Hi, Didier and all!
I've just started trying to understand btrfs. I have a very long way to
go, I think, but here is my question for the moment.
I heard once and think I just read that btrfs uses encryption
automatically. If this is true, what does it mean for reading files
that I've copied onto a usb stick for use on another device? I'm quite
sure that the devices I'm thinking of have no relevant decryption.
Or, to borrow from an old Jethro Tull son, do I have the whole damn
thing all wrong? :-)
Thanks for any help.
Al
On 5/29/22 15:16, Didier Spaier wrote:
Hi David and All,===============================================================================
answers inline.
Le 27/05/2022 à 01:07, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. a écrit :
Will the automatic installation allow us to reuse our /home partition with ourThis would need that the installer asks:
Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Videos and other files and settings?
Do you have a /home partition that you want to continue using in Slint 15.0?
and if yes:
"which is it?"
then instead of the default layout in auto-partitioning mode (one main btrfs
volume and sub-volumes for / and /home) set only one subvolume for / and keep
the existing partition for /home.
This is technically feasible, with two caveats:
1. /home/david includes beyond Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Videos a lot
hidden files and directories, some but not all deserving or needing to be kept
or restored after an upgrade as you can, check typing:
ls -a $HOME
or using a file manager.
2. You would loose the benefits of having /home and / as two sub-volumes of the
same btrfs volume, among which that they share the space on disk so no need to
set a fixed size for /home with his layout.
Reinstalling the System isn't too bad but having to copy /home can be a bother.That would mean move all files and directories, which could not be wise, as some
Maybe the installer can offer to move /home to a new partition?
of them are associated to software, versions or settings that differ between
Slint 14.2.1 and Slint 15.0.
In my humble opinion it is preferable copy after installation files that you
almost certainly want to keep, probably inculding ~/.mozilla (if you use
firefox), ~.thunderbird (if you use thunderbird , ~/.local/.share/orca among
others.
Selectively copying files can hardly being done by he installer, so I am afraid
it will be up to users to do that after installation, or if they prefer to copy
everything just mount the old /home as for instance /mnt and type as root:
cp -a /mnt/* /home
Cheers,
Didier
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