Yeah it's not the obvious thing to do, which is funny and it's not widely used because *inx systems tend to be servers (or mainframes) and downtime isn't typically an option for doing backups.
RE: Merciadri's comment about the ramdisk That seems a bit excessive, you yeah you could create one and then copy stuff to it, but then you'd still need to save the information somewhere. It's far easier to just take the media the filesystem is already on and make an archive of it from your computer using whatever archive tool you're comfortable with. I like tar, some people prefer zip files. Not that you even have to use an archive tool, a straight copy should work just as well, but if you're host OS is Windows, then I'd say stick to an archive system like zip or something for fear of Windows deciding that all those yummy Linux text files need carriage return characters at the ends of every line. Which doesn't tend to go over well when you try to run Linux later. Cheers! Aaron 2009/11/27 Chad W. Didier <[email protected]> > You're kidding me? It's that easy. I wondered if the changes I was making > was being stored in the img file on the sd card but, since I couldn't find > any information on it, I assumed I'd have to use jtag or something similar > to extract the info ;) Just joking. > > > Kamondelious wrote: > >> That's not a stupid idea at all. >> >> Provided Chad doesn't have the system he wants to backup running, he can >> just create a tarball (or zip file if that's your thing) of the entire >> filesystem from whatever media it's stored on. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Aaron >> >> >> 2009/11/27 Merciadri Luca <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>> This could appear to be a very stupid idea, but did you try to copy >>> everything on the SD/MMC/CF card (if any) of your device (if it supports >>> it)? >>> >>> -----Message d'origine----- >>> De : [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Chad >>> W. >>> Didier >>> Envoyé : mercredi 25 novembre 2009 21:21 >>> À : [email protected] >>> Objet : [Angstrom-distro-users] Backing up Angstrom >>> >>> Anyone have an idea how to backup Angstrom. I'm currently running the >>> x11 version. I think I want to try the Opie version.But, I don't want to >>> lose the work I've already put into the x11 system......updates, network >>> configs, apps, etc? >>> >>> BTW, I originally tried the Opie image of Angstrom. It never finished >>> booting so I chose the x11 image instead to get my feet wet. Anyone have >>> an idea? >>> >>> Feeds: (yes I have many many questions) Am I understanding correctly >>> that there are more feeds available than what is included in the os by >>> default? If so, where can I find more info on feeds? Any way to use the >>> package browser to search only the feeds corresponding to the version of >>> Angstrom I have instead of seeing all the cool stuff I can't install? >>> The manual mentioned something about using a mail client to send a >>> command to be able to search, I assume, only the feeds for which ipkg >>> is currently configured. However, it did not go into details about where >>> to send the command. That is unless I'm missing something which is very >>> possible. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Angstrom-distro-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Angstrom-distro-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Angstrom-distro-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
