I am currently using EndeavourOS for my laptop. Is there a backup solution that is easy to use, and can be run from the EndeavourOS install media without internet? (RSync is included, but no other backup tools are included, to my knowledge.) I don’t want to use another ISO due to space constraints on my USB.
I hate being that guy that says “why are you doing that” instead of providing solutions, but since you already have Nswers, I am just too curious.
Arch does not seem like the kind of distro to run from a live state (or a static state of the install media). Talk about an OS that really works best with updating.
So, what am I missing here?
Timeshift for system files, Backintime for user data.
I tried Backintime and Timeshift recently.
In Backintime I added the dirs I wanted to backup and where to make the backups, pressed “run” and it said there’s nothing to do. Uninstalled. Later on I found out it had added stuff to my crontab even though I never asked it for a recurring schedule.
Timeshift started by asking for the root password right off the bat. Uninstalled. Like, I know it will want root access eventually but at least buy me dinner first. How do I know what a program I’ve never used before wants to do to my system?
Snapshots are incremental backups.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Synchronization_and_backup_programs#Incremental_backups
They are often incremental but they’re still not a backup.
They are local restore points. That’s better than nothing at all as a local copy can protect against a very limited kind of data hazard and quite handy indeed but not a backup. A backup is always an independent copy.
If your entire machine was to blow up, a backup must be able to retain your data. A copy on the same disks will not.
I don’t want to use another ISO due to space constraints on my USB.
What? A 32GB thumb drive is under $10…
Sounds like a well thought out solution, but we need proper programs which can handle backups, like some mentioned in this thread.
Idk about Endeavour but I use Duplicity and don’t currently regret it.
