On 8/23/2025 9:09 PM, Tim via users wrote:
On Fri, 2025-08-22 at 11:54 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
The number one rule of backups: if it's not automated then it's a
problem, not a solution. I use Borg (via Borgmatic) in a nightly script
to backup what I care about.
I've never lost data in this setup, but of course YMMV. Nothing would
ever be touched during a system update, and of course I have my /home
on a different drive from /root.
If I had cash to spare, I bought a spare hard drive. It was always
handy to have one ready. And you'd occasionally acquire one from a
friend who dumped their ewaste on you, because "you can probably make
some use of some of the parts." Quite often their system was only
messed up by Windows, the hardware was fine. Though mostly the only
parts worth saving where the case screws.
And I tended to do system updates (e.g. move from Fedora 33 to 34) by
unplugging the old drive, installing a new system onto a spare drive.
Getting it working, experimented around with it in a safe environment
where no file was important. Reinstall if I fouled it up, though I
think I only did that once in the Windows days. Then I'd plug the old
drive in, and import the old data. Unplug the old drive, and have it
on the shelf as the next spare.
That was my simple and safe way to upgrade.
Different!
Thank-you for the idea.
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