On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 12:31 AM Sreyan Chakravarty <sreya...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:35 PM Chris Murphy <li...@colorremedies.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:38 AM Sreyan Chakravarty <sreya...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > BTRFS is not working out for me. >> > >> > What will be the easiest way to move to EXT4 ? >> > >> > I am on Fedora 33. >> > >> > Please note I also want to backup my root filesystem and not just my >> home. >> > >> >> I think if you ask 10 people you'll get 10 different answers. >> >> The easiest to *explain* is: >> * backup /home >> * clean install the OS using Custom partitioning's "LVM" preset >> partitioning scheme >> * restore /home from backup >> >> And that's because the installer does a lot of work you otherwise have >> to do manually: creates and assembles the new setup, writes out the >> correct bootloader and fstab information, etc. >> >> If you know how to do these things manually already, then that path is >> probably easier than a clean install, and having to reinstall some >> things and adjust settings. Explaining all that in detail is tedious, >> but maybe someone knows of a guide how to do all that. >> >> But this process is the same whether the source is btrfs, xfs or >> already ext4 and you need to migrate it to new file systems/layout. >> > > A reinstall is not exactly what I am looking for. > > A reinstall will mean that I have reinstall all my applications like Zoom, > Vim, etc. > > Is there any way I can restore my root partition also ? > What about partclone and TimeShift ? Does it copy filesystem information also ? I mean if I backup from BTRFS can I restore it into ext4 ? -- Regards, Sreyan Chakravarty
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