Re: [Trisquel-users] Is it possible to create a complete backup of Trisquel?

[dany5530]

I managed to backup /etc with Deja Dup too. Now I have a full backup of /etc  
and /home, guess that the backup is now complete! Thank you both for your  
help.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is it possible to create a complete backup of Trisquel?

[legimet . calc]

Be sure to back up /etc, and anything else you care about. Or you can just  
copy the whole installation.

[Trisquel-users] Is it possible to create a complete backup of Trisquel?

[dany5530]

Hi everyone.

I've installed Trisquel GNU/Linux 7.0 Mini on my netbook about 6 months ago  
and since then I fell in love with it. During this period I solved a lot of  
issues thanks to this forum and the internet in general. I would like to have  
a complete backup of my Trisquel installation (including custom installed  
apps, configuration files etc.) so if someday I'll break the installation  
while testing or trying to fix something I can easily roll back to the  
functioning installation without having to do all the dirty work again.


How can I do that as easily as possible? Consider that I don't have a DVD  
player since it's a netbook, just USB!


Thanks in advance!

Re: [Trisquel-users] Is it possible to create a complete backup of Trisquel?

[dany5530]

Thanks for your answer. I read the wiki page and followed the guide. This is  
precisely what I did:


- saved the marking list from Synaptic;

- cloned the /var/cache/apt folder which should contain the .deb packages  
(although I found nothing in it, perhaps because I always use autoclean? Will  
the marking list still work when restoring even if there are no .deb's? Even  
having to download them again would be fine);


- used deja-dup to clone just the home folder, as default;

Is it all? Or am I missing something? The things I care most are the packages  
I've installed during these months and the configurations of the apps,  
desktop etc.