How to format btrfs partition?

Question

How to format spare disk space to btrfs filesystem? I can't see btrfs in format dialog neither in gparted, nor in Disk Utility. Only Fat,ext2,ext3,ext4 etc.

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 11 '17 at 19:00

7

You might need to install the package btrfs-tools . This should enable integration with gparted and etc.

edited Mar 11 '17 at 19:00

Community

1

answered Oct 31 '10 at 07:01

NightwishFan

3,736

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '22 at 08:35

3

On newer versions of Ubuntu:

sudo apt install btrfs-progs btrfs-compsize

Note: compsize is optional. It's needed to measure the compression (if enabled) of the btrfs filesystem.

More https://github.com/kilobyte/compsize

answered Apr 03 '22 at 08:35

Max_Payne

144

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

1

It may be because btrfs is not really stable yet. So I guess the GUI tools do not support it yet, and you will have to use command line tools if you want to use it.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

1

answered Oct 31 '10 at 14:11

Hamish Downer

19,506

How to format btrfs partition?

3 Answers3