Creating a backup partition for timeshift

lgtegetege · 2021-02-11 06:10:44

Hello, recently, i installed Timeshift and i understand that is not recommended to install it on the partition that the system is installed, so you can access to it if the system breaks, so i created a new separate partiton for the backups, however it is on the same ssd card as im using a laptop. I want to know where do i have to mount the partition as im still in the learning process about how the fstab works

V1del · 2021-02-11 07:29:32

You can mount "self made" partitions wherever you want, do something like /backup or so. E.g. I have a /windows and a /School folder for the parallel Windows installation's directory and /School for the SMB share of my school.

lgtegetege · 2021-02-11 07:34:44

So i can just make a directory like /mnt/backup and mount the partition just there?
Yesterday when i made my first backup, i didnt mount the partition and then y used timeshift, now when i use gparted, in the mount point section it says something like /run/timeshift/backup so i can assume that directory was automatically created and mounted the partition there, do you recommend to mount it on another place? Or is it correct to leave it there?

V1del · 2021-02-11 08:20:07

Up to you. At the end of they you just have to have the partition mounted "somewhere" and as long as everyone agrees on when and where that is it doesn't really matter where you do that.

sabroad · 2021-02-11 10:55:42

Perhaps a bit advanced but I'd strongly recommend using Timeshift with grub-btrfs and timeshift-autosnap, not forgetting to backup your data separately as Timeshift is [...] NOT a backup tool and is not meant to protect user data.

lgtegetege · 2021-02-11 19:49:51

I know is just to protect your system in case it breaks, i have my personal data in another backup.
To have enabled that feature i need to have all my partitions in btrfs format? That would mean installing everything again, not sure if i want to do it
I'll test if the backup works mounted there were it was mounted automatically and if not works ill make a directory for this and mount it there

lgtegetege · 2021-02-11 23:37:25

Ok so it looks like that the mount point set automatically by timeshift does not persist, so ill mkdir /mnt/backup and mount it there, i need to create the fstab entry, but im a little confused about what options, dump and fsck write on the entry, can somebody explain me what is the best option for this?

V1del · 2021-02-12 08:48:44

Please try to do your own research and conclusions for your usecases: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fstab#Usage

lgtegetege · 2021-02-12 21:21:11

I already did, the fstab article in the wiki helped a lot, but the man pages that explain the difference between noatime, relatime and all those options are not as newbie friendly as the wiki is, i added rw and relatime as the options for the backup partition, but still not sure if it is the best option, also i put 0 in dump and 2 in pass

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Creating a backup partition for timeshift

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