SpaceFM?

[Jim Byrnes]

On 01/09/2016 07:56 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 14:14:36 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>> You can just save an image of your root and home partitions and go
>> back if something is wrong!
>
> A backup of everything is what everybody should do regularly, who set up
> a tailor-made environment that fulfils the user's needs. If it isn't a
> tailor-made install generating a package list might be ok either.
>
> Making a backup of a complete install requires to shutdown the install
> and to do it using another install or a Linux from a live media. While
> it's not required to backup all folders, I suggest anyway to backup
> everything, to avoid a mistake.
>
> There are a lot of smart tools, but using them requires some knowledge.
> I usually don't use such tools, I just use tar.

I have been using Back In Time as root to back up everything except a 
few selected things it was suggested did not need to be backed up. I 
have restored a few selected items as a test but never had to try to do 
a full restore.

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Regards,  Jim