Disk imaging

Axios

Since it seems I am headed in the linux direction slowly I do disk images now and then like backups
so if I have major problems I just restore image norton ghost back in the day saved me many times.
Found these programs has anybody used them or have comments. (And I dont want hear about clonezilla!!!!)
All images I do are from bootable cd or usb

1 Redo Rescue (back in Active status was RedoBackup same author)
2 Rescuezilla (fork of Redo Active)
3 Foxclone (active)
All are bootable iso

downhill

Axios I was going to suggest Clonezilla, but (And I dont want [to] hear about clonezilla!!!!). LOL! I've also read about some Linux command line stuff that does it, but I don't remember the command.

Axios

downhill Everyone has got that piece of software they hate with a passion, see it even got me so shook up I forgot to type the (to)...lol

downhill

downhill I remembered the command line command: rsync. However, a quick search a few seconds ago leads me to believe that's not an ideal solution, although it will work.

Solarmass

Acronis, Macrium Reflect

kyrios

In command line, you can use dd but keep in mind that doing a disk image each time a point release is updated is a good strategy but rolling releases like Solus are "constently" updated so it might not be ideal.

WetGeek

I don't understand the problem. If the desired result is to be easily able to restore a compromised system, why not just use USB sticks as the target for backups? I use these aliases in my .bashrc files to make that easy. This first one adds a list of installed packages to my home directory:
alias copyPackages="eopkg li | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | tr '\n' ' ' > /home/jerry/InstalledPackages"

This one (should I ever need it) will allow me to easily reinstall those packages using eopkg:
alias restorePackages='sudo eopkg install $(cat InstalledPackages)'

Then these three make it easy to do an update with a single up command:
alias eu='sudo eopkg upgrade && sync'
alias ed='sudo eopkg delete-cache && sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=3d --vacuum-size=50M && sync'
alias up='eu && ed'

And finally, the backup itself. Restic is a fast and reliable utility from the Solus repository:
alias backup='restic backup /home/jerry -r /mnt/Backups/Linux/malachite-solus-4-1-budgie'

That's essentially just "restic source -r repository."Just change the source to your own home directory, and change the destination to where you want your backup to go. I routinely back up to a remote share, but using USB sticks to maintain a series of backups would be just as useful if no remote repository were available.

palto42

WetGeek Good idea to story a list of installed packages, I will add this to my backup procedure.

I'm using borgmatic (based on borg) for my daily backups because it's very fast and efficient (seems a "competitor" of restic).
If needed, it seems that full disk images can also be done quite efficient with borg: Backing up entire disk images

WetGeek

downhill I remembered the command line command: rsync.

I looked into rsync too, when I was looking for backup options on Linux. I'd heard good things about it, but, truth be told, I just could not work my way through its man page far enough to grasp how to use it. That made me wonder why I even wanted to use it.

johano

This may not be what you're after, but thought it worth a mention. It does not create bookable media, but that's not a big issue as it can be run from a USB with Solus, any other Linux distro, or repair tool like System Rescue CD.

fsarchiver is a fairly straightforward command line tool for creating disk images. Images can be restored to partition smaller than original as long as there is room for file. It restores original partition UUID so no surprises with fstab. You can even restore to a different file system although that I have not needed. I've used for some years without problem, very solid.

johano

WetGeek in the repos there is a program called grsync (I suppose it stands for "graphical rsync"?). It uses rsync but presents all the choices in a GUI .

Basically you fill in the source and destination for your backup, using a file selector, tick off the options you want. You can make a list of profiles to cover different jobs.

WetGeek

johano It uses rsync but presents all the choices in a GUI .

Thanks. Should I ever have a reason to quit using Restic, that'll be the first alternative I consider. It sounds a lot like Timeshift, which I've used on other repos, and tried unsuccessfully to get for Solus. In fact, it sounds almost exactly like Timeshift.