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Hi Jerry<br>
That is my plan but first I have to separate my data from my /home
partition which led to the question I asked. I'm still not sure I
have a complete answer but as I said Amaury's suggestion (if it
works) could provide the solution.<br>
Errol<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/03/2016 07:17 AM, Jerry Lapham
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<pre wrap="">On Thursday, November 03, 2016 05:42:08 AM Errol Sapir wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Data is anything I have created or copied. Documents, photos, email and
address books, etc. Even uninstalled programs can be considered data (but
aren't essential for my backup). Basically, as I wrote, I am trying to
configure my /home from the beginning without the previous setup
definitions. From what I understand, Amaury's suggestion looks good (and
maybe there are others) and I will try it over the weekend. Thanks
Errol
On 11/02/2016 07:42 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bmarsh@bmarsh.com">bmarsh@bmarsh.com</a> wrote:
On Nov 2, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Errol Sapir <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:errol@tzora.co.il"><errol@tzora.co.il></a> wrote:
Hi
I have a very basic question about backup. I want to backup my /home drive
which is on a separate partition. However I ONLY want to backup data and
not any setup files or attachments. The reason for all this is I want to
set up my /home partition from scratch without kubuntu using previous
definitions. So I need a way of backing up only data, ALL my data (and of
course restoring it). Is there a way of doing this?
Define "data". Too broad a scope in my view.
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You could also try what I do. I have a separate very large /DATA partition
which holds documents, downloads, pictures, music, etc. Home is included with
the rest of the / partition.
Currently I'm running Kubuntu 14.04 LTS. When the problem reports from 16.04
LTS appear to have died down and I get around to it, I'll clone my 14.04
partition and run the upgrade to 16.04 on the clone. If I have a problem with
16.04, I can just boot the original 14.04 partition. DATA is accessible from
either one.
-Jerry
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