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backups [2011/10/20 08:02] – describe the entire backup process in more detail, incl. perparation, troubleshooting, alternated partitiontables torwagbackups [2013/02/03 15:14] (current) – [How to backup your AC100] psl
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   - Start nvflash and load the bootloader to get access to the AC100. This has to be done only once, but everytime, after you (re)enter the recovery mode. <code>   - Start nvflash and load the bootloader to get access to the AC100. This has to be done only once, but everytime, after you (re)enter the recovery mode. <code>
 $ nvflash --bl /usr/lib/nvflash/fastboot.bin --sync $ nvflash --bl /usr/lib/nvflash/fastboot.bin --sync
-</code>+</code> **Note:** fastboot.bin might be in a different location depending on your local installation of nvflash
   - Download the present partition table of the internal flash-memory <code>   - Download the present partition table of the internal flash-memory <code>
 $ nvflash -r --getpartitiontable partitiontable.txt  $ nvflash -r --getpartitiontable partitiontable.txt 
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 </code> </code>
   - Backup the partitions according to your partition table. For the standard configuration this would be:<code>   - Backup the partitions according to your partition table. For the standard configuration this would be:<code>
-$ nvflash -r --read 2 part02.img +$ for i in $(seq -w 2 14); do nvflash -r --read $i part$i.img; done 
-$ nvflash -r --read 3 part03.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 4 part04.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 5 part05.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 6 part06.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 7 part07.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 8 part08.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 9 part09.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 10 part10.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 11 part11.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 12 part12.img +
-$ nvflash -r --read 13 part13.img+
 </code> **Note:** There is no partition 1 and the backups have the full size of the real partitions (make sure you have enough disk space). </code> **Note:** There is no partition 1 and the backups have the full size of the real partitions (make sure you have enough disk space).
   - Create the BCT file from your part02 image: <code>   - Create the BCT file from your part02 image: <code>
 dd if=part02.img of=ac100.bct bs=4080 count=1 dd if=part02.img of=ac100.bct bs=4080 count=1
 </code> You will need this later in case you need to do a full restore of your AC100. </code> You will need this later in case you need to do a full restore of your AC100.
 +  - Optional: tar and gzip the image files, **deleting the original image files**<code>$ for i in $(seq -w 2 14); do tar cfvz part$i.tar.gz part$i.img; rm part$i.img; done</code>
   - Create the cfg file. This file is derived from the partitiontable.txt file. You can download this little script http://share.grandou.net/ac100/linux-on-ac100/parttable_to_cfg to do the conversion automatically: <code>   - Create the cfg file. This file is derived from the partitiontable.txt file. You can download this little script http://share.grandou.net/ac100/linux-on-ac100/parttable_to_cfg to do the conversion automatically: <code>
 $ dos2unix partitiontable.txt $ dos2unix partitiontable.txt
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 ====== How to restore your AC100 ====== ====== How to restore your AC100 ======
-TODO+ 
 +<code> 
 +nvflash --bl /usr/lib/nvflash/fastboot.bin --sync 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +<code> 
 +nvflash -r --download <num> part<num>.img  
 +</code> 
 + 
 +The [[partitionlayout|Partition Layout]] might also be interesting to look at.
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