Install Ubuntu 18.04, restore from backintime backup

install.md

Prerequisites

• A full backup of /home/paul using backintime

Install Ubuntu

• Choose "Something else" to enter the partitioning tool

• Select "use the advanced partitioning tool for more control"

  • note: use primary partitions, not logical
  • add /dev/sda1 as ext4 size 2046 mountpoint /boot
  • in sda free space, select physical volume for encryption - it will create a new device `/dev/mapper/sda1_crypt
  • set /dev/mapper/sda1_crypt mountpoint to /
  • in sdb free space select physical volume for encryption - it will create a new device /dev/mapper/sdb1_crypt
  • set /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt mountpoint to /home

In the end it should look like this:

                                     fmt
/dev/mapper/sda2_crypt
  /dev/mapper/sda2_crypt1   swap          [ ] 17985 MB
  /dev/mapper/sda2_crypt2   ext4  /       [x] 99998 MB

/dev/mapper/sdb1_crypt
  /dev/mapper/sdb1_crypt1   ext4  /home   [x]

/dev/sda
  /dev/sda1                 ext4  /boot
  /dev/sda2                              unknown (cryptodisk)

/dev/sdb
  /dev/sdb1                 crypto

• on the timezone screen, wait for 30 seconds to allow the partitioner to do its thing (or error)
• Once the installer has finished, reboot

Restore /home/paul from backintime

• sudo apt install backintime-common
• backintime-qt4
• select Yes to "restore a previous configuration?"
• navigate to the backup restore location
• select the right backintime profile
• from Restore select Restore /home/paul
• ... wait a while
• make sure it finished OK

Install system packages

• sudo bin/install-ubuntu-packages

Finish setting up user

• Reinstate crontab: crontab < ~/crontab.txt

Reinstate~/dotfiles

• cd ~/dotfiles && make
• reload backintime config from ~/binfiles