# Refind + snapper or timeshift

**URL:** <https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/refind-snapper-or-timeshift/1350>\
**Category:** Newbies\
**Created:** [July 27, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/refind-snapper-or-timeshift/1350 "2024-07-27T10:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![oldfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@oldfield](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/oldfield)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/refind-snapper-or-timeshift/1350/1 "2024-07-27T10:00:16Z")

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Hi,

How to use snapper or timeshift with refind boot manager ?

I tried timeshift and snapper. Snapshots are taken. I was previously using grub-btrfs and snapshots were available in the grub menu.

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**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/refind-snapper-or-timeshift/1350/2 "2024-07-27T13:33:15Z")

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I have never really tried this, but you may carefully read the instructions here: [GitHub - Venom1991/refind-btrfs: Generate rEFInd manual boot stanzas from Btrfs snapshots](https://github.com/Venom1991/refind-btrfs)

It is also possible to install grub in place of refind if you want grub-btrfs

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**Author:** ![oldfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@oldfield](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/oldfield)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/refind-snapper-or-timeshift/1350/3 "2024-07-27T18:18:50Z")

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It doesn’t work for me.

After doing

sudo systemctl enable --now refind-btrfs.service

and

systemctl status refind-btrfs

It doesn’t show an error, but there are no snapshots in the refind menu as in the photo. I have to give up and go back to grub.

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**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rebornos.discourse.group/shivanandvp/32/10_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://rebornos.discourse.group/u/shivanandvp)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://rebornos.discourse.group/t/refind-snapper-or-timeshift/1350/4 "2024-07-28T04:04:36Z")

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One has to try running their script and then check if refind.conf changes in response. Did that not work?