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BTRFS
B-TREE filesystem for Linux
Install
apt-get install btrfs-progs echo "btrfs" >> /etc/modules reboot
Setup
Create a disk partition using gdisk
gdisk /dev/sda GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.6 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Command (? for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 7814037167 sectors, 3.6 TiB Model: Portable Sector size (logical/physical): 512/4096 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): ED98F650-DC25-46BC-9D36-FCE4C20783C4 Partition table holds up to 128 entries Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33 First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 7814037133 Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries Total free space is 7811939948 sectors (3.6 TiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 2048 2099199 1024.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem