07.02.2020 · Hello, I have installed Fedora Workstation with a BTRFS root partition and everything works pretty well… aside from timeshift. It tells me to select a partition with the root subvolume at @. How can I make this the case? I looked here however I can’t figure out how to set this up. NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 …
03.03.2021 · Timeshift uses a specific subvolume layout when using BTRFS snapshots. Fedora 33 does not follow this layout thus we must edit them slightly. All we will have to do is to change the subvolume names from the root and /home to @ and @home. Step 1. Install Timeshift. Timeshift-autosnap-dnf, and grub-btrfs are also great add-ons to have.
07.05.2021 · Just my opinion but the real issue here is a limitation of timeshift. It requires a highly specific layout for btrfs subvolumes for it to work properly. There is no real valid reason why the root subvolume should be mounted as @. It isn’t even a …
08.11.2021 · Upgrading to Fedora 35 will break timeshift as it updates lsblk. If you're heavily dependent on timeshift, consider waiting as you will lose access to the snapshot you may have created while on 34 to be able to roll it back. I've suffered this in my own case.