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I wanna encrypt my BTRFS system, but not the FAT32 boot part. Only the Linux kernels are on FAT32 anyway, and I don’t care about encrypting those — they’re public stuff, not private files. I just let limine-entry-tool hash them to make sure they’re clean for booting, that’s totally fine for me.

I don’t like putting kernels on the Linux filesystem for GRUB — it just makes booting slower and causes random issues.

I wanna encrypt my BTRFS system, but not the FAT32 boot part. Only the Linux kernels are on FAT32 anyway, and I don’t care about encrypting those — they’re public stuff, not private files. I just let limine-entry-tool hash them to make sure they’re clean for booting, that’s totally fine for me.

I don’t like putting kernels on the Linux filesystem for GRUB — it just makes booting slower and causes random issues.

How does rEFInd display multiple snapshots?

Would having 30 snapshots clutter rEFInd screen with oversized icons in a single horizontal row? or does it have a way to group or manage them efficiently?

From what I've heard, the Limine bootloader supports booting and restoring snapshots with LUKS2 using limine-snapper-sync utility. Its setup is easier than refind-btrfs

on List of useful BTRFS tools · c/linux · 2 pts · 1y

Arch Wiki Limine mentions:

  • Supports booting into selected Snapper snapshot. Offers two different methods for restoring a system snapshot: rsync or btrfs.
  • After restoring a snapshot, a "backup" entry is added to the Limine bootloader, providing an easy way to revert to the "backup" if needed.
  • Automatically repairs corrupted bootable files from old snapshots on the ESP when a new snapshot with the same bootable files is created.
  • Automatically logs error messages about potential hardware issues if two hashes of the same bootable file do not match on the ESP.
  • Testing read-only snapshots: Use overlayfs to test any installed packages on an immutable-like system without modifying the original data. Note that this does not mean testing the boot partition or a separate home subvolume/partition.

https://gitlab.com/Zesko/limine-snapper-sync