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#1 2026-10-23 19:18:57
- Jitter.Jive.Groove
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Split up Single BTRFS "/" Partition into: root home snapshots
Realizing later that one should have separately partitioned /home is something that I have seen others regret. One would think recipes for installing or installer workflows would recognize this.
So: How do I split safely ?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=272004 2021-12-09 12:18:23 says:
# btrfs subvolume snapshot / /@
# btrfs subvolume create /@home
# btrfs subvolume create /@snapshots
# rsync -aAXv /home/ /@home ; sync
which wiki pages should I understand before I play superuser?
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#2 2026-10-28 21:48:16
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Re: Split up Single BTRFS "/" Partition into: root home snapshots
should I use gparted from a Live Install ISO ?
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#3 2026-10-28 21:49:49
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Re: Split up Single BTRFS "/" Partition into: root home snapshots
I want to shrink my root partition and added another partition, /home
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#4 2026-10-28 21:51:05
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Re: Split up Single BTRFS "/" Partition into: root home snapshots
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#5 2026-10-28 22:00:08
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Re: Split up Single BTRFS "/" Partition into: root home snapshots
Btrfs root home partitions
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#6 2026-10-28 22:54:44
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Re: Split up Single BTRFS "/" Partition into: root home snapshots
Currently /home is in a single partition of Btrfs under /
I want to add a new partition and move the existing /home to that location.
1 - create a new partition: /new-home
2 - copy /home to /new-home
3 - change fstab to direct /new-home & rename to /home
4 - delete the old /home
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#7 2026-10-29 09:33:09
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Re: Split up Single BTRFS "/" Partition into: root home snapshots
Please edit your post if no one has responded and only a short time has passed, don't create a new post.
Moderator Note
changing partition layout on an existing install is not an installation issue, moving to Newbie Corner
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky
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