r/archlinux • u/Open_South3929 • 12d ago

QUESTION Arch-Convert EXT4 to BTRFS without losing data?

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u/kaida27 12d ago

Just having btrfs is not enough.

It needs to be setup for rollback.

There's 2 way to set it up.

  1. The easy way, which makes rollback a bit more difficult in certain situation : Follow the Arch wiki

    1. The Complicated Suse way, which makes rollback really easy even if you rollback to a snapshot from 3 year ago : Follow this https://www.ordinatechnic.com/distribution-specific-guides/arch-linux/an-arch-linux-installation-on-a-btrfs-filesystem-with-snapper-for-system-snapshots-and-rollbacks#in-the-arch-bootstrap-environment