MX Linux Backup and Restore your running system

[asinoro]

The guide it is updated. What is new.
1- rsync is included to restore the backup.
2- Updated commands to stop network.
3- New command added updatedb.
4- New more clear and precise help instructions.

[Adrian]

Just moved my system to a SSD from a regular disk on a laptop and I realized that "Method C" is needlessly complex, if you boot from a flashdrive not from the system you want to backup/copy you don't need any exclude list, I simply created a similar partitioning scheme (I could not copy the partitions directly with GParted because the new ones are a bit smaller) and then I mounted the partitions and ran a

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rsync -av /old_part/ /new_part/

Then I had to reinstall GRUB and run update-grub and that was pretty much it. Anyway, I just wanted to mention that running rsync from live system makes things much easier.

[asinoro]

Just moved my system to a SSD from a regular disk on a laptop and I realized that "Method C" is needlessly complex, if you boot from a flashdrive not from the system you want to backup/copy you don't need any exclude list, I simply created a similar partitioning scheme (I could not copy the partitions directly with GParted because the new ones are a bit smaller) and then I mounted the partitions and ran a

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rsync -av /old_part/ /new_part/

Then I had to reinstall GRUB and run update-grub and that was pretty much it. Anyway, I just wanted to mention that running rsync from live system makes things much easier.

It is like the step 5 of the tutorial where you use rsync and I use cp.

[Adrian]

Yes, you are right.