From 5ddf7e7922357f59f61ba6bf08c6a7a742e4f286 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rugk Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:38:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add --one-file-system note for root backup --- docs/faq.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 6f7c39ed6..f46d31d1c 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ Can I backup my root partition (/) with Borg? Backing up your entire root partition works just fine, but remember to exclude directories that make no sense to backup, such as /dev, /proc, -/sys, /tmp and /run. +/sys, /tmp and /run, and to use --one-file-system if you only want to +backup the root partition (and not any mounted devices e.g.). If it crashes with a UnicodeError, what can I do? -------------------------------------------------