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Create btrfs partition from file
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| # Partition file | |
| FILE=/tmp/drive | |
| # Mount directory | |
| MOUNT=/mnt/drive | |
| # Allocate 10Gb empty file | |
| fallocate -l 10G $FILE | |
| # Mount file to loop back device | |
| losetup /dev/loop0 | |
| # Create btrfs _without RAID_ | |
| mkfs.btrfs -m single /dev/loop0 | |
| # Create mount point | |
| mkdir $MOUNT | |
| # mount file to mount point | |
| mount -t btrfs $MOUNT $FILE |
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