Setup Timeshift on Debian forky with btrfs root

Posted by dba477 on May 22, 2026 10:57 AM EDT
https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/; By Boris Derzhavets
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By default, the Debian installer names the root subvolume @rootfs. However, Timeshift has a hardcoded requirement looking exclusively for a subvolume named @ (and optionally @home). The core post installation hack was proposed by Google AI Assistant. I've added just one command to second part related with creating @home. The most important step is "The GRUB Edit Route"

As far as to my knowledge creating Thin_pool and thin_volumes in GUI mode is possible only on openSUSE flavors and Anaconda Blivet GUI.

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