Is there a way to move distro without loosing data in /home? I am currently running Pop OS and want to move to Nix OS while keeping the data. Normally I could use an external hard drive or my server, but most of my equipment is in storage at the moment. Current partition setup is using LUKS and LVM with ext4. I am guessing there is a way to manipulate the LVM to make it work by adding another partition and installing into it.

I know this is probably a convoluted idea. I am trying to avoid spending money an another external drive.

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    1•7 months ago

    Yeah this might be the way. I was hoping I could use something like btrfs subvolumes or some LVM shenanigans to share space with the root. Might not be possible though.

    • Blaster MEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      Eveytime I see btrfs, I keep thinking it’s pronounced “Better FS”, but that’s not what it stands for.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        1•7 months ago

        I think it stands for b-tree as that’s the data structure is uses internally. I could be wrong though.

        • Blaster MEnglish
          1•7 months ago

          Yes, B-Tree File System. But Better FS is the dapper Winnie the Poo pronounciation

          • @[email protected]OPEnglish
            1•7 months ago

            Why not Butter FS?

            Also what’s it better than? Than ZFS? Not really. Than BCacheFS? Maybe right now but probably not for long.