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Gottfried,

One way to do this is to use images to copy the entire hard drive or indivi=
dual partitions to=20
a new location, which preserves all your data and configurations.  I have d=
one that many=20
times using Clonezilla.

https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php[1]

On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 6:09:23 PM MST Skyler wrote:
> If you declared all your packages in the file that contains your
> operating-system definition then you can just save that file and point a
> new guix installation towards it to restore your configuration. If you've
> run imperative commands (for example, `guix install some-package`) then
> you'll need to record those separately, `guix package -I` will list all of
> the packages that you've installed imperatively. I'm not sure about other
> imperative actions, I'm obsessive about doing things declaratively exactly
> because it makes this kind of situation easy to deal with (I have a habit
> of bungling up my machines and needing to install them fresh). If you can
> share more details about how you have configured your guix system then I
> might be able to offer more specific advice.
>=20
> Of course, this will do nothing to save your data, if you have data
> documents or other files in your home directory that are not system
> configuration then those will need to be saved separately in either case.
>=20
> Sincerely,
> Skyler
>=20
> ------- Original Message -------
>=20
> On Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 at 3:50 AM, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wr=
ote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > I have on one harddisk Guix installed,
> > on a second harddisk GNUinOS.
> >=20
> > I want to reinstall GNUinOS
> >=20
> > and may be later on the same harddisk,
> > on which Guix resides, reduce the size of the harddisk
> > and install Trisquel on a second partition on it.
> >=20
> > To be on the save side
> > I would like to copy... my Guix to a separate harddisk
> > in order not to loose it.
> >=20
> > So that I can in the worst case replace it/I don=E2=80=99t know what to=
 call it
> >=20
> > What are the options.
> >=20
> > I was reading the cookbook, but the procedure is not clear to me.
> >=20
> > What are the commands to copy/replicate my Guix System installation
> > to an external harddisk (via USB connected) and later in case
> > recopy it.
> >=20
> >=20
> > Kind regards
> >=20
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