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Artix Linux => Installation / Migration / Configuration => Topic started by: deadeyex on 12 January 2022, 07:24:44

Title: can you use zfs on artix?
Post by: deadeyex on 12 January 2022, 07:24:44
the wikis blank
Title: Re: can you use zfs on artix?
Post by: strajder on 12 January 2022, 08:04:35
It is not (https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/InstallationOnZFS). There is a link in it, which you should follow and read the page behind it.
Title: Re: can you use zfs on artix?
Post by: Artist on 12 January 2022, 10:09:30
zfs with Artix works fine.

You will find the zfs packages in the https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Repositories#Universe
Some advice:
- test it on a spare pc or in a vm first
- never update kernel and zfs packages at the same time; reboot in between.

artist
Title: Re: can you use zfs on artix?
Post by: limotux on 12 January 2022, 14:59:44
Just curios
Is ZFS any better than BTRFS?
I have BTRFS on the sysetem partition but avoided it on data partition as it it caused Baloo to return multiple enties and an ever growing index... because of snapshots.

Is ZFS the same?
Title: Re: can you use zfs on artix?
Post by: mattz7 on 12 January 2022, 15:30:46
I've been using btrfs for years now and it has never failed me. I think it's mature enough to use it on your daily driver.

@limotux As for baloo, have you tried excluding folders (https://community.kde.org/Baloo/Configuration#Exclude_Folders) on your system so that btrfs snapshots would be ignored?
Title: Re: can you use zfs on artix?
Post by: limotux on 13 January 2022, 07:52:59
I've been using btrfs for years now and it has never failed me. I think it's mature enough to use it on your daily driver.

@limotux As for baloo, have you tried excluding folders (https://community.kde.org/Baloo/Configuration#Exclude_Folders) on your system so that btrfs snapshots would be ignored?
Thank you very much.
I'll look at the link and see how to do it.