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Recommendations for a Linux system backup tool (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am currently using EndeavourOS for my laptop. Is there a backup solution that is easy to use, and can be run from the EndeavourOS install media without internet? (RSync is included, but no other backup tools are included, to my knowledge.) I don't want to use another ISO due to space constraints on my USB.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Borg backup. You should be able to install it on your Live session, then restore to the target mount point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And use Vorta if you want a gui for Borg backup.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pika Backup is another user-friendly Borgbackup GUI.

https://apps.gnome.org/en-GB/app/org.gnome.World.PikaBackup/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pika Backup is the most user-friendly GUI for Borg. Vorta UI is powerful but complex. Pika only shows you the absolute basics: where to keep the backups, what to include, what to exclude, list of snapshots, and schedule options.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Vorta looks very powerful. I know all that functionality is in Borg, but it's tricky to do it right. I'll give Vorta a try on my next install.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

BorgBackup is the answer. Stopped creating stupid shell scripts with rsync and whatever and thinking I was so clever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are you serious? It actually does that? So you have a usb stick with the live environment, then you boot into that environment, then from there you install borg, plug in the other stick that has the back then just restore onto the internal drive and restart? Is that correct?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As long as you don't reboot, your live sessions act like a fully installed OS. At least with any of the LiveUSB sessions I've ever used over the last decade.

You can install, mount a backup image, then push it on to a mountpoint for your actual install to be restored.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice. Thank you

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Technically you are able to to do with any live environment and backup data, so the answer would be "yes".