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Re: Cult of Unix

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From Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject Re: Cult of Unix
Date Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:08:22 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:48:10 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2025-01-16 22:37, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> File-copying software like rsync is quite sufficient for doing
>> “bare-metal restores” on Linux.
> 
> Not for restoring grub.

After the bulk file copy (with rsync or other tool), you need to fix up 
two things:

1) /etc/fstab with the new volume UUIDs
2) reinstall grub

That’s it. I have successfully migrated bootable systems many times using 
this procedure.

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Re: Cult of Unix Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-16 14:12 +0000
  Re: Cult of Unix Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-16 21:37 +0000
    Re: Cult of Unix "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-16 22:48 +0100
      Re: Cult of Unix Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 17:37 -0500
        Re: Cult of Unix Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-17 00:08 +0000
      Re: Cult of Unix Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-17 00:08 +0000
        Re: Cult of Unix "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-17 02:00 +0100
          Re: Cult of Unix Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-17 02:46 +0000
    Re: Cult of Unix Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-17 11:09 +0000

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