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2007-12-25
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I'm really interested in this thread, but didn't see any followup to the question. I'm assuming the answer isn't somewhere in another thread ( searching produced nothing ). Hope noone minds me bumping this thread to the front in order to receive some possible input from others.
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2007-12-26
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I'm using a N800 booting off a mmc, so you probably can't apply this directly, but it might give some ideas.
From time to time I plug in my N800 and write an image of the system partition to disk with a program called dd (diskdump). If something goes terribly wrong, I can just get a new card, partition it, dump the image back and I'm ready to go.
I also have a rsync script, which I can use to copy the contents of my home directory to a computer at home. It works securely over the internet. The script is very simple, but you need ssh and rsync to make it work. I try to run this as often as possible.
From time to time I plug in my N800 and write an image of the system partition to disk with a program called dd (diskdump). If something goes terribly wrong, I can just get a new card, partition it, dump the image back and I'm ready to go.
I also have a rsync script, which I can use to copy the contents of my home directory to a computer at home. It works securely over the internet. The script is very simple, but you need ssh and rsync to make it work. I try to run this as often as possible.
Code:
#!/bin/sh cd /home/user dpkg --get-selections > installedpackets rsync -v -u -a --delete --rsh=ssh --stats --exclude-from=/home/user/sbin/backup-excludes /home/user myusername@myserver.dyndns.org:backup_directory/
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2007-12-26
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Originally Posted by Naranek
I hope someone would port dump/restore utilities for N8x0 devices and N770 as well. These utilities compress/uncompress entire filesystems with a single command and they work quite well.
I'm using a N800 booting off a mmc, so you probably can't apply this directly, but it might give some ideas.
From time to time I plug in my N800 and write an image of the system partition to disk with a program called dd (diskdump). If something goes terribly wrong, I can just get a new card, partition it, dump the image back and I'm ready to go.
I also have a rsync script, which I can use to copy the contents of my home directory to a computer at home. It works securely over the internet. The script is very simple, but you need ssh and rsync to make it work. I try to run this as often as possible.
Code:#!/bin/sh cd /home/user dpkg --get-selections > installedpackets rsync -v -u -a --delete --rsh=ssh --stats --exclude-from=/home/user/sbin/backup-excludes /home/user myusername@myserver.dyndns.org:backup_directory/
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2007-12-26
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I just did this process yesterday so that I could a)install KDE and b)have a complete bootable backup of Maemo.
Start off here at the Wiki for how to boot off card: http://maemo.org/community/wiki/howt...from_mmc_card/
You need this thread/posts to tell you how to edit bootmenu.conf so that you'll be able to actually boot from your card.
For the N810 you'll also need this post when you're through so that you can still view your external card when connected to USB.
Start off here at the Wiki for how to boot off card: http://maemo.org/community/wiki/howt...from_mmc_card/
You need this thread/posts to tell you how to edit bootmenu.conf so that you'll be able to actually boot from your card.
For the N810 you'll also need this post when you're through so that you can still view your external card when connected to USB.
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2007-12-29
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Thanks, I just got rsync limping on my W2K machine to my Ubunto q6600 and I think this will be the method I'll go with.
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PinCushionQueen - Was this on an 770, 800, or 810?
Last edited by gemniii42; 2007-12-29 at 05:13.
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PinCushionQueen - Was this on an 770, 800, or 810?
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OTG w/ unlimited storage!!
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Last edited by gemniii42; 2007-12-29 at 05:13.
For the N810 what is the best method to produce a 100% bootable backup of the OS and all files that are internal?
The dippy backup under file manager only backups 48Mb for a system that is almost FULL.
I'd like to "clone" my system on to one of my 4GB SDHC cards so I could boot from that, simply for piece of mind.
I've seen the threads on doing it for the 770 but I'm wondering what the BEST method the smart people here (and also GeneralAttilles
thanks in advance
N810, iGo bt kb, Diablo, 10Gb storage onboard instead of a Thinkpad
OTG w/ unlimited storage!!
Put a penguin in your pocket!!
PLEASE use the Wiki