On Sun, 2025-08-24 at 12:39 +0930, 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. I just use the recommended dist-upgrade option in dnf. It has never failed me. I do of course have backups Just In Case. That's what they're for. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
