Create a btrfs volume about btrfs HOT 9 CLOSED

I've just released version 0.8, which includes mkbtrfs.exe which allows you to do this.

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You can't, yet - an equivalent to mkfs.btrfs is on the to-do list. If you just want to test it out, the easiest way is to get a spare pen drive and format that as btrfs under Linux.

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Thanks! It said "Completed successfully." But have problems mounting now. Ok, didn't start Win7 x64 in test mode. Executed 'launcher.exe' as admin, formatted with mkbtrfs.exe, but filesystem is still "RAW", explorer won't access, and although I changed partition type with diskpart to 07 no change.

Maybe wrong way of doing? I attached a VHD file, created a partition in it, but didn't format. Assigned a drive letter. Called "mkbtrfs.exe N: btrfsvol". Tried to restart explorer, but no success.

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You didn't start Windows in test mode - was that a typo? It won't work otherwise.

Can you please check if the driver is actually loaded? Download WinObj from Sysinternals, run it as Admin, and see if there is a Btrfs entry under Filesystems. Thanks

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Right, I misunderstood the "try out" chapter and didn't have Windows in test mode - so my bad. In test mode the driver and the volume worked.

I successfully copied a file, created a hardlink, but FYI creating a softlink with "ln -s a b" freezed, using the Git bash shell.

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Great. When you say it froze, do you mean just bash, the FS (i.e. you can't browse the drive any more in Explorer), or the whole OS? Does it do the same thing if you try it again?

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The FS I suppose, couldn't browse, another shell (cygwin) froze when doing autocompletion on "cd", had to reboot. Didn't try again, no time, but can test something for you if you give instructions.

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Great work!

Is is possible to create a raid volume? Something like this:
mkbtrfs -f -d raid5 -m raid5 -L RAID5 \Device\Harddisk5\Partition0 \Device\Harddisk6\Partition0 \Device\Harddisk7\Partition0 \Device\Harddisk8\Partition0

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Yes - create the FS on the first disk, then in volume properties add the others and balance to RAID 5.

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