From 4ade12e45c693a9ce9159188c1245a90614f06fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tomit4 <mosssap@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:50:33 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] :memo: Made general notes on backing up system

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 gentoo/gentoo_install_notes.md |   5 +-
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+# Backing Up On Artix
+
+## Backing Up:
+
+Plug in your backup drive:
+
+```sh
+mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/media/usb-drive
+```
+
+```sh
+sudo rsync -aHAXS --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found","/home/brian/Videos/*","/home/brian/Documents/books/*","/home/brian/Downloads/*","/home/brian/Music/*","/home/brian/Pictures/*"} /* /mnt/media/usb-drive/backup
+```
+
+## Restoring:
+
+Plug in the Artix base ISO (runit):
+
+```
+artixiso login: root
+```
+
+```sh
+fdisk /dev/nvme0n1
+```
+
+#### boot
+
+```
+g (!! removes all disk partitions and creates a new GPT disklabel !!)
+
+n (new partition)
+t (select type of partition)
+1 (mark the partition as an EFI system partition)
+p (partition number)
+Partition number (1 - 128, default 1): 1
+First sector: (leave blank for default)
+Last sector: +300M
+
+n (new partition)
+p (partition number) 2
+default
+default
+
+w
+```
+
+```sh
+mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/nvme0n1p1
+```
+
+```sh
+mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2
+```
+
+Now here is where we deviate from the installation:
+
+```sh
+mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt
+```
+
+```sh
+mkdir /mnt/boot
+```
+
+```sh
+mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/boot
+```
+
+And run the rsync backup script:
+
+```sh
+rsync -aHAXS --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"}  /mnt/media/usb-drive/backup/* /mnt
+```
+
+Now, to ensure that GRUB + mkinitcpio work:
+
+```sh
+mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
+mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
+mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
+mount --bind /run /mnt/run
+```
+
+Now chroot into the restored system:
+
+```sh
+artix-chroot /mnt
+```
+
+And regenerate grub:
+
+```sh
+grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB
+```
+
+```sh
+grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+```
+
+Make sure to regenerate the initramfs (important!):
+
+```sh
+mkinitcpio -P
+```
+
+And exit and reboot:
+
+```sh
+exit
+```
+
+```sh
+umount -R /mnt
+```
+
+```sh
+reboot
+```
+
+## If all went well...
+
+If all went well, you'll boot into a standard arch install, but with no Videos
+(too large, pick the ones you want from your backup).
diff --git a/gentoo/gentoo_install_notes.md b/gentoo/gentoo_install_notes.md
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@@ -93,9 +93,8 @@ cat /etc/fstab
 
 ## General Notes
 
-A general speedrun guide to installing gentoo can be found at:
-
-https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/td684v/need_help_for_first_time_setting_up_a_virtual/
+Here is a
+[general speedrun guide to installing gentoo](https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/td684v/need_help_for_first_time_setting_up_a_virtual/)
 
 Install a basic distribution-bin kernel first, then you can: