On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 07:32:13AM +0000, 'keyandthegate' via qubes-users wrote:
> I have btrfs set up for dom0 and I'm using the refilnk driver, but my appvms themselves seem to be ext4? Where would I even set this? I don't see an option on the pool or on qvm-create.
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> On Saturday, December 12, 2020 12:36 AM, keyandthegate <
keyand...@protonmail.com> wrote:
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> > I want to use btrfs for the snapshots feature in my appvms.
> >
> > I know Qubes supports btrfs for dom0:
> >
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2340
> >
> > Does Qubes support using btrfs in individual appvms?
> >
> > If not is there some other way I can get snapshots? It would make me less afraid to make a mistake while using my computer.
>
I *think* you would have to custom build templates using btrfs, but I
have no idea if that would work - I'll try and report back.
When I'm making significant changes then I make liberal use of
qvm-clone: then I may archive off, but more usually just throw away the
clone if I'm happy. (On the rare occasions that I work with Windows
qubes I do this a lot.)