Check onboot unneeded

[Rich]

Hi emninger

Would it be safe to copy a "mydata.tgz" to let's say "mydatadefault.tgz" to have at least a secure fallback - at least as long as i'm playing around with the bootcode settings?

Yes. If something gets messed up, copy it back to mydata.tgz, then reboot without running a backup.

[emninger]

Hi emninger

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opt/.filetool.lst   
opt/eth0.sh
home/tc/Not needed, your  /opt  and  /home  directories are persistent. I wouldn't be surprised if this accounts for the bulk
of your backup.

See my answer to misalf. The last time i changed here, i lost all my settings. It was frustrating ... :-( If it is a safe way to restore a mydata.tgz to mydatadefault.tgz (or something similar) and if reconverting it to mydata.tgz - in case of breaking something - would restore my setup, i'll give it a try

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etc/Gerald_clark already told you that you should not backup up this directory. If you need  passwd, shadow, or other
files backed up, list them.

I excepted all subdirectories in my .xfiletool.lst; i did this to safe passwd pwasswd- and others which i believe are needed to disable the autologin (?)

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usr/local/etc/
usr/local/share/X11
usr/local/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf
usr/local/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autosuspend.conf Don't backup  usr/local/etc, only any files you modified in there. Why are you backing up  usr/local/share/X11?

I feel like I'm repeating myself.

Because of the keyboardsettings ...

[Misalf]

See my answer to misalf. The last time i changed here, i lost all my settings.

That doesn't make sense. You just said you lost your settings after removing the  local=  boot code - not after adjusting  /opt/.filetool.lst .
Also note:  /opt/.xfiletool.lst  is for excluding files from the backup!

Because of the keyboardsettings ...

You might want to change that to

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usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d


[emninger]

See my answer to misalf. The last time i changed here, i lost all my settings.

That doesn't make sense. You just said you lost your settings after removing the  local=  boot code - not after adjusting  /opt/.filetool.lst .
Also note:  /opt/.xfiletool.lst  is for excluding files from the backup!

Hmm ... :sgrat: Exactly, i used .xfiletool.lst to exclude all /subdirectories from /etc - so, i think i only get the single files in /etc, where sit some important config settings.

My .xfiletool.lst:

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Cache
cache
.cache
XUL.mfasl
XPC.mfasl
mnt
.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache
.macromedia/Flash_Player
.opera/opcache
.opera/cache4
.Xauthority
.wmx
etc/fonts
etc/init.d
etc/modprobe.d
etc/pcmcia/
etc/profile.d
etc/skel/
etc/ssl/
etc/sysconfig/
etc/udev


Because of the keyboardsettings ...

You might want to change that to

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usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d


Yeah, i see. I was unsure, if there were other settings involved. But, indeed, most, i moved to home ... (in .Xresources, .gtkrc-2.0 and .gtkrc-2.0.mine ) but i'm bit anxious because fontconfig did not form ~.fontconfig file, which i'd expect to be there.

[emninger]

Hi emninger

Would it be safe to copy a "mydata.tgz" to let's say "mydatadefault.tgz" to have at least a secure fallback - at least as long as i'm playing around with the bootcode settings?

Yes. If something gets messed up, copy it back to mydata.tgz, then reboot without running a backup.

Hi there. I did (= excluded all opt and home from backup) and indeed, loading time now is less than the half! And all the settings are there - as far as i see in this moment.