Upgrading DietPi questions

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Hi,

I currently run a debian headless homesever. (Though still consider myself as a linux noob). When debian updates its base (e.g from 11 to 12) it’s a pain having to reinstall and reconfigure software.

After reading the upgrading blog post for DietPi, I understand you provide a script which makes it possible to upgrade without reinstalling. I’d be using a x86 system to run dietpi.

A few questions:

(i) If I stick to the software made available for dietpi, is it expected that the upgrade be smooth? I’d be running apps: Syncthing; Restic; Tailscale; Kodi; lighttpd; Logitech Media Server (checking for alternative)

(ii) If there is software - as indicated on the blog post - that is not available to be upgraded, what happens when a user upgrades? Would I need to do certain steps before hand to avoid any problems?

(iii) The blog post also indicates that the script makes a backup. If the upgrade went wrong, is it therefore possible to revert back to a working system?

(iv) More generally, is something like Timeshift recommended to keep backups of the OS?

Thanks for any further info. (I’ve been trying out quite a few distros, and DietPi looks great!)

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yes

some software options will be automatically reinstalled; however all settings and configs will be kept.

Yes, that’s what our script aims for. However, we are on IT and no 100% guarantee :wink: Therefore we recommend having a backup done before.

nothing, usually this software should continue running.

Should be possible

not sure what timeshift is but we offer a backup option to create daily backups automatically.

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Thanks - that’s helpful

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