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Re: Cult of Unix

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Cult of Unix
Date	2025-01-17 02:00 +0100
Message-ID	<3nmo5lx75d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2025-01-17 01:08, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 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

No. I want the old UUIDs and labels.

> 2) reinstall grub

I don't want to.


And you forget rebuilding initrd, which holds a copy of fstab. And you 
forget that there are encrypted partitions.

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


I know. Me too.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

Thread

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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