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
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