> On 19 Nov 2018, at 16:59, Reco <[email protected]> wrote: > > LVM requires certain kernel modules and hooks to be present in > initramfs. > If your current installation lacks them, I suggest you to install lvm2 > before the backup to save yourself the hassle of regenerating initramfs > after the restore.
Unfortunately I don’t have the system any longer (I’ve lost everything while performing some risky partition resizing), so I’m late--I can’t install lvm2 and then backup. I can only rely on a backup that lacks those modules & hooks. > Also, since it's you're using backup2l with tar backend, you'll need to > do something to restore all those capabilities extended attributes. A > hint here is: > > grep setcap /var/lib/dpkg/info/* Uhmm... I forgot of this issue. I believe I’ll end up restoring just /home
