On Fri, Oct 24, 2025, at 6:58 PM, home user via users wrote:

> Here is my /etc/fstab:

> UUID=08e23efb-20a6-43d4-8b8e-4945653cc595 /                       btrfs 
>   subvolid=5      0 0

OK so it's just using the "top-level of the file system" (the default subvolume 
that has no name, can't be deleted, can be snapshot, is created at mkfs time) 
for the installation. No root or home subvolumes. Everything is just a 
directory. And no compression.

No big deal, it's fine.

This can happen with "advanced-custom" partitioning (a.k.a. blivet)  in the 
gtk-ui version of the installer. The "custom" and "manual" partitioning options 
do produce a different layout with separate subvolumes for each mount point. 
It's possible to use advanced custom to get subvolumes assigned to mountpoints 
too but it is not too obvious how without fiddling, and it's real easy to just 
assign `/` to the btrfs top-level.

Doesn't hurt anything.

> Big question:
> If I re-install and stick with btrfs, is there a way to turn off the 
> compression globally during the install process?

There isn't a UI switch for it, no. There is a way to disable it in kickstart, 
and then rerun the installer pointed to that kickstart file. I'm not much help 
with that, sorry.

You can also just remove it from fstab post install. And files will become 
uncompressed via attrition as they're updated.


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Chris Murphy
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