I’ve been using timeshift for over a year. Today timeshift has lost contact with external drive and timeshift backups on it. It keeps saying there is no “linux partition on drive”. Same drive in use for a year. Device is /dev/sdb6
Verified that the external drive is mounted has not lost any partitions on it or the partition table. In fact, I did a successful rsync restore using the timeshift files on the external drive to see if going to earlier system would fix timeshift. It did not.
Using opensuse tumbleweed. timeshift install using zypper. Version 25.12.4
What I have done.
1 Reinstalled timeshift from zypper multiple times
2 Compiled timeshift fresh and installed
3 Added external drive linux partition to fstab
4 Checked drive and partition table in gparted
5 Restored a file from “backintime” that is located on the same drive.
For reference, see below:
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 3.64 TiB, 4000787030016 bytes, 7814037168 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA HDWE140
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 04F040ED-92C0-4D0B-B201-2192DE39FD0C
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 34 34 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda2 35 35 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda3 36 36 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda4 37 37 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda5 946567168 948310015 1742848 851M Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda6 948310016 952530943 4220928 2G Linux swap
/dev/sda7 952530944 1259751423 307220480 146.5G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda8 1259751424 7814035455 6554284032 3.1T Linux filesystem
/dev/sda9 2048 923647 921600 450M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda10 923648 1128447 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda11 1128448 1161215 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda12 1161216 946565864 945404649 450.8G Microsoft basic data
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk /dev/sdb: 3.64 TiB, 4000786153472 bytes, 7814035456 sectors
Disk model: My Book 25ED
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4610E1A9-71AF-4B43-884D-9720E5D0E70F
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 34 34 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb2 35 35 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb3 36 36 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb4 37 37 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb5 2048 1453412351 1453410304 693G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb6 1453412352 7814033407 6360621056 3T Linux filesystem
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
nano /etc/fstab
UUID=be8570c4-cde5-4c16-afb7-4c71118bbed9 / ext4 defaults 0 1
UUID=e748b401-3a8f-4152-a9ea-ef540efb0230 /home ext4 data=ordered,acl,user_xattr 0 2
UUID=C93A-C87E /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 2
UUID=732223f6-b4fa-4fa0-9d5a-78ced9984c72 swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=ED4CBA99-D0B7-4320-91DC-5ACFFC51A178 /run/media/tom/WD_book_linux ext4 defaults,nofail 0 2
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo blkid
/dev/sdb4: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="a2dd91d0-3226-47d4-8ccc-bd75c4c7fde5"
/dev/sdb2: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="75641740-cd71-44ec-8111-1830b030a1ea"
/dev/sdb5: LABEL="WD_book_windows" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="394DB398420355FF" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="WD_book_windows" PARTUUID="061d6392-39ab-477f-88a5-c523e8821de1"
/dev/sdb3: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="fc498acf-eae6-4dd2-ad58-7ee6f3fe4762"
/dev/sdb1: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="b762325c-1adc-0068-95e2-55de7f3c19f0"
/dev/sdb6: LABEL="WD_book_linux" UUID="3fe3c45f-e738-43a3-9642-bffa759074f4" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="WD_book_linux" PARTUUID="ed4cba99-d0b7-4320-91dc-5acffc51a178"
/dev/sda4: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="0749e399-d356-491f-94b5-85d02ecf8477"
/dev/sda2: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="c7bb88d3-9b14-46c2-a8af-da1a224480df"
/dev/sda12: LABEL="Windows 10" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="6ABE22FBBE22BF85" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="d32c7d2d-0674-43a5-98b9-2b4327787708"
/dev/sda9: LABEL="Recovery" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="8C9C1F589C1F3BE0" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="3868f79f-be91-4232-afda-cf3036549c08"
/dev/sda10: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="C93A-C87E" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI system partition" PARTUUID="62a93150-d01f-4f32-b4fd-c24a31f3e258"
/dev/sda7: LABEL="Linux - Root" UUID="be8570c4-cde5-4c16-afb7-4c71118bbed9" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PTTYPE="dos" PARTLABEL="root" PARTUUID="e052dc80-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
/dev/sda5: BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="7C80FB8780FB45E4" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="e052dc7e-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
/dev/sda3: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="bf625028-7a64-4e89-992e-b7eab2990238"
/dev/sda1: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="0ea6d7d6-5c61-00b2-95d2-5fc4e9758443"
/dev/sda11: PARTLABEL="Microsoft reserved partition" PARTUUID="1734fefa-4e75-482b-b151-3f56d9560a27"
/dev/sda8: LABEL="Linux - Home" UUID="e748b401-3a8f-4152-a9ea-ef540efb0230" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="home" PARTUUID="e052dc81-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
/dev/sda6: UUID="732223f6-b4fa-4fa0-9d5a-78ced9984c72" TYPE="swap" PARTLABEL="swap" PARTUUID="e052dc7f-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
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I’ve been using timeshift for over a year. Today timeshift has lost contact with external drive and timeshift backups on it. It keeps saying there is no “linux partition on drive”. Same drive in use for a year. Device is /dev/sdb6
Verified that the external drive is mounted has not lost any partitions on it or the partition table. In fact, I did a successful rsync restore using the timeshift files on the external drive to see if going to earlier system would fix timeshift. It did not.
