Document that btrfs replace
wipes magic string in superblocks of the original FS
#933
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btrfs replace
wipes magic string in superblocks of the original FS
#933
At the moment documentation reads as:
The only clue that something may happen to original FS is "the source device is removed from the filesystem", which doesn't sound too alarming for someone not well versed in the relevant terminology. In fact it happened to me when I tried to use
btrfs replace
to copy data to a new ssd. I was able to recover old FS with https://superuser.com/questions/1281942/recover-data-from-replaced-btrfs-disk/1715352#1715352 though.It would be great if documentation would state it a clear language that old FS won't be usable after
btrfs replace
.It also would be great to have #534 idea implemented.
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