Re: Is there any way to backup individual applications?
 

Hi Guys !

I have the same problem also !
SOmetimes it is really boring to re-download everything and re-install all the SW with the relative configration files :-(.

Plus I would like to have a sort of REAL FULL backup of my N900: a software that create a full backup of the entire file system plus all the conf files etc in order to get back to the exact system state if I need to play with some new apps or try some strange config.

I'm sorry that I don't know Linux/Debia/Maemo well but I mean something like ghost (disk image SW) for PC or any full backup SW for PC or like SPrite Backup/SBP Backup for windows mobile phone, that can make a sort of full imgae of the winphone also to the SD card or to the PC connected by USB/Wlan.

It is really strange that doesn't exist anything like this for N900...but perhaps I just don't know it.

Thank in advance,
SkyEagle

Re: Is there any way to backup individual applications?
 

Totally agree. I think it does exist. How were those .bins that the Flasher 3.5 uses to restore the N900 originally created? through special hardware? can we not replicate the process?

I think the lack of interest in it is a decision more than an in-abilitly. Kinda like Portrait and MMS.

Re: Is there any way to backup individual applications?
 

dpkg-repack the entire system plus recursively copying $HOME (with or without MyDocs, configurable) should do. dpkg-repack would get the current configuration files and when installed again you'd get you system back and running exactly as before.

dpkg-repack is on extras-devel. It should not be difficult to build a backup utility as the one you said.

Excellent idea, by the way. Although I think you're exaggerating when you say it's not "The Unix Way".

OBS.: I know of no such utility as dpkg-repack for RPM. Does anyone know?

Re: Is there any way to backup individual applications?
 

dpkg-repack. turns a package installation back into a binary .deb. how can you "dpkg-repack the entire system"? scan the all packages on the system and turn each into a .deb?........hmmmm......by $HOME, you mean /home?

How would that work for applications that are running all the time? when it comes time to restore? won't we get some sort of access denied?