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- Easeus and refind boot manager install#
- Easeus and refind boot manager manual#
- Easeus and refind boot manager upgrade#
This tool is currently available only in the AUR which means that Arch Linux users (as well as users of derivative distributions, I imagine) can easily install it. the "rootflags" option must define a "subvol" suboption which is matched with the root subvolume's logical path and/or a "subvolid" suboption which is matched with the root subvolume's ID.the "root" option must be matched with the root partition (by PARTUUID or PARTLABEL), its filesystem (by UUID or LABEL) or with a block device (by name) which itself represents the root partition.
Easeus and refind boot manager manual#
at least one manual boot stanza (found in rEFInd's main config file or in any of the additional config files included within it) defined such that (see the ArchWiki for an example) its own "options" field or any such field belonging to at least one of its sub-menus contains definitions of the following boot loader options:.at least one snapshot of the root subvolume.Btrfs formatted filesystem with a subvolume mounted as /.mounted ESP (no automatic discovery and/or mounting is supported).The following conditions (some are probably superfluous at this point) must be satisfied in order for this tool to function correctly: This behavior is configurable and enabled by default. This tool will also detect a situation where / is mounted as a snapshot (which means that you've already booted into one), issue a warning and simply exit whereas, for instance, Snapper will happily continue creating its snapshots, regardless.
Easeus and refind boot manager upgrade#
It goes without saying that the consequence of having this kind of a setup is being unable to mitigate a problematic kernel upgrade by simply booting into a snapshot. In case a separate /boot partition is detected only the fields relevant to / are modified ("subvol" and/or "subvolid") while the "loader" and "initrd" fields (the former may also be nested within the "options" field) remain unaffected.
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sets their read-only flag to false, thus making them writable.Selects the configured number of latest snapshots and uses them as such if they are writable and if any aren't, it either (depending on the configuration):.Searches for rEFInd's main config file on the ESP and parses it to extract manual boot stanzas from it (included configs are also analyzed, if present).Searches for snapshots of the identified subvolume in the configured directory (or directories).Identifies the root mount point and gathers information about the subvolume which is mounted at said mount point.
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This tool is used to automate a few tedious tasks required to boot into Btrfs snapshots from rEFInd.