Re: Backing up an image...
Hi, ext James Sparenberg wrote: On Thursday 13 September 2007 00:16:14 Thomas Leavitt wrote: So, like, when my box locked up (for no particular reason I could tell) and I had to wipe and re-install, three days after I got the thing, it wasn't that big a deal... just a few wasted hours... but now, I've got a substantial investment in it... how do I back this thing up, so I can re-flash it to where it is now, in case something breaks in the future and bricks it? ... -- . Went to Control Panel/Backup and made full backup. 2. Copied some files(in particular Maemopad+ database) which were in root directory for some reason to my mmc1 card. 3. Saved list of installed applications to the mmc1 card by running dpkg – get-selections /media/mmc1/soft.txt 4. Flashed new firmware (flashing guide is here: http://internet-tablet.com/main/pereproshivaem-n800-ustanavlivaem-os-2007/) 5. During first boot Installation Wizard recognized backup on my card and proposed to restore it. I couldn't refuse that :) 6. Install xterm(http://maemo-hackers.org/osso-xterm.install) and becomeroot(http://eko.one.pl/maemo/dists/bora/user/binary-armel/becomeroot_0.1-2_armel.deb) Instead of gainroot installing xterm I would install ssh, copy my public key to the device and disable password logins. It's much nicer then to do these command line operations with the desktop machine keyboard. :-) 7. Open xterm window, become root: $sudo gainroot and change default root password: #passwd 8. Get our saved list of installed software from the place we put it before: #dpkg –set-selections /media/mmc1/soft.txt 9. Upgrade according to the selected list: #apt-get dselect-upgrade 10.Application manager displays list of packages to upgrade and asks for my permission: Yes! 11.Packages got loaded in a couple of minutes and installation begins. Sometimes licence agreement windows pop up. I agree :) 12.When application installer finished its work (no error messages!) I looked at the menu - all software have been installed successfully except of that which was installed not from repositories. - Eero ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Backing up an image...
Thomas Leavitt wrote: So, like, when my box locked up (for no particular reason I could tell) and I had to wipe and re-install, three days after I got the thing, it wasn't that big a deal... just a few wasted hours... but now, I've got a substantial investment in it... how do I back this thing up, so I can re-flash it to where it is now, in case something breaks in the future and bricks it? Hi Thomas, so far many of your your questions to the list seems to me like this one http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id271908 Please try to use mailing list search before firing questions Searchable archive is here http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/ You may also try search whole maemo site - www.maemo.org (search box in upper right corner) and forum at http://www.internettablettalk.com/ For recovery I'd suggest setting up booting from mmc and backing up via tar. Frantisek ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Backing up an image...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, boot from MMC. I use the method from http://www.sanitarium.net/golug/rsync_backups.html for incremental backups. Don't forget to mount your rootfs to a second place because of all the mounts that might hide parts of it. Works like a charm with this script which must be run as root in order to preserve user ids: #!/bin/bash PREVIOUS=`readlink current` NEW=`date --iso-8601=sec` OPTIONS=-PavH --numeric-ids --delete echo new backup tag is $NEW if [ ! $PREVIOUS ]; then echo previous backup not found, starting fresh else echo making incremental backup based on $PREVIOUS cp -al $PREVIOUS $NEW fi if ! ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] mkdir /tmp/backup-mnt ; mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /tmp/backup-mnt; then echo Could not mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /tmp/backup-mnt exit 1 fi echo rsync $OPTIONS [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/backup-mnt/ ./$NEW if rsync $OPTIONS [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/backup-mnt/ ./$NEW; then ln -snf $NEW current fi ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] umount /tmp/backup-mnt rmdir /tmp/backup-mnt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG6P2t9ZPu6Yae8lkRAm40AJ9qcyGPIIh8yNIBHHm3BnazBu6sQwCeOFTf XOyKuTqq/lCCm5Y1B+owNlY= =FG2H -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Backing up an image...
Just beware that rsync does not replicate every peculiarity of the filesystem so you may be surprised by buggy software. Check this one https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=838 Frantisek ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Backing up an image...
On Thursday 13 September 2007 00:16:14 Thomas Leavitt wrote: So, like, when my box locked up (for no particular reason I could tell) and I had to wipe and re-install, three days after I got the thing, it wasn't that big a deal... just a few wasted hours... but now, I've got a substantial investment in it... how do I back this thing up, so I can re-flash it to where it is now, in case something breaks in the future and bricks it? Thomas ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users This performs better with OS2007 than 2006 but works in both for me YMMV (I use this primarily on my n800 but also on the 770) -- . Went to Control Panel/Backup and made full backup. 2. Copied some files(in particular Maemopad+ database) which were in root directory for some reason to my mmc1 card. 3. Saved list of installed applications to the mmc1 card by running dpkg – get-selections /media/mmc1/soft.txt 4. Flashed new firmware (flashing guide is here: http://internet-tablet.com/main/pereproshivaem-n800-ustanavlivaem-os-2007/) 5. During first boot Installation Wizard recognized backup on my card and proposed to restore it. I couldn't refuse that :) 6. Install xterm(http://maemo-hackers.org/osso-xterm.install) and becomeroot(http://eko.one.pl/maemo/dists/bora/user/binary-armel/becomeroot_0.1-2_armel.deb) 7. Open xterm window, become root: $sudo gainroot and change default root password: #passwd 8. Get our saved list of installed software from the place we put it before: #dpkg –set-selections /media/mmc1/soft.txt 9. Upgrade according to the selected list: #apt-get dselect-upgrade 10.Application manager displays list of packages to upgrade and asks for my permission: Yes! 11.Packages got loaded in a couple of minutes and installation begins. Sometimes licence agreement windows pop up. I agree :) 12.When application installer finished its work (no error messages!) I looked at the menu - all software have been installed successfully except of that which was installed not from repositories. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
