Actually my problem is quite simple: on my previous laptop, a MacBook Air, I was using two softwares for backup usage:
- TimeMachine: for it’s practical usages:
- find old files erased by mistake
- re-install the whole OS as it was before a major crash or a lost/stolen machine
- Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC): to have a directly functional copy of the entire hard-drive.
When switching to Ubuntu on MacBook Air, I managed to be able to the same kind of things with theses softwares:
- rEFInd: to be able to switch easily from one OS to another
- DéjaDup + Timeshift: for kind of TimeMachine backups
- Clonezilla: for kind of CCC backups.
I was able to have the same usages with Ubuntu and LMDE on Framework Laptop 13.
I bought a Framework Laptop 12 and got my Laptop 13 stolen. And also discovered Pika Backup as a nice alternative to DéjaDup.
I expected to be able to have the same usages on it, but after cloning Debian 13 from the internal SSD to an external SSD, with Clonezilla or Rescuezilla, when I start the computer with the external SSD plugged in, the startup stalls with the keyboard light flashing. A problem with the bios?
The turnaround I found, was to install a fresh Debian OS on the external SSD, and to restore on it, an “OS + home directory” Timeshift backup.
But this doesn’t seem to be the easiest way to do “backups + restore”.
What are your easiest way of doing things for backups on Framework Laptop 12?
Precision: I usually prefer to avoid using the Terminal. For instance, to install rEFInd, I first install Synaptic, and use it to install rEFInd ; )
Thank you for your insights 