Backup is the activity of copying files or databases so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other catastrophe. This tag covers restoring from backup as well.
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Comparison of backup tools
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Best way to backup all settings, list of installed packages, tweaks, etc?
If I want to make a backup of everything I have done since the fresh install of Ubuntu, what are the possible options? What all should I backup? I want to get all the settings that I changed, all the ...
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How to make a disk image and restore from it later?
I'm a new Linux user. I've reinstalled my Wubi from scratch at least ten times the last few weeks because while getting the system up and running (drivers, resolution, etc.) I've broken something (X, ...
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How do I open Deja Dup as root?
I wanted to backup /var/cache/apt/archives using 'Deja Dup' but it keeps saying >>
Could not backup the following files. Please make sure you are able to open them.
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How to back up a system?
If I want to make a backup of my entire OS (including but not just my home directory), how do I go about this?
Is it as simple as backing up everything in / and then when if I suffer a crash, just ...
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How can I backup my PPAs?
Related to this question. But my concern is that over the past year, most of my more interesting (or used) applications are from PPAs, and just backing up my sources list won't add the associated ...
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How I do a system restore?
Problem I Faced
I installed something that crashed my Wifi drivers that I compiled earlier.
Un-installing the same package doesn't helped.
Finally, I re-compiled my wifi drivers and things are good.
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What files and directories can be excluded from a backup of the home directory?
Duplicity does already a great job of making efficient backups, but I want still to minimize the amount of files being back-upped.
What files or directories can be excluded in a home directory? ...
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Easy backup/restore of installed system?
Is there any easy and open source backup/restore solution for installed (after clear install) Ubuntu system, like Acronis Home backup ?
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How to list user installed applications (not packages)?
Not packages and not all applications. Just the applications user installed by himself from whatever source (Software Center, manually added PPA, etc.).
If the above is not possible - a list of all ...
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What software can be used to create a restorable drive image?
Not sure what Linux software I would use for this, basically just like Acronis True Image for Windows, but for Linux. The rule is that we are keeping Windows out of the equation, I want to be able to ...
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Where are GNOME keyboard shortcuts stored?
I usually load a new version for every release to keep my OS fresh while preserving the last version on another partition as backup. I also employ a lot of custom key mappings.
I've figured out how ...
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How can I can clone or ghost my system drive to restore it to a bigger HD?
How can I can clone or ghost my Ubuntu System drive to restore it to a bigger HD?
something like norton ghost does with NTFS or FAT on Windows
GREAT Thanks
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Is there such a thing as a restore point in Ubuntu?
Windows has this. Basically what I want is to record the state of the system either manually or periodically and then restore to that point if required. For example, before upgrading the distribution, ...
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How do I put Ubuntu on a NON-flash external USB hard-drive?
Amazingly enough, circumstances have left me without a single USB flash drive, or a working CD-R drive. Also, because I moved about six months ago, I got rid of all my extra Ubuntu CDs that I used to ...
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How do I back up the list of applications I have installed?
I have very slow internet connection. It sometimes manages to reach as high as 20 KBps!! Installing large packages like K3B or wine or some games takes takes too much time. If ever somehow I want to ...
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Have I lost my entire Windows drive and all the files?
I previously had Heron 8.04 installed. Today I decided to upgrade.
During the partition phase of the install of 10.10 it asked me what portion of the drive I should use. There were a few options:
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Clone 320GB Hardrive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make a disk image and restore from it later?
Backup : Ubuntu 12.04 Precise
Can i clone 320gb hardrive with Ubuntu installed onto a 8gb PenDrive.
I have ...
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How can I keep a folder synchronized to an external USB hard drive?
I have a growing music collection which I manually keep in sync with an external USB drive. Sometimes I edit their ID3 tags, add or delete a file in either the hard drive or the USB drive, and I would ...
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How to Synchronize Folders?
I want to do one way synchronization.
I am having Folder A on my computer which is constantly updated with content.
Another Folder B is used for backup purpose which is on external HDD.
Now what I ...
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How to completely backup entire ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to backup a system?
Currently I'm using ubuntu Maverick and Windows 7, and I decided to switch completely on Linux.
There are a lot of space used by windows ...
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Mount disk (device) image
I made an image of my entire disk with
dd if=/dev/sda of=/media/external_media/sda.img
Now the problem is I'd like to mount an ext4 filesystem that was on that disk but
mount -t ext4 -o loop ...
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Can I backup my entire Ubuntu installation to ISO DVD?
This is the third time I have installed Ubuntu on my pc along with Windows 7, but every time I install, I have to upgrade all packages. (Almost 300 - 400 Mb). Is it possible to make a bootable DVD of ...
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What happens if rsnapshot / rdiff-backup gets interrupted in the middle of a transfer?
Question says it all:
What happens if rsnapshot or rdiff-backup gets interrupted in the middle of a transfer?
I know that rsnapshot tries to make a complete snapshot of your system in rotating ...
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Best way to backup a system with whole disk-encryption
What's the best way to backup a system encrypted with whole disk-encryption? I mean, The total system is encrypted, not only the home folder.
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best way to backup a whole dual-boot system [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make a disk image and restore from it later?
I finally have my PC exactly the way i want it, i have spent many hours installing and reinstalling Ubuntu and ...
