On 12/07/2014 03:53 PM, ellanios82 wrote:
Hello List ,
- is it possible that , in the future , one will be able to use Snapper on ext4 file system , with the standard desktop kernel
[ without the need to use a special kernel for ext4 users to benefit from Snapper] ?
As far as I know, the special kernel to do COW-like things is required. How ever you might look at "LVM snapshots with thin-provisioning", which would be applicable to any FS running in a LVM LV. At https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/htm... It says <quote> a separate thinly provisioned logical volume with a supported file system on top of it, </quote> The issue seems to be _"... With a supported file"_ I think they mean XFS. Of course you could just use the snapshot capability of LVM. What it gets back to is this: What are you trying to achieve? Is this the 'roll-back' of change using COW technique' or is this just a way of making snapshots as disk-to-disk-to <external media> backups? -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org