On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a quick question but can't find an obvious answer. > > Can I create/convert a existing (btrfs) directory into a subvolume? > > It would be very helpful when transferring 'partitions' into btrfs. > I found a similar question way back in google, but that site is > down now generally. > > Thanks in advance. > >
I don't think this is possible. The closest thing I can think of is to take a snapshot of the volume, move the directory to the top of the subvolume, then delete all other content.. ... That seems like an awful amount of work, but it'll preserve the contents of the directory without making duplicates. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
