* How do I specify a btrfs subvolume?
@ 2021-03-15 1:33 Nathan Dehnel
2021-03-17 1:44 ` raingloom
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nathan Dehnel @ 2021-03-15 1:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-guix
This is extremely confusing:
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Btrfs-file-system.html
I made my best attempt at creating and mounting a subvolume at
/media/offsite-backup:
(file-systems
(cons* (file-system
(mount-point "/")
(device
(uuid "b2e0f449-0583-46fd-8c23-ad2e6cd661a1"
'btrfs))
(type "btrfs"))
(file-system
(mount-point "/media/offsite-backup")
(device
(uuid "b2e0f449-0583-46fd-8c23-ad2e6cd661a1"
'btrfs))
(type "btrfs")
(options "subvol=offsite-backup,compress=zlib:9"))
It gives this error:
building /gnu/store/mrs1qbg619qk4n2lv8k377arclgzwqjq-install-bootloader.scm.drv...
guix system: bootloader successfully installed on '/dev/sda'
guix system: warning: exception caught while executing 'start' on
service 'file-system-/media/offsite-backup':
In procedure mount: mount "/dev/sda2" on "///media/offsite-backup": No
such file or directory
guix system: warning: some services could not be upgraded
But /media/offsite-backup exists.
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* Re: How do I specify a btrfs subvolume?
2021-03-15 1:33 How do I specify a btrfs subvolume? Nathan Dehnel
@ 2021-03-17 1:44 ` raingloom
2021-03-18 2:48 ` Maxim Cournoyer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: raingloom @ 2021-03-17 1:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-guix
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:33:06 -0500
Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is extremely confusing:
> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Btrfs-file-system.html
>
> I made my best attempt at creating and mounting a subvolume at
> /media/offsite-backup:
>
> (file-systems
> (cons* (file-system
> (mount-point "/")
> (device
> (uuid "b2e0f449-0583-46fd-8c23-ad2e6cd661a1"
> 'btrfs))
> (type "btrfs"))
> (file-system
> (mount-point "/media/offsite-backup")
> (device
> (uuid "b2e0f449-0583-46fd-8c23-ad2e6cd661a1"
> 'btrfs))
> (type "btrfs")
> (options "subvol=offsite-backup,compress=zlib:9"))
>
> It gives this error:
>
> building
> /gnu/store/mrs1qbg619qk4n2lv8k377arclgzwqjq-install-bootloader.scm.drv...
> guix system: bootloader successfully installed on '/dev/sda' guix
> system: warning: exception caught while executing 'start' on service
> 'file-system-/media/offsite-backup': In procedure mount: mount
> "/dev/sda2" on "///media/offsite-backup": No such file or directory
> guix system: warning: some services could not be upgraded
>
> But /media/offsite-backup exists.
>
I'm looking at
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Btrfs#Mounting_subvolumes
and it seems like you either need a numberic ID or an absolute path,
not a relative one.
On my machine `findmnt` returns `subvol=/`.
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* Re: How do I specify a btrfs subvolume?
2021-03-17 1:44 ` raingloom
@ 2021-03-18 2:48 ` Maxim Cournoyer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Maxim Cournoyer @ 2021-03-18 2:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: raingloom; +Cc: help-guix
Hi,
raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net> writes:
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 20:33:06 -0500
> Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is extremely confusing:
>> https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Btrfs-file-system.html
Hello! Trying to explain it was a real challenge. Would you mind
detailing what exactly got you confused? Hopefully it can be improved.
>> I made my best attempt at creating and mounting a subvolume at
>> /media/offsite-backup:
>>
>> (file-systems
>> (cons* (file-system
>> (mount-point "/")
>> (device
>> (uuid "b2e0f449-0583-46fd-8c23-ad2e6cd661a1"
>> 'btrfs))
>> (type "btrfs"))
>> (file-system
>> (mount-point "/media/offsite-backup")
>> (device
>> (uuid "b2e0f449-0583-46fd-8c23-ad2e6cd661a1"
>> 'btrfs))
>> (type "btrfs")
>> (options "subvol=offsite-backup,compress=zlib:9"))
>>
>> It gives this error:
>>
>> building
>> /gnu/store/mrs1qbg619qk4n2lv8k377arclgzwqjq-install-bootloader.scm.drv...
>> guix system: bootloader successfully installed on '/dev/sda' guix
>> system: warning: exception caught while executing 'start' on service
>> 'file-system-/media/offsite-backup': In procedure mount: mount
>> "/dev/sda2" on "///media/offsite-backup": No such file or directory
>> guix system: warning: some services could not be upgraded
>>
>> But /media/offsite-backup exists.
Trying it on my end.
$ blkid
/dev/sda2: UUID="0792432c-78d8-4dcc-87c5-30200c3d02db" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="b2284a29-5c96-4983-afae-daf1528bb1b2"
/dev/mapper/cryptroot: UUID="2e97fbbd-fa4e-4858-948b-b3a89278a39b" UUID_SUB="7cf6061d-a2d8-4c69-ad34-8d8e31b973cd" TYPE="btrfs"
/dev/sdc: UUID="7bb7e1dd-b0f9-45dc-bf2a-39c6d3a4ee42" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="a9aead40-9d01-4f7a-bb83-be70dd192b7b" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="4bc8deb4-7ad9-524f-ada9-0ef0783c2704"
According to [0], on has to use the UUID rather than the UUID_SUB;
perhaps that's what is causing you problems if you used the UUID_SUB? I
updated my (working) file system declaration from:
(file-systems (cons* (file-system
(mount-point "/")
(device "/dev/mapper/cryptroot")
(type "btrfs")
(options "compress-force=zstd,space_cache=v2")
(dependencies mapped-devices))
%base-file-systems))
to
(file-systems (cons* (file-system
(mount-point "/")
(device (uuid "2e97fbbd-fa4e-4858-948b-b3a89278a39b"
'btrfs))
(type "btrfs")
(options "compress-force=zstd,space_cache=v2")
(dependencies mapped-devices))
%base-file-systems))
reconfigured and reboot. Granted, I don't currently mount a subvolumes
on this machine. I do on a second one, I could try it there too if
you're still blocked.
> I'm looking at
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Btrfs#Mounting_subvolumes
> and it seems like you either need a numberic ID or an absolute path,
> not a relative one.
> On my machine `findmnt` returns `subvol=/`.
In Guix, you want to use the subvolume name (that's the 'subvol'
option), not the subvolume ID, as Guix relies on the subvolume name to
generate the GRUB configuration. This is explained in the manual and an
error message with a hint should be displayed when attempting to use
subvolumes with an ID for the root file system.
HTH,
Maxim
[0] https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/how-manage-btrfs-storage-pools-subvolumes-and-snapshots-linux-part-1/
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