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770 running 2006OS boot from MMC

Well, I see more and more "770 enthusiastics", another term for newbies, are playing with the 770 now, proabably because of the drop in price. Once the 770 arrives, everybody, including myself, are installing apps as if there is no tomorrow, ..., then all of a sudden, "I lost all my apps, operation fail.... " bla bla bla. If you are a Linus guru newbie, of course you know how to reverse the last installation that gives you headache. If you are just an average joe like me, I strongly advice you to do a backup BEFORE every installation. And if you get into trouble, just restore it. Menu>Control panel>Backup/Restore. For some reason, a restore is a lot more faster, usually takes 70s for a full backup and takes less than 10s for a full restore. For a total of 80s, not even two minutes, you are back in operation. Any excuse NOT to do it?



Bun

In addition to the backup/restore function, you should install the rsync package, and run the following:

rsync -azxpogtS --progress --stats --exclude=/home/user --exclude=/media -e "ssh -l root" / <your IP>:/your/backup/dir/here

I exclude the /home/user dir, as it's only got stuff in it that I already have somewhere else, and the /media directory since I have 2 4GB cards in those slots and....yeah. =)

I'm no rsync guru, so if I've missed something essential, feel free to correct me.

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2007He flash / 2006Os MMC boot running on a 770


The backup/restore from a 2007He does not reset the 770. Apparantly, it stored only documents?! Whereas a backup/restore from a 2006OS does restore the 770. Anyhow, I am interested in your backup, could you please explain a little bit more details, in particular how can I back up the whole thing, so that I can restore the 770 to the previous setpoint status. Thanks in advance,


bun