Re: gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:12 PM Richard Shaw wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 11:43 AM Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 6:28 AM Richard Shaw wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:19 PM Chris Murphy wrote: On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:40 AM Richard Shaw wrote:

Re: gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 11:43 AM Chris Murphy wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 6:28 AM Richard Shaw wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:19 PM Chris Murphy >> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:40 AM Richard Shaw >>> wrote: >>> >>> > It should be possible, however, to mark the images

Re: gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 6:28 AM Richard Shaw wrote: > On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:19 PM Chris Murphy > wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:40 AM Richard Shaw wrote: >> >> > It should be possible, however, to mark the images folder +C even if it >> wouldn't affect existing images. >> >> It is. >> >

Re: gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:19 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:40 AM Richard Shaw wrote: > > > It should be possible, however, to mark the images folder +C even if it > wouldn't affect existing images. > > It is. > What I meant, is that it could be marked +C even for existing

Re: gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 5:40 AM Richard Shaw wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 11:40 PM Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 10:42 AM Richard Shaw wrote: >> > >> > Before I submit a BZ I figured maybe some discussion was in order. >> > >> > As the default fs is now btrfs and it's

Re: gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 11:40 PM Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 10:42 AM Richard Shaw wrote: > > > > Before I submit a BZ I figured maybe some discussion was in order. > > > > As the default fs is now btrfs and it's well known to be bad for VMs, > I'm surprised this wasn't already

Re: gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 10:42 AM Richard Shaw wrote: > > Before I submit a BZ I figured maybe some discussion was in order. > > As the default fs is now btrfs and it's well known to be bad for VMs, I'm > surprised this wasn't already implemented. > It is implemented.

gnome boxes image folder should be marked nodatacow?

Before I submit a BZ I figured maybe some discussion was in order. As the default fs is now btrfs and it's well known to be bad for VMs, I'm surprised this wasn't already implemented. Since the folder is created on the fly in the user's home directory this can't be easily fixed through