Using opensuse tumbleweed. timeshift install using zypper. Version 25.12.4
What I have done.
1 Reinstalled timeshift from zypper multiple times
2 Compiled timeshift fresh and installed
3 Added external drive linux partition to fstab
4 Checked drive and partition table in gparted
5 Restored a file from “backintime” that is located on the same drive.
For reference, see below:
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 3.64 TiB, 4000787030016 bytes, 7814037168 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA HDWE140
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 04F040ED-92C0-4D0B-B201-2192DE39FD0C
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 34 34 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda2 35 35 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda3 36 36 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda4 37 37 1 512B unknown
/dev/sda5 946567168 948310015 1742848 851M Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda6 948310016 952530943 4220928 2G Linux swap
/dev/sda7 952530944 1259751423 307220480 146.5G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda8 1259751424 7814035455 6554284032 3.1T Linux filesystem
/dev/sda9 2048 923647 921600 450M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda10 923648 1128447 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda11 1128448 1161215 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda12 1161216 946565864 945404649 450.8G Microsoft basic data
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk /dev/sdb: 3.64 TiB, 4000786153472 bytes, 7814035456 sectors
Disk model: My Book 25ED
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4610E1A9-71AF-4B43-884D-9720E5D0E70F
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 34 34 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb2 35 35 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb3 36 36 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb4 37 37 1 512B unknown
/dev/sdb5 2048 1453412351 1453410304 693G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb6 1453412352 7814033407 6360621056 3T Linux filesystem
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
nano /etc/fstab
UUID=be8570c4-cde5-4c16-afb7-4c71118bbed9 / ext4 defaults 0 1
UUID=e748b401-3a8f-4152-a9ea-ef540efb0230 /home ext4 data=ordered,acl,user_xattr 0 2
UUID=C93A-C87E /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 2
UUID=732223f6-b4fa-4fa0-9d5a-78ced9984c72 swap swap defaults 0 0
UUID=ED4CBA99-D0B7-4320-91DC-5ACFFC51A178 /run/media/tom/WD_book_linux ext4 defaults,nofail 0 2
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $ sudo blkid
/dev/sdb4: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="a2dd91d0-3226-47d4-8ccc-bd75c4c7fde5"
/dev/sdb2: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="75641740-cd71-44ec-8111-1830b030a1ea"
/dev/sdb5: LABEL="WD_book_windows" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="394DB398420355FF" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="WD_book_windows" PARTUUID="061d6392-39ab-477f-88a5-c523e8821de1"
/dev/sdb3: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="fc498acf-eae6-4dd2-ad58-7ee6f3fe4762"
/dev/sdb1: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="b762325c-1adc-0068-95e2-55de7f3c19f0"
/dev/sdb6: LABEL="WD_book_linux" UUID="3fe3c45f-e738-43a3-9642-bffa759074f4" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="WD_book_linux" PARTUUID="ed4cba99-d0b7-4320-91dc-5acffc51a178"
/dev/sda4: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="0749e399-d356-491f-94b5-85d02ecf8477"
/dev/sda2: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="c7bb88d3-9b14-46c2-a8af-da1a224480df"
/dev/sda12: LABEL="Windows 10" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="6ABE22FBBE22BF85" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="d32c7d2d-0674-43a5-98b9-2b4327787708"
/dev/sda9: LABEL="Recovery" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="8C9C1F589C1F3BE0" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="3868f79f-be91-4232-afda-cf3036549c08"
/dev/sda10: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="C93A-C87E" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI system partition" PARTUUID="62a93150-d01f-4f32-b4fd-c24a31f3e258"
/dev/sda7: LABEL="Linux - Root" UUID="be8570c4-cde5-4c16-afb7-4c71118bbed9" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PTTYPE="dos" PARTLABEL="root" PARTUUID="e052dc80-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
/dev/sda5: BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="7C80FB8780FB45E4" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="e052dc7e-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
/dev/sda3: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="bf625028-7a64-4e89-992e-b7eab2990238"
/dev/sda1: PARTLABEL="EasyRE volume attributes protection" PARTUUID="0ea6d7d6-5c61-00b2-95d2-5fc4e9758443"
/dev/sda11: PARTLABEL="Microsoft reserved partition" PARTUUID="1734fefa-4e75-482b-b151-3f56d9560a27"
/dev/sda8: LABEL="Linux - Home" UUID="e748b401-3a8f-4152-a9ea-ef540efb0230" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="home" PARTUUID="e052dc81-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
/dev/sda6: UUID="732223f6-b4fa-4fa0-9d5a-78ced9984c72" TYPE="swap" PARTLABEL="swap" PARTUUID="e052dc7f-65b7-11f0-a00f-80a58916e18e"
(base) tom@mydesktop: ~ $
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