MX Snapshot tool usage for migrating my system to a new laptop - snapshot or backup tool??

[monamtb]

I clicked to QSI and snapshot log to create the text file...

I'll try again......

[davidy]

If you know you put everything in home then you know what needs to be copied OUT of home so that you can make a bootable snapshot. The smaller your OS disk actual data size, the better. Putting everything incl. the kitchen sink on home is a recipe for disaster. A 1TB nvme OS disk with root,home, and a swap will work for anybody anywhere for any purpose whatsoever providing they also have a secondary data drive to actually handle whatever load (your data here) they are giving it. Either you copy stuff off or you install clean. Easy decision.

[monamtb]

I only take isos from the MX Linux website and no one uses the laptop but me.

How that came about I really have no clue.

Maybe at the time when I tried to install a live system I messed something up - and instead of the USB it is now using it also on my laptop????

How can I change that - since it seems to be a bad thing?

[monamtb]

Maybe this works .....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nD6FyR ... sp=sharing

[monamtb]

Maybe this works .....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SX8wlb ... sp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CDDW9X ... sp=sharing

[Eadwine Rose]

As far as I know you cannot hotlink from google drive. That, and the images will exceed the maximum sizes stated in the forum rules. There is an add image to this post link at the bottom below the post entry area, you can use that.

[davidy]

15 years ago when I was still running windows I NEVER used the default 'music, documents, pictures etc.' folders. Linux is no different now. The only things that get put in home are what the OS itself may put there automatically. I keep nothing on the OS disk but that which is required for the device to boot and show me a desktop. That is why I have 97% of my disk as free space, on purpose. 2 heads like 2 drives is better than one. Makes backing up and taking snaps a breeze. Simple reason if the drive fails I lose nothing. Backups are critical if you use computers and so are multiple drives to separate the data from the OS itself.
That's also why I love portable software like appimages. They go anywhere BUT the OS disk. Makes backups smaller and therefore faster too. Win win as far as I'm concerned. Good luck with your laptop and don't be shy about segregating the OS from actual data you can move around.

[monamtb]

The largest file in my home folder is the iso snapshot I made under /Templates

I tried to put it onto an external drive but then the snapshot creation always aborted.

And I always put my /home folder on a separate partition.

[davidy]

I consider 'home' to be required for the OS so as far as I'm concerned it IS the OS, just like root and the occassional swap. When ubuntu first came out I was concerned with partitoning schemes but soon realized that by simply keeping any actual data on a completely separate drive was the ticket. Worrying about partition schemes I leave to the installer. Makes my life easy. MX will part for you. You just need to put your documents on a different disk. If you only have one then you should only have an OS partition scheme, meaning one just big enough to run the OS, and the other part for actual data. Separating home from root and then making it so big you can't really use it properly is a waste of your time as this thread is witness too (it aint a catch all). Home defines configurations for a user and the applications he may run. Without home, no user, without user, no boot. The user is not the data itself though and neither should be home.
The default folders in your home directory are for your convenience and that's all. If I were to put all my data in 'home' it would have to be well over 3TB and that's just a folder now isn't it? If you only have a single drive you need to invest in external usb nvme's or better yet get a nas. With at least a 2.5GbE eth0 connection you will hardly notice your data is elsewhere.

[fehlix]

The largest file in my home folder is the iso snapshot I made under /Templates

I tried to put it onto an external drive but then the snapshot creation always aborted.

And I always put my /home folder on a separate partition.

My question was, do you now see with qdirstat, where you big files are located.
And if yes, either remove those if not needed or exclude during snapshot creation.
If you don't understand or know how to do this, best would be to formulate as a question,
in order to avoid people to guess.
Also I'm not sure, if you found something was installed like a realtime kernel,
which you have no clue where this is coming from - maybe reinstall from scratch,
with latest ISO, so you have a clear start.
And do validate the downloaded iso, as explained within the wiki.