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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/file-systems.scm5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
index 2a4dcd4c82..d8a5ddf1e5 100644
--- a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@ fix only those considered safe to repair automatically."
;; Upstream considers ALL repairs dangerous
;; and will warn the user at run time.
(#t '("--repair"))
- (_ '("--readonly"))) ; a no-op for clarity
+ (_ '("--readonly" ; a no-op for clarity
+ ;; A 466G file system with 180G used is
+ ;; enough to kill btrfs with 6G of RAM.
+ "--mode" "lowmem")))
,device)))
(0 'pass)
(_ 'fatal-error))