From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tomasz Torcz Subject: Re: How to mount a subvolume? Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:41:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20100109154112.GA25080@mother.pipebreaker.pl> References: <20100109150757.1051fd79@simplux> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100109150757.1051fd79@simplux> List-ID: 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