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Why does Déjà Dup say there is no space left?
I'm trying to backup my home directory (excluding a few folders). The backup is saved on a ~300 GB partition (called backups) of an internal drive, but not the same drive as the home directory. When I ...
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How do I restore default settings and configuration, but keep local data, installed apps, and PPAs?
I'm fairly new to Ubuntu and while messing around with different things and trying out some shells, I've managed to mess my system up. Specifically I really messed up my GNOME session and can't get it ...
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Copy Ubuntu distro with all settings from one computer to a different one
I'd like to copy my exact setup from my computer at work to my computer at home. I'm trying to figure out how to go about doing that. So far I've figured this much out.
On the source computer run
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Back up the whole ubuntu system or system image creation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make a disk image and restore from it later?
In windows back is very easy with Norton ghost. Run it and forget it,
What is the same type of software for backing ...
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How do I backup already installed packages? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best way to backup all settings, list of installed packages, tweaks, etc?
I have installed Serveral Packages. I don't want to loose them. How can i backup them , so that ...
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Ubuntu One install screen does not finish
This is an issue that Ive had around for a long time, and havent been able to solve. Please help me out guys, I really need Ubuntu One to run on my computer.
I run Ubuntu 2D, On Ubuntu 11.10. When I ...
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Backup : Ubuntu 12.04 Precise [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Clone 320GB Hardrive
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 again 5 times now.
How to take backup.
Yesterday , i installed some driver that crashed my system and i was unable ...
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How to keep “dot files” under version control?
Etckeeper is a great tool for keeping track of changes to your configuration files in /etc A few key things about it really stand out. It can be used with a wide variety of VCSs: git, mercurial, ...
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Backup whole OS
I am running Ubuntu 11.04. But now due to some or other reasons I have
to format my entire disk and reinstall the Ubuntu,
But I have Installed many softwares on Natty. And when I'll reinstall
the ...
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What is safe to exclude for a full system backup?
I'm looking for a list which paths/files are safe to exclude for a full system/home backup.
Considering that I have a list of installed packages.
/home/*/.thumbnails
/home/*/.cache
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How can I backup my Repositories?
I want to backup all the repositories I added to the Ubuntu Software Center, but apparently sources.list contains only the ones which belong to Canonical.
So where do I find the other ones?
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Which tool to backup an ext4 partition?
I'm searching for a tool to backup a whole ext4 partition to an image. I tried the latest version of mondo, which is not working. What are good alternatives?
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How do I move (copy) my entire Ubuntu system to a different hard disk?
The HDD I have my Ubuntu installed is about to fail. I would rather not lose 3 years worth of data, customisation and apps. I am looking for a way to move the complete system (SWAP included, because ...
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save my Ubuntu settings
Ok, so my disk is dying. I have read this - http://askubuntu.com/questions/2724/best-way-to-clone-ubuntu-installation-copying-to-identical-hardware - but don't really need to copy the whole ...
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Checklist for upgrading a very out of date install
Background:
My last upgrade was from 9.04 to 9.10, and it did not go well. I lost a lot of my settings and spent way too much time reinstalling packages that I though I already had. Last April, I ...
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How do I create multiple backup jobs using DejaDup backup service?
I'd like to have different backup jobs scheduled at different times and frequencies (for instance, backup my Documents folder daily, but my music folder only on weekends), or backup daily to my local ...
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How do I backup my Banshee listening history?
I would like to use sites like last.fm, but because I'm often moving from OS to OS, and mostly listen to music on an mp3 player, most of my listening data gets lost.
Is there any way I can backup ...
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Clone Ubuntu Machine
I have an install of Ubuntu Maverick on slicehost, that I'd like to replicate on a different machine (a kvm VM install).
Is there a simple way of mirroring all it? I mainly care about installed ...
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rsync not working between NTFS/FAT and EXT
I have music that I play in my car, from an FAT32 USB stick. The folder which I use to put songs on is stored on my EXT4 hard drive. I add/remove/retag songs regularly and occassionally want to ...
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Backup sources and setting for reinstall [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best way to backup all settings, list of installed packages, tweaks, etc?
I currently have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on my laptop. Configured just the way I like it. Now ...
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How migrate my keyring (containing ssh passprases, nautilus remote filesystem, pgp passwords) and network manager connections?
I changed the disk on my laptop and installed Ubuntu on the new disk. Old disk had 12.04 upgraded to 12.10 on it. Now I want to copy my old keyring with WiFi passwords, ftp passwords for nautilus ...
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How do I extract a specific file from a tar archive?
Hi is possible to restore a single file from the .tar backup ? I dont want to restore total backup . i just want to restore one single file from the backup .
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How to preserve/export my current Ubuntu installation after changing to a new SSD & installing Windows7?
Ok, currently got set up:
Puny little old 40GB harddrive
AMD Athlon II X2 245
4GB DDR3 RAM
Planning to upgrade to:
120GB SSD harddrive (40GB is getting a little tight for me, but 120GB
is ...
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Recommended total system backup solution
I already searched a bit around the answers here, but nothing satisfied me.
I want a back-up solution that makes a total back-up, so that I can restore my Ubuntu system in case of major failures, like ...
