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btrfs scrub will not start nor cancel howto

DISCUSSION Marc MERLIN 2 participants 2 messages May 4, 2014 – May 6, 2014 Btrfs file system

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This has been asked a few times, so I ended up writing a blog entry on it
http://marc.merlins.org/perso/btrfs/post_2014-04-26_Btrfs-Tips_-Cancel-A-Btrfs-Scrub-That-Is-Already-Stopped.html
and in the end pasted all of it in the main wiki
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Problem_FAQ#btrfs_scrub_will_not_start_nor_cancel

Of course, this is really a stopgap until the cancel tool can realize that the scrub isn't really running anymore, and update the state file on its own.

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Marc MERLIN posted on Sun, 04 May 2014 00:54:07 -0700 as excerpted:

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This has been asked a few times, so I ended up writing a blog entry on it [and then] in the end pasted all of it in the main wiki
https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Problem_FAQ#btrfs_scrub_will_not_start_nor_cancel

Of course, this is really a stopgap until the cancel tool can realize that the scrub isn't really running anymore, and update the state file on its own.

Thanks. As you said, this has come up a few times, so having it on the wiki is a very good thing. =:^)

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