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   On Thu, 12/18/2025 7:49 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:54:53 +0100, jjb wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-12-18 00:10, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:36:38 +0100, jjb wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2025-12-17 02:30, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:41:03 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Don't forget your imaging-style backup before you begin.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> “Imaging-style” backups are a Windows thing.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Absolutely not.  Use Clonezilla to have the option of a bare metal   
   >>>> restore if your disk goes south.   
   >>>   
   >>> No need. File-level copies give you much more flexibility.   
   >>   
   >> You can (should?) do both.   
   >   
   > Never bothered with image copies. The files are the important thing.   
   >   
      
   While updating Devuan, it was only taking 1 minute 30 seconds to make   
   safety copies of the disk. It's pretty easy to do. They're compressed   
   to save space.   
      
   Thu, 12/18/2025  2,392,653,531 DEVUAN600-2TBDISK35-Initial-Legac   
   -Install-4930K-724524-00-00.mrimg.7z   
   Thu, 12/18/2025  2,951,538,790 DEVUAN600-2TBDISK35-plus-GNOME-Le   
   acy-Install-4930K-724524-00-00.mrimg.7z   
   Thu, 12/18/2025  2,666,770,797 DEVUAN600-2TBDISK35-plus-MATE-Leg   
   cy-Install-4930K-724524-00-00.mrimg.7z   
      
   It's not the "important thing", it's the convenience. Start it running,   
   don't have to pay attention to it. When done, it is ready to use,   
   no puttering around to "finish it". If it worked before the backup,   
   it works after the restore. I can roll back after major changes.   
      
   Also, no puttering around when defining the backup. The partition boxes   
   are already ticked. Just run it. The hardest part is typing in the   
   descriptive filename for later :-)   
      
      Paul   
      
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