[Solved] Using external Linux drive without snapshotting

[rjmoses]

I have a Linux system running on a Windows host that I would like to use a Linux drive (formatted as ext4) from another system. This--I can do! I have attached and used ext4 formatted drives on a Windows host with no problem.

My question is: How can I prevent the external drive from being "snapshotted" if I take a snapshot on the test system? I want the external drive to keep it updated files even if I roll back the snapshot.

Thoughts?

Thanks

[mpack]

My question is: How can I prevent the external drive from being "snapshotted" if I take a snapshot on the test system?

From the user manual: 5.4 - Special Image Write Modes ("Write through" mode).

[socratis]

Are you using a rawdisk access disk?
And you want to prevent a differential file of that rawdisk access being written when you take a snapshot?

Eject it before taking the snapshot... Attach it again after you take the snapshot.

Not sure if it's going to work with the special image types that mpack is referring to. It could, I haven't tried it...

[mpack]

Raw disks are not really raw, they are virtual disks like any other, so yes - writethrough (and snapshots) apply to them too.

[rjmoses]

Thank you, mpack.

The Special Image Write Modes, write through, was exactly what I needed.

[socratis]

Thank you for the feedback, hope someone finds it useful in the future. Marking as [Solved].