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grub-btrfs
- Resolved issue with TPM error after GRUB update in F38
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Arch simply has never failed me (gamer)
Afaik the proper solution is to use https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs/blob/master/initramfs/readme.md and/or rollback the root to a snapshot.
- TUXEDO OS BTRFS Partition + Grub-Btrfs + Auto Snapshot (TimeShift) HELP CALL
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Hyprland Lands on Gentoo-wiki (Finally!)
In fact Iām pretty knowledgeable around btrfs and snapshot-tools as well. :D I codevelop https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs.
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BTRFS restore question ā newb, be gentle
Something I noticed is that the instructions here before step 2 suggest that the files /etc/initcpio/install/grub-btrfs-overlayfs and /etc/initcpio/hooks/grub-btrfs-overlayfs might exist, and they don't for me. Worth noting that I installed through pacman, which may be a reason they don't exist if I'm reading those instructions correctly.
- Easiest way to roll back updates that break things (btrfs vs portage tools)?
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How to replicate SpiralLinux snapshot + rollback in plain debian?
In Debian, I see that there is a custom installer "Spiral Linux" (https://spirallinux.github.io) with non-default settings that achieves the same kind of mechanism using "grub-btrfs" (https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs) in combination with "snapper-rollback" (https://github.com/jrabinow/snapper-rollback) and a BTRFS subvolume layout suggested by the Arch wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Snapper#Suggested_filesystem_layout).
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btrfs vs ext4
grub-btrfs
- How to automatically generate read-write BTRFS snapshots?
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Kali unkaputtbar/snapper not appearing on grub
When the issue first arrived (around 01/11/2023, IIRC), I did try posting an "Issue" on the GitHub page for grub-btrfs (located here), & more specifically on Issue #254, however, for whatever reason (at that time) I wasn't able to make a post on that Issue/forum.
refind-btrfs
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Rollback a root snapshot without rescue media
Then you need a service that will check snapshots folder and automatically create boot entries. I have refind-btrfs, which does exactly that.
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Is GRUB or Systemd-boot better for BTRFS?
rEFInd can also be used to boot into Btrfs snapshots using this automation tool.
- Using snapper with rEFInd or systemd-boot (BTRFS)
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grub broke, again!
Yes, see refind-btrfs
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Is grub still worth using or should I switch to refind/sysmd?
It's a actually third party tool which simply automates the whole process because enabling such a feature manually is pretty cumbersome and annoying.
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Arch on Btrfs is a perfect match!
In a similar vein, there's also https://github.com/Venom1991/refind-btrfs.
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which bootloader should I use after the grub incident ?
Especially when using refind-btrfs. "This tool is used to automate a few tedious tasks required to boot into Btrfs snapshots from rEFInd. It is to rEFInd what grub-btrfs is to GRUB.". It works great.
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Systemd-boot with btrfs snapshot boot?
Well.. The same way GRUB has grub-btrfs, rEFInd has refind-btrfs, which automates the whole process of booting your snapshots. Maybe you could give rEFInd a try. And honestly, I don't think that the GRUB issue will happen again. I'm using Linux for ages and it's the first time I saw it messing stuff up. Sorry if not answers your questions directly.
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So why do so people still use GRUB?
Like GRUB has grub-btrfs to automate this process, refind has refind-btrfs. I never tested grub-btrfs, but refind-btrfs is awesome.
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What's the best way to create and restore BTRFS snapshots?
I'm using snapper with refind-btrfs. The setup was confusing at first but now it works nicely.
What are some alternatives?
timeshift-autosnap-apt - Timeshift auto-snapshot script for Ubuntu and Debian based systems which creates snapshots of your system with timeshift before a package install, remove or upgrade using DPkg::Pre-Invoke hook in apt. Fork of timeshift-autosnap from AUR.
TimeShift - System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.
Fedora-36-Post-Install-Guide - Things to do after installing Fedora 37 [Moved to: https://github.com/devangshekhawat/Fedora-37-Post-Install-Guide]
snapper_systemd_boot
arch-btrfs-install-guide - Arch Linux installation guide with btrfs and snapper, this guide is based on the information from unicks.eu guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKdZiCTh3EM, and Arch Linux UEFI step-by-step installation guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOXYZ8hKdmc from ALU.
btrbk - Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes
archlinux-ansible-provisioner - Yet another Archlinux ansible provisioner
efifs - EFI FileSystem drivers
zsh-autocomplete - š¤ Real-time type-ahead completion for Zsh. Asynchronous find-as-you-type autocompletion.
astos - An immutable tree-shaped meta-distribution [Moved to: https://github.com/ashos/ashos]