Hello, this is just a post to help maybe resolve or get info on a couple of issues I’ve run into when doing a timeshift btrfs snapshot restore test.
For context, I basically made a manual snapshot (snapshot A), and then added a test folder and file to my desktop and made another snapshot (snapshot B), so I could see if it functions properly. I was able to boot into snapshot A via the grub-btrfs menu, and then from there I restored snapshot A properly via Timeshift and rebooted, and it worked fine, aside from now when it boots up, instead of saying “Welcome to EndeavourOS” it says “Welcome to EndeavourOS dracut-107 (initramfs)” which is odd but not really an issue i suppose.
I also tried to delete snapshot A after thinking the system was fine, but that ended up bricking my system, or at least my desktop environment which I wasn’t expecting. I figured it wouldn’t actually be loaded into snapshot A after a restore, but would instead make a copy. I guess I was wrong. Either way no biggie, I was able to do the same process for loading into snapshot B and I didn’t lose anything.
But now I can’t fully delete the backup Timeshift made before it restored snapshot A without getting an error and I’m also missing 2 of my subvolumes, var/lib/portables and var/lib/machines, I’m not sure if they were important but they’re gone now post restore. Mostly I’m just concerned that I now have to be mindful not to delete a certain snapshot in Timeshift or my whole system might break, or that the restore has messed something up and my system will break out of nowhere eventually.
Basically I’m just asking for any extra info or guidance on what I should do from here in case there’s something I’m not doing that i should be or some things here that are easily fixable, anyone who’s ever used timeshift restores please chime in and correct me if I’m doing it wrong.
