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-Backup and Restore+DELETEME 
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 +====== Backup and Restore ====== 
 This Howto shows you a way to backup the whole system on the AC100 to your hardrive. This is probably a good idea before you start playing with an alternativ OS. This Howto is written to be used on a Linux system, but it should easily usable on a Windows system as well. This Howto shows you a way to backup the whole system on the AC100 to your hardrive. This is probably a good idea before you start playing with an alternativ OS. This Howto is written to be used on a Linux system, but it should easily usable on a Windows system as well.
  
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 Open a terminal and change to the following directory: linux4tegra/nvflash Open a terminal and change to the following directory: linux4tegra/nvflash
 the following command sends the vanilla bootloader into your device RAM (it will not overwrite anything) the following command sends the vanilla bootloader into your device RAM (it will not overwrite anything)
-# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash --bl ../prebuilt/fastboot.stock.bin --go+ 
 +''# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash --bl ../prebuilt/fastboot.stock.bin --go'' 
 the following command saves your disk partitioning (very important!) the following command saves your disk partitioning (very important!)
-# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash -r --getpartitiontable partitiontable.txt+ 
 +''# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash -r --getpartitiontable partitiontable.txt'' 
 use the following command with to save the partitions one by one to your harddisk (see Partition Layout for details) use the following command with to save the partitions one by one to your harddisk (see Partition Layout for details)
-# for i in $(seq 2 14); do LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash -r --read $i part-$i.img; done+ 
 +''# for i in $(seq 2 14); do LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash -r --read $i part-$i.img; done'' 
  
 You should endup with part-2.img, part-3.img [...] up to part-14.img, and partitiontable.txt.  You should endup with part-2.img, part-3.img [...] up to part-14.img, and partitiontable.txt. 
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 Open a terminal and change to the following directory: linux4tegra/nvflash Open a terminal and change to the following directory: linux4tegra/nvflash
 Reload the vanilla bootloader using the following command: Reload the vanilla bootloader using the following command:
-# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash --bl fastboot.bin --go+ 
 +''# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash --bl fastboot.bin --go'' 
 For earch part-[PartitionId].img you want to restore, execute the following command: For earch part-[PartitionId].img you want to restore, execute the following command:
-# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash -r --rawdevicewrite [StartSector] [NumSectors] part-[PartitionId].img+ 
 +''# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash -r --rawdevicewrite [StartSector] [NumSectors] part-[PartitionId].img'' 
 Reboot your device. Reboot your device.
 I used rawdevicewrite for part4, and my bootloader ceased to work until I also restored part2. I used rawdevicewrite for part4, and my bootloader ceased to work until I also restored part2.
backupandrestore.txt · Last modified: 2012/02/20 18:01 by turbooster