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From: Tomasz Torcz <tomek@pipebreaker.pl>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to mount a subvolume?
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:41:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100109154112.GA25080@mother.pipebreaker.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100109150757.1051fd79@simplux>

On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 03:07:57PM +0100, Dipl.-Ing. Michael Niederle wrote:
> I read that the current tools cannot display subvolumes, but one should still
> be able to mount them. If I try I get an error message:
> 
> > mount -t btrfs -o subvol=root.2010-01-07 /dev/sda3 /save
> mount: /dev/sda3 is not a valid block device
> 
> root.2010-01-07 is a snapshot of the /root-directory
> taken (successfully) with the following command:
> > btrfsctl -s root.2010-01-07 /root
 
  Snapshots aren't subvolumes. You create mountable subvolumes with
btrfsctl -S

-- 
Tomasz Torcz               RIP is irrevelant. Spoofing is futile.
xmpp: zdzichubg@chrome.pl     Your routes will be aggreggated. -- Alex Yuriev


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-09 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-09 14:07 How to mount a subvolume? Dipl.-Ing. Michael Niederle
2010-01-09 14:30 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2010-01-09 15:09   ` Dipl.-Ing. Michael Niederle
2010-01-09 15:41 ` Tomasz Torcz [this message]
2010-01-09 20:07 ` Goffredo Baroncelli

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