What is the name of the tool? I have extra drives so making one that doesn't
house system files is easy enough. I run btrfs on my main install on my
laptop for months now with no issues whatsoever, btw.
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> matthew byers
> writes:
>
> > Yea i k
matthew byers
writes:
> Yea i know btrfs has snapshot abilities but my entire server is ext4.
There is a tool to convert an ext filesystem to btrfs IN-PLACE.
I do not recommend it, because I do not recommend btrfs at all -- it is
not production-ready. (I do use it at home; YMMV.)
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On 01/07/2011 03:18 AM, matthew byers wrote:
> Yea i know btrfs has snapshot abilities but my entire server is ext4. I
> could format a extra drive with btrfs. Would that allow me to use btrfs for
> containers? Are there any other ideas or processes i can try out?
You can create a sparse file, for
Yea i know btrfs has snapshot abilities but my entire server is ext4. I
could format a extra drive with btrfs. Would that allow me to use btrfs for
containers? Are there any other ideas or processes i can try out?
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:50 PM, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Noah Campbell wrote:
>
> With my limited knowledge of lxc, I would recommend looking at a filesystem
> that supports snapshots.
yes, in the past i've used btrfs for this (.32 kernel). some will say
that it's not suitable for use (and in some situations it may no
With my limited knowledge of lxc, I would recommend looking at a filesystem
that supports snapshots.
-Noah
On Jan 6, 2011, at 9:12 AM, matthew byers wrote:
> Hey i was wondering if there is a way to backup a rootfs aside from copying
> it over. Im asking because i made a container with inten
On 01/06/2011 06:12 PM, matthew byers wrote:
> Hey i was wondering if there is a way to backup a rootfs aside from
> copying it over. Im asking because i made a container with intent of
> messing it up. I succeeded which in turn messed up the rootfs. So i
> was wondering if there was a way to b
Hey i was wondering if there is a way to backup a rootfs aside from copying
it over. Im asking because i made a container with intent of messing it up.
I succeeded which in turn messed up the rootfs. So i was wondering if there
was a way to backup a rootfs aside from using: cp rootfs.ubuntu
rootfs.
