Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

I think it has something to do with bad blocks in the flash, but I really don't know.
Also, its not just "some". If the current image is too different from the one needing to be flashed, it won't work. Why? I don't know. Perhaps some files aren't getting copied correctly, or some portion of the disk image.

It's just giving an error saying "no error". I don't have a clue what that could mean - Perhaps it worked right?

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

No it doesn't work ... only nokia bootscreen :(

EDIT: Another one with thew same error .. .:(

"sto facendo la procedura. E' normale che al lancio della stringa:
flasher-3.5.exe -r Fastmantle_v1-rootfs.img -f
alla fine esce scritto:
finishing flashing... sending request 0x52 failed: no error
?????????????????????????????"

The process of flash arrives to the end ... but this line appear ... :confused:

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

@ RobbieThe1st

is this a bug that the keyboard wont turn the backlight on?
in the night its very hard to see the keys ^^
it would be nice when its starts working :)


and now
THX for the app :)
nice work

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

Hi Robbie,

it works great on my end...
Great work and appreciated here in the Netherlands...
2 questions left:

can we expect a GUI 4 this?
Does this backup all (like apps and other stuff like contacts and calendar)?

Regards

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

The kernel is stored in a separate mtd partition (not on the rootfs!) so you'll need to back it up or restore it separately. I forget the exact partition number, and IIRC the layout is different from the N8x0s but /proc/mtd should tell you.

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

I think it's a bit hard to have a better guy ... this is only a script that is loaded in the ram at the startup ... to do what you say we should install even some other files on an external support, just like a sd card, like being an operting system...
And yes, this backups EVERYTHING you can think :)

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

After restoring RootFS checksums seem not to match. Would you have any tips for that RobbieThe1st?

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

Robbie .. since yesterday I'm trying to fix that stupid error.
1) Tried with a mst MD5 checksums ... My tester hasn't a corrupted file.
2) Check the hardware revision. We have the same : 2101
3) I told the testers try to flash with the root image extracted from a fiascoimage.
That flash went fine.

So to two testers everything all right... and two with that error. ... and I do not understand why ..

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

Yeah finally a complete backup app. Too bad bootmenu n900 isnt compatible with nitdroid. But not for long i think :)

Re: [Announce] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
 

Presuming that this is still an issue... have you taken a look at ddrescue?
http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

I use it to clone hard drives as part of my backup strategy for my laptop. It's wonderfully effective. I've no idea if anyone's even thought about compiling it for Maemo, let alone done so (I wouldn't be able to - I take one look at the Scratchbox installation docs and go into twitching fits), but it ought to help.