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mikroskeem / Arch Linux btrfs install.md
Last active October 8, 2023 18:27 — forked from artizirk/Arch Linux btrfs install.md
Arch Linux installation on btrfs subvolumes

Arch Linux btrfs install

NOTE: Last update to this gist was on Jun 2, 2018. Most of the things here are out of date (e.g consider using zstd for transparent compression instead of lzo), so do your own research as well. Take care!

0. Prerequisites

  • Plenty of storage - snapshots will take (sort of) a lot of space
  • Latest Arch Linux install iso because those have newer kernels and more bugfixes in btrfs.
  • Have previous experience with installing Arch (like you can install arch with a blind fold).
  • Read everything through
import sys
def to_octets(ip):
return [int(i) for i in ip.split('.')]
def dotless_decimal(ip):
octets = to_octets(ip)
result = octets[0] * 16777216 + octets[1] * \