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diff --git a/fs/btrfs/INSTALL b/fs/btrfs/INSTALL deleted file mode 100644 index 16b45a56878..00000000000 --- a/fs/btrfs/INSTALL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -Install Instructions - -Btrfs puts snapshots and subvolumes into the root directory of the FS. This -directory can only be changed by btrfsctl right now, and normal filesystem -operations do not work on it. The default subvolume is called 'default', -and you can create files and directories in mount_point/default - -Btrfs uses libcrc32c in the kernel for file and metadata checksums. You need -to compile the kernel with: - -CONFIG_LIBCRC32C=m - -libcrc32c can be static as well. Once your kernel is setup, typing make in the -btrfs module sources will build against the running kernel. When the build is -complete: - -modprobe libcrc32c -insmod btrfs.ko - -The Btrfs utility programs require libuuid to build. This can be found -in the e2fsprogs sources, and is usually available as libuuid or -e2fsprogs-devel from various distros. - -Building the utilities is just make ; make install. The programs go -into /usr/local/bin. The commands available are: - -mkfs.btrfs: create a filesystem - -btrfsctl: control program to create snapshots and subvolumes: - - mount /dev/sda2 /mnt - btrfsctl -s new_subvol_name /mnt - btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_default /mnt/default - btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_new_subvol /mnt/new_subvol_name - btrfsctl -s snapshot_of_a_snapshot /mnt/snapshot_of_new_subvol - ls /mnt - default snapshot_of_a_snapshot snapshot_of_new_subvol - new_subvol_name snapshot_of_default - - Snapshots and subvolumes cannot be deleted right now, but you can - rm -rf all the files and directories inside them. - -btrfsck: do a limited check of the FS extent trees.</li> - -debug-tree: print all of the FS metadata in text form. Example: - - debug-tree /dev/sda2 >& big_output_file - |