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[solved] mounting system partition to /mnt has /mnt/@/etc (feddit.de)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MonkderDritte@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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While updating my system the graphical session crashed and after reboot the kernel was missing (reminder that you should update on tty). Trying to fix that from a live-system, mounting system nvme partition to mnt, there's now /mnt/@ @cache @log, while your usual root folders are in @, log fikes @log and so on. Filesystem is btrfs, no subvolumes, if that matters.

So why is this? And can i just mount boot to /mnt/@/boot? Do break something, if i move /mnt/@ content to /mnt?

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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It seems like they are subvolumes. How did you install the system?

When mounting a btrfs without any options root/main directory is containg subvolumes. Meaning that when creating a directory it is being created as subvolume, then in that subvolume there are regular files.

What does the btrfs subvolume list / say?

Also as side note, there is nothing wrong with updating on GUI.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Right, got it, create-fstab automatically creates subvolumes for /var/cache and /var/log on btrfs.