Re: Confusion about snapshots containers

2017-03-31 Thread Kai Krakow
Am Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:27:30 -0500 schrieb Tim Cuthbertson : > I have recently switched from multiple partitions with multiple > btrfs's to a flat layout. I will try to keep my question concise. > > I am confused as to whether a snapshots container should be a normal >

Re: Fwd: Confusion about snapshots containers

2017-03-31 Thread Austin S. Hemmelgarn
On 2017-03-30 09:07, Tim Cuthbertson wrote: On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: Tim Cuthbertson posted on Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:20:52 -0500 as excerpted: So, another question... Do I then leave the top level mounted all the time for snapshots, or should I

Re: Fwd: Confusion about snapshots containers

2017-03-30 Thread Tim Cuthbertson
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 10:46 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Tim Cuthbertson posted on Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:20:52 -0500 as excerpted: > >> So, another question... >> >> Do I then leave the top level mounted all the time for snapshots, or >> should I create them, send them to external

Re: Fwd: Confusion about snapshots containers

2017-03-29 Thread Duncan
Tim Cuthbertson posted on Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:20:52 -0500 as excerpted: > So, another question... > > Do I then leave the top level mounted all the time for snapshots, or > should I create them, send them to external storage, and umount until > next time? Keep in mind that because snapshots

Fwd: Confusion about snapshots containers

2017-03-29 Thread Tim Cuthbertson
-- Forwarded message -- From: Hugo Mills <h...@carfax.org.uk> Date: Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 4:55 PM Subject: Re: Confusion about snapshots containers To: Tim Cuthbertson <ratch...@gmail.com> Cc: "linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>

Re: Confusion about snapshots containers

2017-03-29 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 04:27:30PM -0500, Tim Cuthbertson wrote: > I have recently switched from multiple partitions with multiple > btrfs's to a flat layout. I will try to keep my question concise. > > I am confused as to whether a snapshots container should be a normal > directory or a

Confusion about snapshots containers

2017-03-29 Thread Tim Cuthbertson
I have recently switched from multiple partitions with multiple btrfs's to a flat layout. I will try to keep my question concise. I am confused as to whether a snapshots container should be a normal directory or a mountable subvolume. I do not understand how it can be a normal directory while