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Can't boot into snapshots via rEFInd (self.linux4noobs)

submitted 6 days ago by gpstarman to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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What I want:

To boot into a BTRFS snapshots from rEFind boot manager.

Additional Info:

So, apparently, to restore the BTRFS snapshot of a root subvolume, I shouldn't do it with the root partition being actively used.

So, I need to boot into the desired snapshot from the boot manager itself.

GRUB has grub-btrfs, which lets you boot into snapshot from OS selection screen itself.

rEFInd has refind-btrfs, which should do the same as grub-btrfs. But it didn't in my case. I am not seeing any way to boot into a snapshot from rEFInd.

I use BTRFS Assistant with snapper to manage snapshots.

I am not seeing any way to restore the snapshot from live environment too.

I am using CachyOS (Arch) with Plasma DE.

I suspect the reason is my unusual /efi /boot partition layout. (attached below)

I did my partition this way because, my initial EFI partition had less storage (as seen on image), so , I created another boot partition and mounted my pre-existing EFI partition to /boot/efi. I did this by referring a Youtube video (I know, I should've known better)

I also encrypted my BTRFS / partition

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