Description of problem: btrfs-convert appears to be missing a dependency Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): btrfs---updated to latest version for Mageia 8 x86-64 How reproducible:every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.First, I used btrfs-convert (as root) to convert an ext4 partition ./usr/sbin/btrfs-convert /dev/sda1 That went ok. It takes a while to create the image file 2. The next step was to reboot. 3. On rebooting, the system would only boot into emergency mode. Some error messages came up: First error message says the drive "timed out." (btrfs also gave the drive a new UUID) Second error message said "DEPEND", which I assume means a dependency is missing, even though I have installed every RPM related to btrfs. It doesn't say exactly what dependency is missing. I rebooted more than once. Same thing happens every time. On a positive note, btrfs-convert can be rolled back to the original (ext4) configuration. I tried that. It worked perfectly and took less than 5 seconds
If you converted the filesystem, you need to adjust /etc/fstab to match and recreate the initrd so the fstab in initrd gets updated too
As pointed out by Thomas, you'd miss to mount the new partition/remove the old partition from fstab. There is plenty of information and tutorials/howtos available in internet how to do proper filesystem conversion. As example here: https://fedoramagazine.org/convert-your-filesystem-to-btrfs/ or https://www.thegeekdiary.com/how-to-convert-ext-file-systems-to-btrfs/ or ... Closing this bug as INVALID
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => INVALID