I recently decided to replace the SD card in my Raspberry Pi and reinstall the system. Without any special backups in place, I turned to rsync to duplicate /var/lib/docker with all my containers, including Nextcloud.

Step #1: I mounted an external hard drive to /mnt/temp.

Step #2: I used rsync to copy the data to /mnt/tmp. See the difference?

Step #3: I reformatted the SD card.

Step #4: I realized my mistake.

Moral: no one is immune to their own stupidity 😂

  • ducking_donuts@lemm.eeEnglish
    27·
    10 months ago

    Unless you’ve used something secure for formatting or wrote data to the SD after, consider attempting data recovery.

    • summerof69@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      No luck with extundelete (segfault) and testdisk (sees some deleted files, but not /var/lib/docker). At least I can always throws it away and not worry about safety of my data! :)

      • Nilz@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        16·
        10 months ago

        You can always try professional data recovery services. It just depends on how much the data is worth to you.

        • Atemu@lemmy.mlEnglish
          42·
          10 months ago

          And how much time you want to put into not getting scammed.