From d01a8f54b6bbc524021e5a370b97ea870af5d46d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fredrik Mikker Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:49:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added FAQ section about backing up root partition Using borgbackup to backup the root partition works fine, just remember to exclude non-essential directories. Signed-off-by: Fredrik Mikker --- docs/faq.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 48596066e..835983b6b 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ How can I restore huge file(s) over a unstable connection? If you can not manage to extract the whole big file in one go, you can extract all the part files (see above) and manually concatenate them together. +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. + If it crashes with a UnicodeError, what can I do? -------------------------------------------------