I did this once using this one-liner or similar: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Full_system_backup_with_rsync#With_a_single_command It worked almost without flaws, which is not surprising because the system installed to the iso is basically the same as the base group (which pacstrap installs using the main Parabola installation instructions).

Someone can try this, and create a wiki page with instructions. This would be useful by itself, and it can be a first step to solve this issue.

alfplayer wrote:

I did this once using this one-liner or similar: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Full_system_backup_with_rsync#With_a_single_command It worked almost without flaws, which is not surprising because the system installed to the iso is basically the same as the base group (which pacstrap installs using the main Parabola installation instructions).

Someone can try this, and create a wiki page with instructions. This would be useful by itself, and it can be a first step to solve this issue.

i need to install a new server soon, i can try and see what happens :)

which were the minor modifications?

I'll tell if I remember, but I'd say it was easy, errors were descriptive enough.

that wiki article is missing the -H flag that makes rsync preserve hard links. i'd guess there aren't many on the iso but who knows. i have a script for parallel rsync that could be useful too.