not reply to spam, report it: > > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
