Thread: [Depreciated] BackupMenu - Backup & restore OS images(+ other features)
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RobbieThe1st is offline RobbieThe1st
2010-08-24 , 21:32
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Originally Posted by tan View Post
After selecting 'Restore OptFS' and 'eMMC/MyData'

'Select File: OptFS image' dialog somehow does not let me to select option 'a)'; which is my OptFS image.

There seems to be no way of choosing the OptFS.img neither from the SD or the eMMC.

Interesting part is: the OptFS restores fine if the backed up RootFS.img is not flashed first.

Is there a way of restoring the OptFS as well using the PC flasher?

Thanks in advance!
I assume you are using an older version of BackupMenu. Version .31, IIRC, has a glitch that wouldn't let you select anything in that menu. V.30 and V.32 didn't have it; the latest is fine.
If you have that problem, you are going to have to somehow get V.32 installed on your box.
You can try this:
1. flash to PR1.2
2. Boot up, install BackupMenu V.32.
3. Reboot into BackupMenu
4. Restore the OptFS.
5. Connect your USB cable, ready the Maemo flasher utility and reboot your N900
6. Flash PR1.2 again, then flash your RootFS image.

If everything went correctly, you should have a working system.




Originally Posted by tan View Post
I also tried restoring the OptFS first using the BackupMenu and flashing the RootFS right after from PC flasher, in that case system stays on 5 loading lights for hours.

P.s. I'm using a U.S. keyboard layout with v0.32-1 of BackupMenu.

Is there a "safe restore" mode available, or would a manual restore from the 'command line' option would work?
Check the first post in the topic. You are going to have to flash PR1.2, then your RootFS from flasher, then boot into BackupMenu and restore your OptFS.

Originally Posted by tan View Post
Also restoring RootFS via BackupMenu leads to an unbootable state. I'm wondering if this is normal. Maybe something is wrong with my RootFS.img (although the sumcheck was ok).
This happens sometimes - You have to use Flasher to flash to PR1.2, then flash your RootFS for it to work.
I'm not sure why it does it.


Originally Posted by Dany-69 View Post
I've made a lot of experienxe about this .. it seems that it's impossible to restore OPT because something is corrupted in the file...

Making a new backup i were able to restore even OPT...

Robbie for example the images that i gave you weren't good and this is why my tester wasn't able to restore them .. T_T
Making a new one i have solved.. but this is a big bug
So the problem was with a corrupted image? Ok, great. Let me know if you run into other corrupted images, or if it was a problem thats solved in the current version.
Last edited by RobbieThe1st; 2010-08-24 at 21:34.
 

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