Thread: backup of rootfs
View Single Post
juiceme is offline juiceme
2013-07-07 , 23:18
Community Council | Posts: 4,920 | Thanked: 12,867 times | Joined on May 2012 @ Southerrn Finland
#5
Originally Posted by pmrb View Post
- "rsync -a --delete backup-server:/N9-backup /" (or similar)

If yes, I would do the backup with rsync instead of dd.

TIA for any hints, Peter
I am fairly sure you cannot rsync a live rootfs. Too much going on there, also the /proc /sys etc. will hinger you.

You could try to mount your mmcblk0p2 to another place, and then rsync/tar it, maybe that would work?

As for ubiboot maintanance mode, if you do not want to install it permanently, you can just run the kernel with flasher, it will work and nothing permanent happens (well nothing except your device going to open mode, if it was not like that before)
For that, you do not need the cpio even, just the kernel is enough.
 

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to juiceme For This Useful Post: