Awesome guide! I would just add that the latest debian bullseye actually creates @rootfs when creating a btrfs partition. Instead of creating @ subvol like at 10:14, simply cd into /mnt and "mv @rootfs @". It will already contain etc media and boot. This way timeshift will be able to detect the root subvolume because it only works with @ for root.
Thanks, this really helped me :D For the ones that want to follow it without watching the video twice, I wrote a transcript of the installation part: ``` Transcript install Debian w/ Btrfs subvolumes of linux dabbler video -------------------------------------------------------------------- (start install) do Expert install: #standard install until partion disk menu select menual select disk create empty partition table (gpt for UEFI) create new partition (600 MB as EFI System partition) create new partition (1.5x RAM as SWAP) create new partition (rest, btrfs) finish partiioning and write changes to disk change to CLI: #CTRL+ALT+F2: #list device usage df #unmount all partitions which are mounted to created partitions unmount /target/bot/efi unmount /target #mount btrfs partition (vd3 here) to temporary mount point mount /dev/vda3 /mnt cd /mnt #declare subvolumes btrfs subvolume create @ #@ is a convention btrfs subvolume create @home btrfs subvolume create @snapshots #get real subvolid via btrfs subvolume list . #mount subvolumes at target mount -o rw,noatime,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvolid=257,subvol=@ /dev/vda3 /target #debian wiki does not recommend lzo; all subvolumes have to have the same mounting (see Debian wiki>problems; noatime can also have some influence on some applications, but the disadvantages are negliable) #make missing directions in target mkdir -p /target/home mkdir -p /target/.snapshots #. means hidden, -p means parents #mount rest mount -o rw,noatime,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvolid=258,subvol=@home /dev/vda3 /target/home mount -o rw,noatime,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvolid=259,subvol=@snapshots /dev/vda3 /target/.snapshots #clean up mnt mv etc/ /target mv media/ /target rm -r boot/ #is empty #mount boot directory to target mkdir -p /target/boot/efi mount /dev/vda1 /target/boot/efi #unmount mnt cd umount /mnt #get to fstab and edit cd /target/etc/ nano fstab: #add all subvolumes, same UUID, add arguments, adopt mount points cd #cd out get out of shell: CTRL+D get back to install: CTRL+ALT+F1 ```
Excellent video. Before finding your video, I spent many hours trying to get the same setup and failed. Now I have Debian BTRFS system with subvolumes. Thanks.
Heya Mike, Now I understand yours & Miyos' passion for the Debian installer. Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed watching. The look on your face when timeshift worked, priceless. You're right, it's usually the other way around. One day when I master Arch (yeah right) I will take the plunge into the expert mode. :~) Thanks Mike for sharing your passion. May the winds of fortune always be at your back.
I was about to lose my life and destroy my laptop to pieces until i saw this video i had 2 entries for the home and it didn’t let me restore (I have no idea why), and because of this video i noticed the issue and fixed it i adore and hate arch with all my being, but the learning process is so much fun, especially when it works thank you for showing me the way brother.
I really appreciate this tutorial, how well organized it was ... I'm actually looking for a tutorial on how to backup BTRFS to an external device or location and then restore from live media.
Hmm. Does it integrate with grub in anyway to easily have option for the restore? Is there a CLI version to run in the background as a deamon or from cron?
Mike, this is great stuff. Just starting to learn about btrfs because I think it will fill the need I have in my homelab. I would like to use btrfs us the underlying fs for my OpenMediaVault server which is Debian Buster based. You steps were clear and concise and I greatly appreciate your approach. Many thanks.
Really great tutorial, I wish you'd show how to restore with grub because snapshots are also for catastrophics accidents where you just can't boot into your system lol
Wow, that totally the equivalent to Apple's TimeCapsule / -Machine! Thanks a lot for this very useful and deeply informative video. You received the 321st "LIKE" from me.
as i'm practicing linux i have a question... is it possible to create these subvolumes after the installation and then move in the corrisponding folders ?!
Hey there Mike, thanks for your guide! I used it to have a separate VAR partition, since for my servers its the one that typically fills up quickly. Its been a little less than a year since this video. Do we still need to go to Busybox, unmount and create the BTRFS subvolumes, or has Debian added more support on the installer?
@RDJ. I haven't tried it with the bullseye release candidate yet. It is entirely possible that the updated installer creates subvolumes now. I will have to try it out to be sure though.
@@linuxdabbler the bullseye installer is creating @rootfs subvol by default which is not ideal for timeshift so we need to create @ and just mv the contents of @rootfs
@Luc. Not particularly. I have done this on uefi and bios and it works on both. I mainly did it to show that debian can be installed in a VM as uefi and to show the flags one would need.
Can I do this with a separated home partition ? When I try to mount /mnt/home at /target/home it says the ressource is busy. I mounted my home partition to /mnt/home and created @home and @snapshots from this folder (@ in /mnt)
Make @home subvolume at your specified home partition and basically point it out to the UUID of that partition in FSTAB, then you're basically good, almost same steps after.
Hi, couldn't you just go to the shell from the install options? I haven't try installing it and is there a difference from using ctrl+alt+f2 and the execute shell option?
@Markiroto Baby. You could execute a shell from the install options. But I haven't tried it that way. I have always just dropped to a TTY when there was a need. The guides that I found (had to translate some of them) never mentioned calling up a shell from the install options. As for the difference... I don't think there is one. Ctrl+Alt+F2 gets you busybox, and I believe that is also the shell you can execute in the install options. When I did that, I had to send it the key from virt-manager because pressing it on my keyboard would have pulled up a TTY on my main machine... Not so good when recording. Lol
Hey Mike, can you also make a video and install Debian on ZFS (not ZFS on Debian, I watched that video :)). I can follow the guide on openzfs github documentation, but seeing you doing it and explaining everything makes it much more easier for a first time install. Appreciate it!
I did this on a laptop and it worked! I do have one question though. When I bring up timeshift it says that it puts all btrfs backups in some folder (I don't recall the name and I'm not on that machine right now) other than /.snapshots. It also says that this folder cannot be changed. Is /.snapshots just for doing manual backups?
@@linuxdabbler I have been using snapshots, but more as a tool to then give me something to copy out to other drives. I hadn't really understood the value of the '@' subvolume feature.
@Micharl Helmreich. @ (no idea why it's named that) is your root subvolume, I like to take a snapshot of root before upgrades(especially if I'm running testing or sid) just for a safety net, in case something breaks, I can boot to a TTY, change the subvolid in /etc/fstab to the most recent root snapshot, reboot into the snapshot and fix my system from there.
Thanks for tutorial. Why does terminal shows that deb-fetch was not found after reboot in 32:51? Shouldn't the snapshot revert also the .bashrc? Thanks
@cepi24. It was reading the ~/.bashrc which stayed the same, The script was located in /usr/local/bin and it wasn't there anymore after the snapshot was restored. Which is why it faulted.
Hello Mike. Another great video. BUT did you see the btrfs and sub-volume implementation that MX-21 has? "Run with the Dolphin" describes the VERY simple setup out of box in a recent video... stay safe...
@Jim Acklaw. I updated this video for debian bullseye and while the bullseye installed does create a root subvolume now... It doesn't work out of the box with timeshift.
Sorry I just saw your other comment. I didn't change anything with grub. The only thing I changed was in /etc/fstab I changed subvol=@rootfs to subvolid=256 This method of booting into a snapshot by the ID should work if your snapshot subvolume is on the same drive as your root subvolume because they have the same UUID. Your subvolid will probably be different than mine. Running the command sudo btrfs subvolume list / Should give you your subvolume IDs
Hi! Can you please explain why you create a separate subvolume for snapshots? Is it for security reasons? Because you could also just create the /.snapshot dir (inside the @ root-subvolume) without using a separate @snapshots subvolume. Taking snapshots is not recursive so taking snapshots of the @ root-subvolume will not include the snapshots stored inside /.snapshots directory. Thanks! :)
@Kristoffer. I created the . snapshots directory because I like to keep it neat. And having a separate subvolume for snapshots is more secure than just using the root subvolume with a snapshots folder.
@@linuxdabbler can you explain why it is more secure than having a snapshot dir at the top-level? since the top-level will be unmounted unless taking snapshots anyway? I just want to understand, since I haven't seen this practice before :-)
I may be misinterpreting what you are saying here... I also mistyped earlier as well. (It was 3am when I first replied.) I like to have a separate snapshot subvolume to keep the snapshots out of my root subvolume in case something happenes to my root subvolume. I would honestly prefer my snapshots to be on a separate drive in case of drive failure.
@@linuxdabbler I believe I understand what you are saying :) here is my top-level btrfs volume: @root, @home, /snapshots. And then I just mount btrfs top-volume to @root/root/btrfs-top-volume when taking snapshots :) If that made sense :) Then I can use btrfs send and receive to make backups of the snapshots. Thank you for clarifying!
Just did this with a separate boot partition and encryption of the btrfs and swap partitions with the gui expert installer. Worked like a charm. Thank you. Do you know why a separate boot is still necessary for debian while opensuse will use a 8MB boot partition to unlock the encryption before the boot selection. Is there a way to do this on debian as well?
@Jipee Juhu. I'm glad it worked well for you.. that is awesome. As for the second part, I'm not sure about getting that to work on Debian. I did a little research on it before making the video but came up empty... If I find a good article on the subject, I will post a link and tag you in the comment.
@@asldfjkalsdfjasdf @linux dabbler I got encrypted setup to also work; however, boot is on a non-encrypted partition. My understanding is GRUB through version 2.04 cannot decrypt a LUKS version 2 partition. LUKS 2 is the default encryption type for Debian 10. However, GRUB 2.06 can decrypt LUKS 2. Two options, 1) convert LUKS 2 to LUKS 1 or 2) compile from source and install GRUB 2.06. Neither option I have tried with the BTRFS subvolumes setup. I have done option 1 with a standard Debian BTRFS install and it worked for me. Sometime I have to spend a few more hours to try both options. Then I want to try to make this a RAID 1 setup. I've done it with Ubuntu. Finally run some tests with timeshift to work see how it works with FDE RAID1 BTRFS with subvolumes.
@Michael Houde. It sounds like there was a grub config error. I can't remember off hand the exact commands you need, but I used this guide in the past and have had some success. linoxide.com/linux-how-to/grub-rescue-commands/ I hope this helps.
The host machine is running DWM. If you're not familiar... It is a dynamic tiling window manager created by the "suckless" developers/community. If you mean the VM... That's just XFCE... My full desktop environment of choice.
While I found this video interesting, I just don't see me doing this... :-) I'm just to lazy and I like my butter on toast...LOL Thanks for the video Mike... I just never plan on using BTFS or whatever you call it... LLAP
@Bruce Scott. I understand, I just wanted to show that it could be done on Debian, because most other tutorials I have found for this uses Arch. But once I got it figured out... Man... This is pretty great. I'm going to try it on Devuan on my next off day.
@@linuxdabbler HaHaHa. Yep! I understand. it's all about the conquest and seeing if I can do it thing... :-) I like your videos very much, there very informative and inspiring. As you know I have used some of you projects myself... Lol I still haven't gotten around to DWM . I have several electronic projects i'm working on inbetween all the other projects and I just started another one a week ago for xmas for the kids. I'm making clocks out of old computer parts. I will say it has blossomed into its own nightmare...Lol I was trying to make them somewhat the same but there going to be kinda the same if you get what I'm saying... Lol Good Luck on the Devuan project! Anyway thanks for you hard work and the videos. Take Care! LLAP
Awesome guide! I would just add that the latest debian bullseye actually creates @rootfs when creating a btrfs partition. Instead of creating @ subvol like at 10:14, simply cd into /mnt and "mv @rootfs @". It will already contain etc media and boot. This way timeshift will be able to detect the root subvolume because it only works with @ for root.
Thanks, this really helped me :D
For the ones that want to follow it without watching the video twice, I wrote a transcript of the installation part:
```
Transcript install Debian w/ Btrfs subvolumes of linux dabbler video
--------------------------------------------------------------------
(start install)
do Expert install:
#standard install until partion disk menu
select menual
select disk
create empty partition table (gpt for UEFI)
create new partition (600 MB as EFI System partition)
create new partition (1.5x RAM as SWAP)
create new partition (rest, btrfs)
finish partiioning and write changes to disk
change to CLI: #CTRL+ALT+F2:
#list device usage
df
#unmount all partitions which are mounted to created partitions
unmount /target/bot/efi
unmount /target
#mount btrfs partition (vd3 here) to temporary mount point
mount /dev/vda3 /mnt
cd /mnt
#declare subvolumes
btrfs subvolume create @ #@ is a convention
btrfs subvolume create @home
btrfs subvolume create @snapshots
#get real subvolid via
btrfs subvolume list .
#mount subvolumes at target
mount -o rw,noatime,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvolid=257,subvol=@ /dev/vda3 /target #debian wiki does not recommend lzo; all subvolumes have to have the same mounting (see Debian wiki>problems; noatime can also have some influence on some applications, but the disadvantages are negliable)
#make missing directions in target
mkdir -p /target/home
mkdir -p /target/.snapshots #. means hidden, -p means parents
#mount rest
mount -o rw,noatime,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvolid=258,subvol=@home /dev/vda3 /target/home
mount -o rw,noatime,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvolid=259,subvol=@snapshots /dev/vda3 /target/.snapshots
#clean up mnt
mv etc/ /target
mv media/ /target
rm -r boot/ #is empty
#mount boot directory to target
mkdir -p /target/boot/efi
mount /dev/vda1 /target/boot/efi
#unmount mnt
cd
umount /mnt
#get to fstab and edit
cd /target/etc/
nano fstab:
#add all subvolumes, same UUID, add arguments, adopt mount points
cd #cd out
get out of shell: CTRL+D
get back to install: CTRL+ALT+F1
```
Excellent video. Before finding your video, I spent many hours trying to get the same setup and failed. Now I have Debian BTRFS system with subvolumes. Thanks.
Heya Mike, Now I understand yours & Miyos' passion for the Debian installer. Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed watching. The look on your face when timeshift worked, priceless. You're right, it's usually the other way around. One day when I master Arch (yeah right) I will take the plunge into the expert mode. :~) Thanks Mike for sharing your passion. May the winds of fortune always be at your back.
I was about to lose my life and destroy my laptop to pieces until i saw this video
i had 2 entries for the home and it didn’t let me restore (I have no idea why), and because of this video i noticed the issue and fixed it
i adore and hate arch with all my being, but the learning process is so much fun, especially when it works
thank you for showing me the way brother.
I really appreciate this tutorial, how well organized it was ... I'm actually looking for a tutorial on how to backup BTRFS to an external device or location and then restore from live media.
Timeshift rsync devrait être votre solution.
Needed to setup a new Debian Buster system and saw your video. Excellent video and did the same here. Thank you Mike !!
Hmm. Does it integrate with grub in anyway to easily have option for the restore? Is there a CLI version to run in the background as a deamon or from cron?
Mike, this is great stuff. Just starting to learn about btrfs because I think it will fill the need I have in my homelab. I would like to use btrfs us the underlying fs for my OpenMediaVault server which is Debian Buster based. You steps were clear and concise and I greatly appreciate your approach. Many thanks.
Really great tutorial, I wish you'd show how to restore with grub because snapshots are also for catastrophics accidents where you just can't boot into your system lol
Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing!
What an awesome piece of work, Mike. Thank you!
Wow, that totally the equivalent to Apple's TimeCapsule / -Machine! Thanks a lot for this very useful and deeply informative video. You received the 321st "LIKE" from me.
Thanks for your video! It really helped me
Would be great if debian included this in the expert setup ! Nice tutorial, thanks...
as i'm practicing linux i have a question... is it possible to create these subvolumes after the installation and then move in the corrisponding folders ?!
@_pietro1388. It is possible, but I've never done it that way so I can't speak intelligently on the matter.
Hey there Mike, thanks for your guide! I used it to have a separate VAR partition, since for my servers its the one that typically fills up quickly.
Its been a little less than a year since this video. Do we still need to go to Busybox, unmount and create the BTRFS subvolumes, or has Debian added more support on the installer?
@RDJ. I haven't tried it with the bullseye release candidate yet. It is entirely possible that the updated installer creates subvolumes now.
I will have to try it out to be sure though.
@@linuxdabbler the bullseye installer is creating @rootfs subvol by default which is not ideal for timeshift so we need to create @ and just mv the contents of @rootfs
@Aceattack. Thank you for the info. I really appreciate it.
Thank you, right to the point! Perfect video !
Excellent video! Very clear explanation.
Hi Mike, really great Video.
Do you plan also the same as an encrypted Version?
That would be really amazing 😍
Best regards
Any reason you went with UEFI, does it have any bearing on the functionality of BTRFS etc?
@Luc. Not particularly. I have done this on uefi and bios and it works on both. I mainly did it to show that debian can be installed in a VM as uefi and to show the flags one would need.
Hi, it doesn`t work anymore with the new bullseye release. Can you update the process ? Thanks!
Can I do this with a separated home partition ? When I try to mount /mnt/home at /target/home it says the ressource is busy. I mounted my home partition to /mnt/home and created @home and @snapshots from this folder (@ in /mnt)
Make @home subvolume at your specified home partition and basically point it out to the UUID of that partition in FSTAB, then you're basically good, almost same steps after.
Hy Mike,
thank you for this tutorial. I make it also on my host system.
Greeting from Vienna (Austria)
Andreas
What is the DE that you use in this video?
Hi, couldn't you just go to the shell from the install options? I haven't try installing it and is there a difference from using ctrl+alt+f2 and the execute shell option?
@Markiroto Baby. You could execute a shell from the install options. But I haven't tried it that way. I have always just dropped to a TTY when there was a need. The guides that I found (had to translate some of them) never mentioned calling up a shell from the install options.
As for the difference... I don't think there is one. Ctrl+Alt+F2 gets you busybox, and I believe that is also the shell you can execute in the install options.
When I did that, I had to send it the key from virt-manager because pressing it on my keyboard would have pulled up a TTY on my main machine... Not so good when recording. Lol
Hey Mike, can you also make a video and install Debian on ZFS (not ZFS on Debian, I watched that video :)). I can follow the guide on openzfs github documentation, but seeing you doing it and explaining everything makes it much more easier for a first time install. Appreciate it!
I did this on a laptop and it worked! I do have one question though. When I bring up timeshift it says that it puts all btrfs backups in some folder (I don't recall the name and I'm not on that machine right now) other than /.snapshots. It also says that this folder cannot be changed. Is /.snapshots just for doing manual backups?
@ Ron Obvious. Yes. It's mainly for manual backups unless you are using snapper choose snapshots in the grub menu.
This suited my purpose pretty perfectly.
Thanks heaps.
@Michael Helmreich. Im glad you found it useful. Btrfs subvolumes on Debian is a pretty niche thing, but it is fantastic for my purpose as well.
@@linuxdabbler I have been using snapshots, but more as a tool to then give me something to copy out to other drives.
