Set the minimum file system size to 16 MiB as creating a bcachefs that
size succeeds:
$ truncate -s $((16*1024*1024)) /tmp/disk.img
$ bcachefs format /tmp/disk.img
...
initializing new filesystem
going read-write
initializing freespace
$ echo $?
0
Where as creating a smaller file system fails for most sizes below that:
$ rm /tmp/disk.img
$ truncate -s $((15*1024*1024)) /tmp/disk.img
$ bcachefs format /tmp/disk.img
...
mounting version 1.6: btree_subvolume_children
initializing new filesystem
going read-write
bch2_trans_mark_dev_sb(): error ENOSPC_disk_reservation
bch2_fs_initialize(): error marking superblocks ENOSPC_disk_reservation
bch2_fs_initialize(): error ENOSPC_disk_reservation
bch2_fs_start(): error starting filesystem ENOSPC_disk_reservation
error opening /tmp/disk.img: ENOSPC_disk_reservation
$ echo $?
1
Closes!123 - Add support for bcachefs, single device file systems only
gpart scans a drive trying to guess the location of partitions when an
MBR partition table is lost [1]. However the tool is unmaintained,
takes hours or days of 100% CPU time to scan a drive and provides no
progress indication [2][3][4]. We keep recommending killing the gpart
process and using TestDisk [5] instead.
Therefore remove Device > Attempt Data Rescue and the use of gpart from
GParted.
[1] Gpart
https://github.com/baruch/gpart
[2] Have you had a good or bad experience with Dev->Attempt Data Rescue?
http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=17992
No good, only bad experiences using gpart were reported.
[3] Gparted does not say anything
http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=17749
Forum user reported waiting 48 hours with no progress indication.
We recommended using TestDisk.
[4] How cancel Data Rescue process?
http://gparted-forum.surf4.info/viewtopic.php?id=18143
Forum user reported it will take 3 days to scan their external 480GB
drive. We recommended using TestDisk instead.
[5] TestDisk, Data Recovery
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDiskCloses!118 - Remove Attempt Data Rescue and use of gpart
Ekaterine Papava