Greetings! I used the Backup util that comes with the distro (Deja-Dup I think?) and it seemed fine - I even restored (to the same external USB HDD) and it was functional.
I wiped my existing (problematic) system and rebuilt it, then went to restore my home dir from the backup - "No valid backups found" Surely it doesn't keep a locally-stored dataset it needs to restore? That would be silly, wouldn't it? And - if it really DOES do that, how should I protect against this kind of thing in the future - assuming that is possible? And yes - I am going to go searching for "better" backup/restore ideas based on our December meeting, but that's later. It really DID look like this thing would actually work - guess I should know better. Clues appreciated! Thanks! (BTW: I had also made a straight copy of my entire home dir so I was able to recover everything... after my heart started beating again, so this is just for educational purposes - I have no urgent need for resolution or anything - all is good.) JC -- Google Voice: (914) 468-4552 ---------------------------------------- Prov. 12:15 Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life.
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