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2009-12-13
, 07:33
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#12
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Originally Posted by cardiff-blues
For some kinds of users, that is about as friendly as it gets.
And is there a more user friendly way of doing this?
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2009-12-13
, 09:58
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@ London, UK
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#13
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I'd just prefer to be able to do a full, almost mirror of the entire device. Hope this becomes a possibilty soon. 
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2009-12-13
, 10:06
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#14
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Originally Posted by j.s
yes of course it has to support links and so on. fat won't suffice.
I assume the filesystem on /media/mmc1 needs to support hard and symbolic links and special files?
Can the /dev tree be backed up that way?
I thought there are problems trying to back up or restore a root filesystem that is booted and running.
and yes /dev can be backed up. in my expierience restoring the whole system with rsync in that way alsways worked...
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2009-12-13
, 10:30
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@ Germany
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#15
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man
Let me think - I had gPodder installed before and reinstalled it after the reflash and restore. I think It knew my podcasts.
I don't think it backup application specific settings though.
Probably one of the Topdogs here can explain if and why.
Regards,
Corwin
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2009-12-13
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#16
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Originally Posted by Corwin
Because reflashing doesn't affect the 32gb internal memory card....?
Let me think - I had gPodder installed before and reinstalled it after the reflash and restore. I think It knew my podcasts.
Probably one of the Topdogs here can explain if and why.
Regards,
Corwin
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2009-12-13
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#17
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OK, so if you are only reflashing the rootfs and the apps stay optified in the eMMC, after reinstalling you should have all steeings, right?
The question remains, though, wether it restores application settings or not (in case you also flash the eMMC image).
The question remains, though, wether it restores application settings or not (in case you also flash the eMMC image).
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2009-12-13
, 11:44
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#18
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Application settings usually are kept in "/home/usrname/.appname" -->> on the 32GB Memory.
Consequently, they wont gest lost in the reflashing process.
Consequently, they wont gest lost in the reflashing process.
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2009-12-30
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#19
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Speaking of backups, is there anyway to back up just SMS and Email on the device?
Better yet, is there anyway to export/archive SMS (whole conversations) in a text file?
Just got the device as a gift for XMAS and i would love to use it as my one and only device but I can't do that unless SMS can be archived (need it for work)
Better yet, is there anyway to export/archive SMS (whole conversations) in a text file?
Just got the device as a gift for XMAS and i would love to use it as my one and only device but I can't do that unless SMS can be archived (need it for work)
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2009-12-30
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#20
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Originally Posted by dukenukem
I managed to back everything up, now I am just wondering how I would go about restoring it, specifically the command I would use to copy the backup files to where they need to be?
if you are willing to use the terminal then you can use rsync.
after becoming root and adding the devel repository you can get it with apt-get install rsync
then you could use:
rsync -avHl --exclude-from=/media/mmc1/sync_exclude / /media/mmc1/backup
where the sdcard is mounted a mmc1
sync_exclude would contain:
/sys
/proc
/media
/mnt
/home/user/MyDocs
/home/
that saved my *** a couple of times...
Can the /dev tree be backed up that way?
I thought there are problems trying to back up or restore a root filesystem that is booted and running.