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| From | Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Uh Oh - Hosed Upgrade - Deb - How to Recover ? |
| Date | 2026-08-06 21:16 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrn1179ue0.56a.jj@iridium.wf32df> (permalink) |
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On 2026-08-05, Lawrence D?Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:18:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> # Copy the root partition. >> dd if=/dev/sda1 | gzip >/mnt/backup/cjglap2/sda1.img.gz > > Doing a dd on a volume that is currently mounted may not give > completely reliable results. > >> # Copy various directories. >> rsync -av --delete /etc /mnt/backup/cjglap2 >> rsync -av --delete /usr /mnt/backup/cjglap2 >> rsync -av --exclude='/home/cjg/.cache/' --delete /home /mnt/backup/cjglap2 >> rsync -av --delete /var/spool/slrnpull /mnt/backup/cjglap2 > > ???-a??? does not include ???-A??? or ???-X???, which I like to include these > days, just in case. also --numeric-ids The machine you are backing up to may have different "system" ids (<1000) and cause problems when copying back - depending on how one does it.
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Uh Oh - HOSED Upgrade - Deb - HOW to Recover ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-03 23:05 -0400
Re: Uh Oh - HOSED Upgrade - Deb - HOW to Recover ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-04 06:29 +0000
Re: Uh Oh - HOSED Upgrade - Deb - HOW to Recover ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-05 00:43 -0400
Re: Uh Oh - HOSED Upgrade - Deb - HOW to Recover ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-05 05:50 +0000
Re: Uh Oh - HOSED Upgrade - Deb - HOW to Recover ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-04 18:18 +0000
Re: Uh Oh - Hosed Upgrade - Deb - How to Recover ? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-05 00:19 +0000
Re: Uh Oh - Hosed Upgrade - Deb - How to Recover ? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-06 21:16 +0000
Re: Uh Oh - HOSED Upgrade - Deb - HOW to Recover ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-05 03:10 +0000
Re: Uh Oh - HOSED Upgrade - Deb - HOW to Recover ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-05 03:14 -0400
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