i want to test debian trixie (13) so i can report bugs and troubleshoot before the release later this year. i thought about simply installing trixie alongside my current bookworm installation, but that won’t be my scenario when the time comes, since i’ve been updating my system instead of reinstalling it since debian jessie (8) and this time it won’t be different. how can i clone my current system so i can simulate an update to trixie? do i simply create a new partition and copy my files over, then chroot to it and install grub?

  • mina86deleted by creatorEnglish
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    • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.brOP
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      2 years ago

      rsync has a ton of options. any specific setup you’d recommend me?

      EDIT: seems like rsync -av src/* dst is working for me

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        • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.brOP
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          2 years ago

          thanks for the tip about src/* skipping hidden files. i fixed that, excluded unnecessary massive files i found through baobab and copied the remaning files. everything worked and i’m now runnning debian testing