1) Mount Partitions 1. mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt 2. mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/boot/EFI 3. swapon /dev/sdb3 2) Create tarball 1. tar -Jvpcf /backup/file.tar.xz -C /mnt . 3) Unmount partitions 1. umount -R /mnt