Re: [gentoo-user] Backup questions

[Marc Joliet]

Am Freitag, 17. August 2018, 07:55:57 CEST schrieb Dale:
> Marc Joliet wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 10. August 2018, 04:46:17 CEST schrieb Dale:
[...]
> >> I did think about btrfs.  I've read a lot of threads on here about
> >> people using it and it seems to have come a long ways and be pretty
> >> stable.  Right now, I've got a lot going on and really don't have the
> >> time to sit down and read up on it and how it works or what all it can
> >> do.  In all honesty, if my system were to crash later when I don't have
> >> so much going on, I'd like to move to btrfs for as much as possible of
> >> my system.
> >
> > Yeah, it's a good idea to wait until you have time :) .  And then migrate
> > piecemeal, not all at once.  Following up on Wol's suggestion, I would
> > start with the backup drive, since you can exploit most of the features
> > there (well, snapshots and compression, at least).  Personally, I've had
> > mostly good experience with btrfs and enjoy its send/receive feature for
> > full-system incremental backups.
> >
> >> I suspect /boot would still have to be ext2 or something
> >> because of grub.
> >
> > GRUB actually supports btrfs.  However, on a UEFI system you will need a
> > FAT32 file system for /boot, so I would argue that on a relatively recent
> > system the issue is moot.
>
> Yea, time is even more limited now.  My Mom is still in the hospital
> about a hour away.  I'm not supposed to visit people there, and other
> places where a lot of sick people can be, but it's my Mom.  I went
> twice.  The morning after the second visit, I was at the Doctors
> office.  Now I'm sick.  Luckily, the meds are working.  Thing is, I
> don't feel like messing with computer stuff right now.  Even cooking a
> meal is not so interesting.  I can't taste or smell anyway.  So, it may
> be a while before I get the time to deal with any of this.  I would
> likely not learn anything about a new file system even if I read it more
> than once.  I'm even avoiding updates just to prevent anything from
> going sideways.  I wonder, how many times will I proof and edit this
> email????

In that case I wish you both a speedy recovery!  It's not like the technology 
will run away from you, anyway.

> I thought I read Grub, the new version, supported more file systems.
> Still, just for safety, I'd likely still use ext2.  There's a lot of new
> stuff out there.  Just tons of options.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)

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