On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Yclept Nemo wrote:
>> create a new subvolume as a snapshot of /
>> mount the new subvolume on /mnt/
>> pacman -Syu --root=/mnt
>> mark the new subvolume as the default one
>
> How much space does a subvolume/snapshot require?
It is copy-on-write, so at first it ta
> create a new subvolume as a snapshot of /
> mount the new subvolume on /mnt/
> pacman -Syu --root=/mnt
> mark the new subvolume as the default one
> In the initramfs, you need an emergency facility to let the user list
> the available subvols (btrfs su list /) and choose one to mount (which
> wo
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos
> What I thought would be nice was the ability for an upgrade to take
> effect on the next reboot without touching the running system. No need
> to integrate with pacman, a wrapper in ba
Am 25.10.2012 17:03, schrieb Jan Steffens:
> I suppose a shell script would use the btrfs command to manipulate the
> FS, while pacman would probably use IOCTLs?
I don't know the topic too well, but this would make sense.
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Am 25.10.2012 17:20, schrieb Christoph Rissner:
>> If you have /boot on a btrfs, you ought to be slapped upside the head. :p
>
> :)
> I don't have so far, but I was thinking about it. Wouldn't it be nice to
> have a matching kernel for both the backup and the updated subvol?
I agree. /boot on btr
Hey Tom
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos
> wrote:
>> Archlinux is supporting btrfs for root filesystem some time now. Have any
>> work or thoughts been done for supporting snapshots before update packages?
>> This way y
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:16:02 +0200, Jan Steffens wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Christoph Rissner wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:03:46 +0200, Jan Steffens
> > wrote:
> >> Basically you tell the FS to subvol / to a location like
> >> /.pacmansnaps/$datetime.
> >
> > And don't forge
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Christoph Rissner wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:03:46 +0200, Jan Steffens
> wrote:
>> Basically you tell the FS to subvol / to a location like
>> /.pacmansnaps/$datetime.
>
> And don't forget about /boot, or any other relevant btrfs mountpoint.
> Right?
>
> Bye
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 25.10.2012 15:50, schrieb Leonidas Spyropoulos:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Firstly can a TU or developer few it to the dev mailing list, as I don't
>> have access.
>>
>> Archlinux is supporting btrfs for root filesystem some time now. Have any
>
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos
wrote:
> Archlinux is supporting btrfs for root filesystem some time now. Have any
> work or thoughts been done for supporting snapshots before update packages?
> This way you can keep record of what's happening to your system and easily
> roll
Am 25.10.2012 15:50, schrieb Leonidas Spyropoulos:
> Hello all,
>
> Firstly can a TU or developer few it to the dev mailing list, as I don't
> have access.
>
> Archlinux is supporting btrfs for root filesystem some time now. Have any
> work or thoughts been done for supporting snapshots before up
Hello all,
Firstly can a TU or developer few it to the dev mailing list, as I don't
have access.
Archlinux is supporting btrfs for root filesystem some time now. Have any
work or thoughts been done for supporting snapshots before update packages?
This way you can keep record of what's happening t
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