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Q1derous

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Registered: 2025-03-01

Posts: 15

Timeshift - What to Exclude

Hey All,

New to Q4 (and Linux). Got most everything set up now, so ... backup time.
I've tried both FoxClone and Rescuezilla to do full backups. Happy with both.

And then for doing a system backup, I've tried Timeshift. Erm ... a couple times now. Borked 'em both! Yeah, really.
What!? I know it's supposed to be easy, but ... the part where I said "newbie".
Still trying to wrap my head around the whole "everything is under /" thing.
Apparently even separate partitions. (Wait, why is the BU process taking so long and looping and filling up the partition with the same stuff over and over???)
Okay, cancel that. And start again. And again. heh

So ... quick question, aside from: /, /root, /home, /var/lib/libvirt and Any and All "other partitions" that fall under root, what would you suggest Excluding from a Timeshift backup that isn't necessary for doing a restore later to get "just the system" back to where it was?

Eg. - can or should these (and others) be excluded: /tmp, /mnt, /proc, /var?

crosscourt

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From: Wash DC

Registered: 2017-05-07

Posts: 2,201

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Re: Timeshift - What to Exclude

Look here,  https://itsfoss.com/backup-restore-linux-timeshift/

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