How do I restore a Snapshot?
I'm using Snapshot for a full system backup, but how do I restore it to my computer if I need to? It's an ISO and will load from the thumb drive but if it simply dupes my system, I have no Install on my system.
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A web search for "linux snapshot" will turn up many articles about using Snapshot, from restoring a complete install to restoring individual files. Since you're not exactly clear what precisely you are trying to do and why you are unhappy with a restored system, I hesitate to pick a specific one to recommend, so you may wish to check out a search yourself. |
I'm not unhappy with a restored system. I just wanted to make sure I knew how to restore it. Actually, when I right clicked on the ISO Disk Image Writer popped up, yet I can't seem to find it on the terminal and it's not in the GUI. Any idea what the system name is? I mainly want to know it if comes with MX and read the helpfile. BTW, every google search turned up how to Make the image onto a thumb drive but not how to restore it. I assume a snapshot only copies the Linux file system, not the partitions or boot loader, or am I wrong?
Actually, it's an embarrassment of riches. There are so many different options to back up different stuff in different ways I'm not sure what is most useful or the safest backup. |
I would put it on a USB with MX Live USB Maker, then fire it up and install. But I am sure there are other ways...
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I've never heard of a snap creating an iso - but then I've never looked at MX.
So I went looking - and found this wiki page. How bizarre - see post #4 for best guess at using it. The term "snapshot" is over-loaded enough without this throwing a spanner in the works. Quote:
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Sorry, just looked at OP again and see I had missed the thrust of your question. If you can load the snapshot, then press F4 and type
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sudo -E minstall |
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