# mkfs.btrfs
# Create a btrfs filesystem.
# Defaults to `raid1`, which specifies 2 copies of a given data block spread across 2 different devices.
# More information: <https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mkfs.btrfs.html>.
# Create a btrfs filesystem on a single device:
sudo mkfs.btrfs --metadata single --data single /dev/sda
# Create a btrfs filesystem on multiple devices with raid1:
sudo mkfs.btrfs --metadata raid1 --data raid1 /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdN
# Set a label for the filesystem:
sudo mkfs.btrfs --label "label" /dev/sda [/dev/sdN]
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