Home conversion to btrfs fails at mount and rolls back
Converting /home to btrfs fails at the mount step with Structure needs cleaning and rolls back to ext4.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
7 public reports · first reported 3 November 2024 · last reported 16 June 2026
What's going wrong
Steam Deck owners trying to convert the home partition from ext4 to btrfs with the tool often see the conversion finish, then fail when the new partition is mounted.
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