Help with timeshift
by axolinx from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5GPHC)
Hi Huys.
I use timeshift to create snapshots of a working state of my laptop.
I would like to use it on a VPS server i have. The server is in "virgin" state running ubuntu 20.04.
The problem i am having is that timeshift tries to store the initial snapshot in the boot partition of the server i believe, so it runs out of space.
here you can see the commands i used. I pointed the timeshift command to use /home/* and as far as i understood, this should be in sda2, aka the "big partition" right?
Thanks for any tips
Code:root@vmi558235:/home# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 200 GiB, 214748364800 bytes, 419430400 sectors
Disk model: QEMU HARDDISK
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xe7ca57ba
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 1953791 1951744 953M 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1953792 419428351 417474560 199.1G 83 Linux
root@vmi558235:/home# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 797M 596K 796M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 195G 3.9G 182G 3% /
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 922M 75M 785M 9% /boot
tmpfs 797M 0 797M 0% /run/user/0
root@vmi558235:/home# timeshift --create --snapshot 'server-virgen' --target /home/timeshift-backups/
/dev/sda1 is mounted at: /run/timeshift/backup, options: rw,relatime
E: Not enough disk space (< 1.8 GB)
E: Select another device or free up some space
E: Not enough disk space (< 1.8 GB)
E: Select another device or free up some space
root@vmi558235:/home#
I use timeshift to create snapshots of a working state of my laptop.
I would like to use it on a VPS server i have. The server is in "virgin" state running ubuntu 20.04.
The problem i am having is that timeshift tries to store the initial snapshot in the boot partition of the server i believe, so it runs out of space.
here you can see the commands i used. I pointed the timeshift command to use /home/* and as far as i understood, this should be in sda2, aka the "big partition" right?
Thanks for any tips
Code:root@vmi558235:/home# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 200 GiB, 214748364800 bytes, 419430400 sectors
Disk model: QEMU HARDDISK
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xe7ca57ba
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 1953791 1951744 953M 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1953792 419428351 417474560 199.1G 83 Linux
root@vmi558235:/home# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 797M 596K 796M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 195G 3.9G 182G 3% /
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 922M 75M 785M 9% /boot
tmpfs 797M 0 797M 0% /run/user/0
root@vmi558235:/home# timeshift --create --snapshot 'server-virgen' --target /home/timeshift-backups/
/dev/sda1 is mounted at: /run/timeshift/backup, options: rw,relatime
E: Not enough disk space (< 1.8 GB)
E: Select another device or free up some space
E: Not enough disk space (< 1.8 GB)
E: Select another device or free up some space
root@vmi558235:/home#