On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 1:28 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users <qubes-users@googlegroups.com> wrote: > On Fri, December 22, 2017 6:12 pm, Josefa Hays wrote: > > >> I recently installed Q4.0-rc3. I have an old qubes-backup (from 2016) on >> a LUKS encrypted external HDD. How do I restore my backup in 4.0 using >> qvm-backup-restore? I guess I don't want to mount the drive directly in >> Dom0, so, how do I do? Create a designated "backup-vm" and then exactly >> how do I proceed? >> >> What would be the step-by-step guide for restoring an old qubes-backup >> using the commandline interface? Until the backup-GUI gets up and running >> in 4.0 I guess many users will have the same question. > > Attach external drive to sys-usb > "qvm-block" to list partitions > "qvm-block a backup-vm sys-usb:sda1" (whichever is your LUKS partition) > mount and unlock inside backup-vm > "qvm-backup-restore -d backup-vm /path/to/backupfileinbackupvm oldvm1 > oldvm2 oldvm3" to selectively restore certain vms > unmount inside backup-vm > "qvm-block d backup-vm sys-usb:sda1" > Detach drive Does this mean USB3 based storage devices started working in 4.0?
No update in the following bug on the same. https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3351 Kushal -- Staff, Freedom of the Press Foundation CPython Core Developer Director, Python Software Foundation https://kushaldas.in -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CAAzeMbw0_07KZ%2B%3D270AQWjrhi4ZyFUvqF9v53A486U_-SHk-2g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
