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. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] 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/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
