• nothacking
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    1 year ago

    Backups people backups. You don’t realize how much you want them until it’s too late to make them.

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      1 year ago

      How do I make a backup of my pi and all its settings? I set everything up following guides and am not great with Linux. Is there a way to make like a full clone, so I can just copy paste into a new pi in case?

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      1 year ago

      Also remember to backup before things break. I once diligently backed up a system image before an upgrade. But I backed up a already failed SD card.

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        1 year ago

        Also remember to test your backup system.

        Setting up an intricate backup process is great, until an actual emergency happens and it turns out you can’t put Humpty-Dumpty back together

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      1 year ago

      and if possible, keep some backups in a separate physical location. House fires or break-ins aren’t all that uncommon.

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        1 year ago

        A good advice, but most regular people don’t seem to bother with rotating physical off-site storage mediums so I advocate automated (and encrypted) backups to a cloud or something as well.