backup system before upgrade

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On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:02, Donkey Hottie <donkey at fredriksson.dy.fi>wrote:

> 14.10.2011 19:46, compdoc kirjoitti:
> >>What is the best way to do a full system backup of Ubuntu
> >
> >>11.4, in preparation for upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10?
> >
> >
> >
> > I love clonezilla for those kinds of things…
> >
> >
> >
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>

> +1
>
>



> I might try tar, or tar + gzip.
>


> Or rsync, if I ever have time to study the syntax.  And remember it later.
>

As for Clonezilla, I'm happy it works for you, but . . .

I tried to use that when I went from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.4.  I found it to
be:
1) confusing
2) complex
3) non-intuitive
4) extremely dangerous

And after finally seeming to make a backup image file of the main (Ubuntu)
partition, I was unable to get it to restore to a test partition on the same
drive.

Clonezilla is a good example of why there will always be a need for good,
user-oriented technical writers.


<end rant>


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