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From: Robert White <rwhite@pobox.com>
To: Tobias Holst <tobby@tobby.eu>
Cc: Rich Freeman <r-btrfs@thefreemanclan.net>,
	"linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: filesystem corruption
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:49:05 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5456FB31.5030301@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGwxe4i1=S-qgp91YjqH11juaGx6h0FyM7rDAWhFix+beCRgPw@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/02/2014 06:55 PM, Tobias Holst wrote:
> But I can't do a balance anymore?
>
> root@t-mon:~# btrfs balance start /dev/sda1
> ERROR: can't access '/dev/sda1'

Balance takes place on a mounted filesystem not a native block device.

So...

mount -t btrfs /dev/sda1 /some/path/somewhere
btrfs balance start /some/path/somewhere



  reply	other threads:[~2014-11-03  3:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-31  0:29 filesystem corruption Tobias Holst
2014-10-31  1:02 ` Tobias Holst
2014-10-31  2:41   ` Rich Freeman
2014-10-31 17:34     ` Tobias Holst
2014-11-02  4:49       ` Robert White
2014-11-02 21:57         ` Chris Murphy
2014-11-03  3:43           ` Zygo Blaxell
2014-11-03 17:11             ` Chris Murphy
2014-11-04  4:31               ` Zygo Blaxell
2014-11-04  8:25                 ` Duncan
2014-11-04 18:28                 ` Chris Murphy
2014-11-04 21:44                   ` Duncan
2014-11-04 22:19                   ` Robert White
2014-11-04 22:34                   ` Zygo Blaxell
2014-11-03  2:55         ` Tobias Holst
2014-11-03  3:49           ` Robert White [this message]
2018-12-03  9:31 Filesystem Corruption Stefan Malte Schumacher
2018-12-03 11:34 ` Qu Wenruo
2018-12-03 16:29 ` remi

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