[Borgbackup] Bare Metal Backup?

[Marian Beermann]

On 28.07.2017 12:18, Stan Armstrong wrote:
> Is there a straightforward way of using borgbackup to do a full metal
> 
> backup/restore of my system partition?
> 
> I am running Debian Stretch 9.1. I would like to back it up in such a
> way that if my SSD boot drive is destroyed, I can restore my system
> immediately in bootable condition. All of the solutions I have located
> are too complex for my aging brain. I have understood borg well enough
> to use it for many months, backing up various partitions to and from
> other drives both locally and via SSH on my household LAN. I automated
> everything by writing simple scripts and using cron.
> 
> I suspect that I simply don't know how to make a restored partition
> bootable.
> 

Personally I always found it easiest to just backup system files and
re-install the bootloader when the system disk failed. Path of least
resistance and all.

Cheers, Marian