Last Updated on: 28th April 2022, 09:19 am
Sparky Backup Core has been upgraded up to version 20180719.
Sparky Backup Core/Sys tool lets you create a hybrid ISO image from your SparkyLinux installation, and then install it on a new machine or different hard/USB disk or a different partition.
Changelog:
– added Indonesian locale
– added support of btrfs and xfs file systems to the Advanced Installer.
The most notable change is added the btrfs file system to the installer.
From Wikipedia:
Btrfs is a file system based on the copy-on-write (COW) principle, initially designed at Oracle Corporation for use in Linux. The development of Btrfs began in 2007, and since August 2014 the file system’s on-disk format has been marked as stable.
Btrfs is intended to address the lack of pooling, snapshots, checksums, and integral multi-device spanning in Linux file systems. Chris Mason, the principal Btrfs author, has stated that its goal was “to let Linux scale for the storage that will be available. Scaling is not just about addressing the storage but also means being able to administer and to manage it with a clean interface that lets people see what’s being used and makes it more reliable”.
The new feature lets you install Sparky’s root file system (via Advanced Installer) on a subvolume “root”, and if you choose a separtate partition for your home directory, it will set your home dir on a subvolume “home” as well.
It means, your “root” and “home” subvolumes can be backed up straight via the btrfs feature or via the Timeshift application which is available in Sparky repository too.