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Revise swapfile size and exclude it from system backups #333

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Arch-Linux/Base_installation.md
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Expand Up @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2 # Create the filesystem for the root partition
mount /dev/mapper/root /mnt # Mount the root mapper on /mnt
mkdir /mnt/efi # Create the ESP directory
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/efi # Mount ESP
mkswap -U clear --size 8G --file /mnt/swapfile # Create a swapfile
mkswap -U clear --size 4G --file /mnt/swapfile # Create a swapfile
swapon /mnt/swapfile # Activate the swapfile
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware # Install the base system on the root partition
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab # Generate the fstab
Expand All @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab # Generate the fstab
mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt # Mount the root partition on /mnt
mkdir /mnt/efi # Create the ESP directory
mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/efi # Mount ESP
mkswap -U clear --size 8G --file /mnt/swapfile # Create a swapfile
mkswap -U clear --size 4G --file /mnt/swapfile # Create a swapfile
swapon /mnt/swapfile # Activate the swapfile
pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware # Install the base system on the root partition
genfstab -U /mnt >> /mnt/etc/fstab # Generate the fstab
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Dotfiles/General/system-backup.sh
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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ mkdir -p "${backup_dir}"
rsync_cmd() {
rsync -aAXHv --delete \
--exclude "${backup_dir}"'/*' \
--exclude='/swapfile' \
--exclude='/dev/*' \
--exclude='/proc/*' \
--exclude='/sys/*' \
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