I am currently using EndeavourOS for my laptop. Is there a backup solution that is easy to use, and can be run from the EndeavourOS install media without internet? (RSync is included, but no other backup tools are included, to my knowledge.) I don’t want to use another ISO due to space constraints on my USB.
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Borg backup. You should be able to install it on your Live session, then restore to the target mount point.
And use Vorta if you want a gui for Borg backup.
Pika Backup is another user-friendly Borgbackup GUI.
https://apps.gnome.org/en-GB/app/org.gnome.World.PikaBackup/
Pika Backup is the most user-friendly GUI for Borg. Vorta UI is powerful but complex. Pika only shows you the absolute basics: where to keep the backups, what to include, what to exclude, list of snapshots, and schedule options.
BorgBackup is the answer. Stopped creating stupid shell scripts with rsync and whatever and thinking I was so clever.
Timeshift. Easy to set up. Easy to use, only takes a couple of minutes to ‘re-set’ your system back, if you break it. If you want just to backup filed, documents etc then Cron. I use both. They are standard Linux programs
Have you looked to see if rdiff-backup is included? It works off of rsync but provides incremental backups and restores. On my servers I set up a script that excludes system folders like /dev, network mounts, and the log files, but it grabs pretty much everything else. Once the script works just set up a cron job and forget about it.
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Sounds like a well thought out solution, but we need proper programs which can handle backups, like some mentioned in this thread.
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I use Kopia, and I’ve successfully restored multiple backups with it.
Timeshift for system files, Backintime for user data.
I tried Backintime and Timeshift recently.
In Backintime I added the dirs I wanted to backup and where to make the backups, pressed “run” and it said there’s nothing to do. Uninstalled. Later on I found out it had added stuff to my crontab even though I never asked it for a recurring schedule.
Timeshift started by asking for the root password right off the bat. Uninstalled. Like, I know it will want root access eventually but at least buy me dinner first. How do I know what a program I’ve never used before wants to do to my system?
Neither of those are backup tools. They’re snapshotting tools.
Snapshots are incremental backups.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Synchronization_and_backup_programs#Incremental_backups
I don’t want to use another ISO due to space constraints on my USB.
What? A 32GB thumb drive is under $10…
I use backintime and have for a number of years. It is incremental with unchanged files being hard-linked and makes it easy to restore files if needed.
Testdisk 😹 jk don’t be like me
I’d imagine tar is included with the install media.
Not a recommendation per se, but you can use any backup software as long as you can edit your live iso. For example puting the restic binary into /opt
