Re: Uh Oh - Hosed Upgrade - Deb - How to Recover ?

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 00:19:26 -0000 (UTC)

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On Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:18:23 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> # Copy the root partition.
> dd if=/dev/sda1 | gzip >/mnt/backup/cjglap2/sda1.img.gz

Doing a dd on a volume that is currently mounted may not give
completely reliable results.

> # Copy various directories.
> rsync -av --delete /etc                                /mnt/backup/cjglap2
> rsync -av --delete /usr                                /mnt/backup/cjglap2
> rsync -av --exclude='/home/cjg/.cache/' --delete /home /mnt/backup/cjglap2
> rsync -av --delete /var/spool/slrnpull                 /mnt/backup/cjglap2

“-a” does not include “-A” or “-X”, which I like to include these
days, just in case.