Thread: [Announce] BackupMenu - OS backup & restore | New version - Jul 9th(v1.1)
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2011-07-01 , 11:24
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#783
Originally Posted by RobbieThe1st View Post
Reformat the OptFS, then restore the backup. This issue's probably due to the OptFS being corrupt. I solved it myself by formatting the Optfs(over Backupmenu's USB mass storage mode) from a Ubuntu PC, then restoring a recent OptFS backup. You'll want to restore both optfs and rootfs at that time.
Thanks for the hints, I'll give it a try. Didn't reflash yet as I just don't have the time needed for that. But reformatting sounds doable.
Just to get the steps right:
  1. boot into backupmenu
  2. make a backup
  3. (for security backup the backup)
  4. connect device via usb to pc
  5. put device in mass storage mode while in backupmenu
  6. format optfs (and only optfs) from pc via usb connection
  7. restore backup for rootfs and optfs via backupmenu's entry
  8. boot device and hope all is functional again
Thats right? Between step 2 and 3 I could reboot the device to backup the backup files to my pc or I could do it within mass storage mode of backupmenu.
But how do I get out of mass storage mode after step 6? Or could device stay in mass storage mode while restoring backup? I guess booting would be no good idea at this point.
 

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