I hadn't really understood the value of the '@' subvolume feature.
@Micharl Helmreich. @ (no idea why it's named that) is your root subvolume, I like to take a snapshot of root before upgrades(especially if I'm running testing or sid) just for a safety net, in case something breaks, I can boot to a TTY, change the subvolid in /etc/fstab to the most recent root snapshot, reboot into the snapshot and fix my system from there.
Thanks for tutorial. Why does terminal shows that deb-fetch was not found after reboot in 32:51? Shouldn't the snapshot revert also the .bashrc? Thanks
@cepi24. It was reading the ~/.bashrc which stayed the same, The script was located in /usr/local/bin and it wasn't there anymore after the snapshot was restored. Which is why it faulted.
Hello Mike. Another great video. BUT did you see the btrfs and sub-volume implementation that MX-21 has? "Run with the Dolphin" describes the VERY simple setup out of box in a recent video...
stay safe...
Hi @Jim Acklaw. I really like your channel. I haven't tried MX-21. I will have to check out run with the dolphin. Thanks for the tip!
@Jim Acklaw. I updated this video for debian bullseye and while the bullseye installed does create a root subvolume now... It doesn't work out of the box with timeshift.
Very good tutorial, helped me a lot. Thank you.
I was watching and thinking do I subscribe?? Then you had me at Doctor who :D
What’s your operating system?
I'm guessing time shift didn't use .snapshots right?
I can't restore rootfs thru setting subvolid of snapshot inside the fstab file. Does described method work or not?
@gguman ss. I have this set up on my desktop and laptop and haven't had any trouble booting into a snapshot by changing the subvolid in /etc/fstab.
I've spent a day and didn't able to restore. Could you create a short video of this process, plz. I dont know where I'm wrong
Did you change grub.cfg for booting into a snapshot?
Sorry I just saw your other comment. I didn't change anything with grub.
The only thing I changed was in /etc/fstab
I changed subvol=@rootfs to subvolid=256
This method of booting into a snapshot by the ID should work if your snapshot subvolume is on the same drive as your root subvolume because they have the same UUID.
Your subvolid will probably be different than mine. Running the command
sudo btrfs subvolume list /
Should give you your subvolume IDs
Doesnt work for me
Hi! Can you please explain why you create a separate subvolume for snapshots? Is it for security reasons? Because you could also just create the /.snapshot dir (inside the @ root-subvolume) without using a separate @snapshots subvolume. Taking snapshots is not recursive so taking snapshots of the @ root-subvolume will not include the snapshots stored inside /.snapshots directory. Thanks! :)
@Kristoffer. I created the . snapshots directory because I like to keep it neat. And having a separate subvolume for snapshots is more secure than just using the root subvolume with a snapshots folder.
@@linuxdabbler can you explain why it is more secure than having a snapshot dir at the top-level? since the top-level will be unmounted unless taking snapshots anyway? I just want to understand, since I haven't seen this practice before :-)
I may be misinterpreting what you are saying here... I also mistyped earlier as well. (It was 3am when I first replied.) I like to have a separate snapshot subvolume to keep the snapshots out of my root subvolume in case something happenes to my root subvolume. I would honestly prefer my snapshots to be on a separate drive in case of drive failure.
@@linuxdabbler I believe I understand what you are saying :) here is my top-level btrfs volume: @root, @home, /snapshots. And then I just mount btrfs top-volume to @root/root/btrfs-top-volume when taking snapshots :) If that made sense :) Then I can use btrfs send and receive to make backups of the snapshots. Thank you for clarifying!
Execellent! 👍
Just did this with a separate boot partition and encryption of the btrfs and swap partitions with the gui expert installer.
Worked like a charm. Thank you.
Do you know why a separate boot is still necessary for debian while opensuse will use a 8MB boot partition to unlock the encryption before the boot selection.
Is there a way to do this on debian as well?
