mkfs.btrfs
Create a btrfs filesystem.
Defaults to raid1
, which specifies 2 copies of a given data block spread across 2 different devices.
More information: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mkfs.btrfs.html.
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Create a btrfs filesystem on a single device:
sudo mkfs.btrfs --metadata single --data single {{/dev/sda}}
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Create a btrfs filesystem on multiple devices with raid1:
sudo mkfs.btrfs --metadata raid1 --data raid1 {{/dev/sda}} {{/dev/sdb}} {{/dev/sdN}}
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Set a label for the filesystem:
sudo mkfs.btrfs --label "{{label}}" {{/dev/sda}} [{{/dev/sdN}}]
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