From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast03.extmail.prod.ext.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.55.19]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D56D2166B2A for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:46:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-1.mimecast.com [205.139.110.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35B74811E85 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:46:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf1-f51.google.com with SMTP id v14so2025096lfo.3 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:46:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201123130412.GB2229389@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: From: Sreyan Chakravarty Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:16:35 +0530 Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ade6a405b4ea77dc" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] What is the use of thin snapshots if the external origin cannot be set to writable ? Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: LVM general discussion and development --000000000000ade6a405b4ea77dc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 5:29 PM Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > Do I have to reinstall my system for thin snapshots ? > > Can't I just clone my filesystem and then create a thin pool ? > >> > > Used partclone to restore my backup. Did not have re-install but did have to delete old volumes. -- Regards, Sreyan Chakravarty --000000000000ade6a405b4ea77dc Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable