Howto: Backup and restore your system!

[psusi]

They seem to imply that using "sudo -i" or "sudo -s" was preferable. So, what should we do?

Do as they say and use -s or -i.

[Lukasz Tarkowski]

Thank you Heliode you saved my system

[Davide Vitelaru]

Seems pretty easy, I could make a Qt application with a GUI for new users to do this, it would be something Ubuntu might need to have preinstalled.

[Lukasz Tarkowski]

I like GUI application more cause they are easier

[psusi]

I like GUI application more cause they are easier

Easier to learn, but not to use

[El_Belgicano]

Ok about GUI's and newer users, but when restoring, a GUI isn't (always) available, so the commandline method always has an advantage.

[Ecip]

Ah, a GUI app would be nice.

[shadowdemon69]

What are the dangers of excluding /etc/fstab and grub.cfg?

If this is a dumb question - I'm a newbie!!!

[psusi]

What are the dangers of excluding /etc/fstab and grub.cfg?

If this is a dumb question - I'm a newbie!!!

None. grub.cfg is recreated every time you run update-grub, and /etc/fstab you can recreate by hand.

[debd]

whoa man....i did it all. backed up in /

their was an error though...

"exiting with failure status for previous errors"

but I had more space used as shown in system information's "file systems" tab than before.

but no archives in / !!

even searching for files didnt help!

did exactly the command for making tar.gz archive you posted ,only including "--exclude=/media"

now....where to find it?
m clueless.