@Jipee Juhu. I'm glad it worked well for you.. that is awesome. As for the second part, I'm not sure about getting that to work on Debian. I did a little research on it before making the video but came up empty... If I find a good article on the subject, I will post a link and tag you in the comment.
@@linuxdabbler Thank you. much appreciated!
@@asldfjkalsdfjasdf @linux dabbler I got encrypted setup to also work; however, boot is on a non-encrypted partition. My understanding is GRUB through version 2.04 cannot decrypt a LUKS version 2 partition. LUKS 2 is the default encryption type for Debian 10. However, GRUB 2.06 can decrypt LUKS 2. Two options, 1) convert LUKS 2 to LUKS 1 or 2) compile from source and install GRUB 2.06. Neither option I have tried with the BTRFS subvolumes setup. I have done option 1 with a standard Debian BTRFS install and it worked for me. Sometime I have to spend a few more hours to try both options. Then I want to try to make this a RAID 1 setup. I've done it with Ubuntu. Finally run some tests with timeshift to work see how it works with FDE RAID1 BTRFS with subvolumes.
@@mrrogers4591 Thanks a lot! That informations is helpful.
nice video Mike.
My friend can you do the same with Manjaro?
Everything went fine until I installed KDE, now I am stuck with a grub> prompt only. Any ideas ?
@Michael Houde. It sounds like there was a grub config error. I can't remember off hand the exact commands you need, but I used this guide in the past and have had some success.
linoxide.com/linux-how-to/grub-rescue-commands/
I hope this helps.
@@linuxdabbler The weird thing is this is only happening with Buster, under sid it does boot normally
Thanks. Thanks. This is the best. That is really cool.
very informative, thanks man!
what's that desktop environment?
The host machine is running DWM. If you're not familiar... It is a dynamic tiling window manager created by the "suckless" developers/community.
If you mean the VM... That's just XFCE... My full desktop environment of choice.
Thanks, Mike, nice video as always, could you do a video of btrfs raid1 with nfs, regarding this topic the information on internet is very sparse.
How can we also add encryption?
@Paul. I haven't tried with llvm and encryption. But there is a pretty good guide for it here.
www.paritybit.ca/blog/debian-with-btrfs
Excellent, thanks
With this method, the directories inside home for the user are not created
@Michel Houde. That is easily corrected with the command xdg-user-dirs-update
Nice tutorial. FYI. "rw" is a default. No need to specify it really.
I hope they make this feature doable on Debian expert install without opening busybox.
@Safiyyah Tekakwitha. I would love to see that as well. I would definitely make a video just covering that.
Tyyy
While I found this video interesting, I just don't see me doing this... :-) I'm just to lazy and I like my butter on toast...LOL
Thanks for the video Mike... I just never plan on using BTFS or whatever you call it...
LLAP
@Bruce Scott. I understand, I just wanted to show that it could be done on Debian, because most other tutorials I have found for this uses Arch. But once I got it figured out... Man... This is pretty great. I'm going to try it on Devuan on my next off day.
@@linuxdabbler HaHaHa. Yep! I understand. it's all about the conquest and seeing if I can do it thing... :-)
I like your videos very much, there very informative and inspiring. As you know I have used some of you projects myself... Lol
I still haven't gotten around to DWM . I have several electronic projects i'm working on inbetween all the other projects and I just started another one a week ago for xmas for the kids. I'm making clocks out of old computer parts. I will say it has blossomed into its own nightmare...Lol I was trying to make them somewhat the same but there going to be kinda the same if you get what I'm saying... Lol
Good Luck on the Devuan project!
Anyway thanks for you hard work and the videos. Take Care!
LLAP
@Bruce Scott. Thanks as always. The computer part clocks sound incredible...
too bad timeshift does not allow different configs :/
maybe i wanna tried this
Please try this with antiX
get the alwayscenter patch
You forgot var
Timeshift doesn't seen to use /.snapshots... The backup is stored in /mnt/timeshift/backup/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/ for me