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Hi all
I'm planning a new build, and I wan't to give btrfs a spin. What I'd like achieve is the following
- I'd like to have snapper take snapshots of home and root separately
- I'd like the snapper-pac integration to make snapshots as install and remove packages from the system using pacman
Now, what im not sure about, if I'd like(or need) the grub-btrfs package. The problem I am hoping to solve is the following. In the case of a broken system that doesn't boot, I'd like to
- I would like to be able to boot into an older snapshot of root
- I would like to be able to rollback to this older snapshot if I confirm that this older snapshot is in good state
It seems like the Btrfs-grub integration is the way to go, but, I do have some confusion
- if we boot into a writable version of an old snapshot, and snapper automatically creates a snapshot whilst im booted into this earlier snapshot, will I loose the changes in-between the earlier snapshot I am booted into and the current snapshot?
- alternatively, if we boot into a read-only version of an earlier snapshot, im guessing we can we use snapper rollback to make this version the current version?
- is there a way of limiting how many snapshot entries we keep in the grub menu?
- am I reading the documentation of grub-btrfs correctly? Does grub need to be reinstalled every time a snapshot is build?
Last edited by justdanyul (2023-12-27 18:26:51)
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Hi, funny, just bought a new ssd to do the same thing...
as i interpret the doc of grub-btrfs, only the config file needs to be updated when a snapshot is taken so that grub knows which snapshots are available
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Hi, funny, just bought a new ssd to do the same thing...
as i interpret the doc of grub-btrfs, only the config file needs to be updated when a snapshot is taken so that grub knows which snapshots are available
After re-reading, I recon you are right.
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