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authorLakshmipathi.G <Lakshmipathi.G@giis.co.in>2016-09-15 14:08:52 +0200
committerDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>2016-10-03 11:35:49 +0200
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btrfs-progs: convert: check source file system state
Signed-off-by: Lakshmipathi.G <Lakshmipathi.G@giis.co.in> [ add doc note ] Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ have supported data block size (ie. the same that would be valid for
'mkfs.btrfs'). This is typically the system page size (4KiB on x86_64
machines).
+NOTE: The source filesystem should be clean, you are encouraged to run the
+'fsck' tool if you're not sure.
+
**REMOVE THE ORIGINAL FILESYSTEM METADATA**
By removing the 'ext2_saved' subvolume, all metadata of the original filesystem