Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:02:01 -0400 | From | Chris Mason <> | Subject | Re: Btrfs rescue images |
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 08:53:19PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote: > Hello everyone, > > As Linus discovered, the new btrfs disk format in 2.6.31-git can be > problematic if your FS gets forward rolled to the new format and you end > up bisecting back to the old code. > > It would also be nice to have a way to run btrfsck on a root filesystem > and do other assorted tasks. So, I'm making live boot usb images for > both x86 and x86-64. > > They should have enough to get your filesystems mounted and they also > include git, gcc, make and enough to compile the kernel. These are > based on the Arch 2.6.30 distro with just the btrfs newformat code > added. > > I've got the 32 bit image uploaded, and I'll queue up 64 bit overnight. > If anyone is feeling brave, just dd the image onto a usb stick and > rescue boot away. > > They work on both of my test boxes, but a little extra testing would be > nice.
Well, I had the link in my paste buffer, but it helps to actually paste it.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mason/btrfs-boot-images/
-chris
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