Condobloke
Well-Known Member
Oh man you are sure learning !!!!
You may well look back on this 'experience' and laugh !!
When you set up Timeshift again choose the External drive as the Location to save the snapshots to.
Just in case I have not put these details on your topic before I will put them here now
Settings...select RSYNC
Location...select where you will store the snapshot/s (external hard drive is preferable)
Schedule...if you have a drive with plenty of space you can elect to save several snapshots.....or just keep one or two...
(Maybe of interest I only keep 3 snapshots/month.....then at some random time I will delete the oldest one and add one....so I always have 3. ((Always delete and Create from the Timeshift window where you see your snapshots listed....Never from the hard drive or anywhere else.
Users...Include All
Filters...under the + icon select both lines
Thats enough....go back to main screen of Timeshift, and select Create
grab a coffee.....5 minutes approx
My Timeshift window/dashboard...
I must admit I like your mindset. Lesser people would have thrown in the towel and dismissed Linux as "too hard"
Stick with it.....you will definitely come out on top with a working system, and a hatfull of knowledge too.
The welcome screen...will show automatically in your fresh install.
If you click on the 'Show this dialogue at startup' and remove the tick......it will not show at startup.
If you wish to see it again, click on menu and type in Welcome and then press enter.
How to Restore.
Now......if something goes south while you are trying changes etc etc, all you need to do is access Timeshift, click on restore, and go grab another coffee.
Your system will be returned to whenever the snapshot you have chosen to restore, was taken.
If you have really screwed up, you can boot your pc to your thumb drive with LM 20.1 on it..access Timeshift on that thumb drive .......it will have the snapshots on there for you to restore to.
Click on the one you wish to restore....follow the prompts (you dont usually need to change anything).....more coffee.
DO NOT attempt to interrupt the restore
Now.......you can change things without fear of losing your shirt !
Keep us up to date....I am still awake for another 5 hours approx and I am sure there will be others online as well
You may well look back on this 'experience' and laugh !!
When you set up Timeshift again choose the External drive as the Location to save the snapshots to.
Just in case I have not put these details on your topic before I will put them here now
Settings...select RSYNC
Location...select where you will store the snapshot/s (external hard drive is preferable)
Schedule...if you have a drive with plenty of space you can elect to save several snapshots.....or just keep one or two...
(Maybe of interest I only keep 3 snapshots/month.....then at some random time I will delete the oldest one and add one....so I always have 3. ((Always delete and Create from the Timeshift window where you see your snapshots listed....Never from the hard drive or anywhere else.
Users...Include All
Filters...under the + icon select both lines
Thats enough....go back to main screen of Timeshift, and select Create
grab a coffee.....5 minutes approx
My Timeshift window/dashboard...
I must admit I like your mindset. Lesser people would have thrown in the towel and dismissed Linux as "too hard"
Stick with it.....you will definitely come out on top with a working system, and a hatfull of knowledge too.
The welcome screen...will show automatically in your fresh install.
If you click on the 'Show this dialogue at startup' and remove the tick......it will not show at startup.
If you wish to see it again, click on menu and type in Welcome and then press enter.
How to Restore.
Now......if something goes south while you are trying changes etc etc, all you need to do is access Timeshift, click on restore, and go grab another coffee.
Your system will be returned to whenever the snapshot you have chosen to restore, was taken.
If you have really screwed up, you can boot your pc to your thumb drive with LM 20.1 on it..access Timeshift on that thumb drive .......it will have the snapshots on there for you to restore to.
Click on the one you wish to restore....follow the prompts (you dont usually need to change anything).....more coffee.
DO NOT attempt to interrupt the restore
Now.......you can change things without fear of losing your shirt !
Keep us up to date....I am still awake for another 5 hours approx and I am sure there will be others online as well