usage: mkfs.btrfs [options] [] Create a BTRFS filesystem on a device or multiple devices Allocation profiles: -d, --data PROFILE data profile, raid0, raid1, raid1c3, raid1c4, raid5, raid6, raid10, dup or single -m, --metadata PROFILE metadata profile, values like for data profile -M, --mixed mix metadata and data together Features: --csum TYPE --checksum TYPE checksum algorithm to use, crc32c (default), xxhash, sha256, blake2 -n, --nodesize SIZE size of btree nodes, 16K (default), 4K, 8K, 32K, 64K -s, --sectorsize SIZE data block size (default 4K, may not be mountable by current kernel if CPU page size is different) -O, --features LIST comma separated list of filesystem features (use '-O list-all' to list features) -L, --label LABEL set the filesystem label (maximum length 255) -U, --uuid UUID specify the filesystem UUID (must be unique for a filesystem with multiple devices) --device-uuid UUID specify the filesystem device UUID (a.k.a sub-uuid) (for single device filesystem only) Creation: -b, --byte-count SIZE set size of each device to SIZE (filesystem size is sum of all device sizes) -r, --rootdir DIR copy files from DIR to the image root directory, can be combined with --subvol --compress ALGO[:LEVEL] compress files by algorithm and level, ALGO can be 'no' (default), zstd, lzo, zlib Built-in: - ZSTD: yes (levels 1..15) - LZO: yes - ZLIB: yes (levels 1..9) -u, --subvol TYPE:SUBDIR create SUBDIR as subvolume rather than normal directory, can be specified multiple times TYPE is one of: - rw - (default) create a writeable subvolume in SUBDIR - ro - create the subvolume as read-only - default - the SUBDIR will be a subvolume and also set as default (can be specified only once) - default-ro - like 'default' and is created as read-only subvolume (can be specified only once) --inode-flags FLAGS:PATH specify that path to have inode flags, can be specified multiple times FLAGS is one of: - nodatacow - disable data CoW, implies nodatasum for regular files - nodatasum - disable data checksum only --reflink (with --rootdir) write file data by cloning ranges --shrink (with --rootdir) shrink the filled filesystem to minimal size -K, --nodiscard do not perform whole device TRIM -f, --force force overwrite of existing filesystem General: -q, --quiet no messages except errors -v, --verbose increase verbosity level, default is 1 -V, --version print the mkfs.btrfs version, builtin features and exit --help print this help and exit Deprecated: -R, --runtime-features LIST removed in 6.3, use -O, --features