It doesn't like laptops. I lost mucho, mucho data with it. Going up and down suddenly (like when you close the lid) is not something this FS excels at. Ext4 has been much better in this regard.
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I've been using BtrFS on my laptop for a couple of years now without > issue, and on my desktop I had /home in BtrFS for years before my hard > drive crashed, though I never really used any of the BtrFS features. I'm > toying with the idea of doing a full BtrFS root and home on my desktop > machine. I want to explore BtrFS more, and I like the idea of being > able to snapshot the file systems before operations such as package > installs or updates. Or at the very least having periodic snapshots of > my home directory. > > Question is, has anyone been using btrfs for root, and if so what volume > and subvolume layouts did you use? I will be keeping my home > directories on a completely separate partition/volume. But on root, > should I have a separate volume for /var? Or is that overkill? If you > tell OpenSUSE to use btrfs I know it sets up a fair number of subvolumes. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
