Thread: Best method for backing up?
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2008-04-24 , 16:43
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Originally Posted by GeraldKo View Post
I agree that if you don't have what I'm calling a comprehensive backup, it's good and very worthwhile. It's infinitely better than no backup. But it's still a lot easier to do a restore from a comprehensive backup; and I've had hassles with the built-in because of repository problems.
Ah, I see what you're getting at. Usually reflashes are upgrades for me, so a complete restore of everything doesn't make sense.

The cooler method for maintaining a complete, bootable backup, though, is to flash the device and get the OS setup how you like it with all of your favorite applications and hacks installed. Then copy that over to an SD card and boot from there. Then if anything ever goes wrong, you simply boot from the internal flash and copy things over again.