Bart Janssens 🇧🇪May 14, 2023
Watching an #arch #linux system boot up again as if nothing happened after a restore from #borg backup is a thing of beauty.
Show threadGameTec_liveMay 14, 2023
@bart did you backup the entirety of / or just your data?
Show threadBart Janssens 🇧🇪May 14, 2023
@gametec_live All of / (except for the second disk, temp files and downloads)
Show threadGameTec_liveMay 14, 2023
@bart makes sense, which folders do you consider to just be tmp files? currently only backup my data...
Show threadBart Janssens 🇧🇪
@gametec_live The tmp folder in my home dir, and build files from compiling.
May 14, 2023 at 4:29pmWeb
Show threadGameTec_liveMay 14, 2023
@bart interesting, thx, i tried backing up entire / once but that took ages bcause of tmp and cache files from chrome and other apps...
Show threadBart Janssens 🇧🇪May 15, 2023
@gametec_live These I actually do still back up. But with borg, only the initial backup takes some time, daily incremental backups are only 10 minutes for a total amount of backed-up data of 800 GB.
Show threadGameTec_liveMay 15, 2023
@bart i know that, but always checking those cache files takes ages, thx anyways...