Hello! I just set up timeshift on my EndeavourOS pc, but this time I chose BTRFS instead of rsync. I currently decided to store the snapshot on the same hard drive of my installation because, well, it’s my only one. during the setup, it only asked me if I wanted to include the @home or not. using rsync, instead, it asked for a bunch of locations, and I could choose to include only dotfile, everything, nothing,… is this normal?
also, the snapshot took like… 1 second? with rsync it may take up to 5 minutes… is this normal? or am I backupping fried air?

  • hackhat@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    “I currently decided to store the snapshot on the same hard drive of my installation”

    That wont do you any good if you get a harddrive crash or need to reinstall. The way i would do it is to make snapshots on a USB and also keep another liveISO USB. That way i can reinstall, then just use timeshift to restore.