How to restore snapshot using the default layout of snapper

[Zesko]

@andreas85

you create a new snapshot manually. This one has no xml-file

You create a new snapshot @home in the top level 5, it does not have info.xml.

@andreas85

You can’t delete a snapshot “without” … !

You can not delete the snapshot if it has its sub-subvolumes in the directory .snapshots.
But you can delete it if it does not have sub-subvolumes.

@andreas85

And that is not optional, because your disk will hold all files of the snapshot

I mean that people need to get useful data back from the backup-snapshot before deleting this snapshot. You do not have to delete it if some data is useful in the backup that is why deleting is optional.

@andreas85

This thread is for helping people

@andreas85

With a good layout and snapper.

People do not know how to use a flat layout of snapper. They just use the default layout, but the restoring a snapshot does not work in the default layout without moving .snapshots back.

@andreas85

I did test my advice completely bevore hand !

Me too, the restoring works fine in the default layout.