01-21-2013
In a recovery situation you will need /dev backed-up.
Again, you wouldn't restore /dev on a running system.
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partclone.restore
partclone.restore(8) System Manager's Manual partclone.restore(8)
NAME
partclone.restore - The utility to restore an etx2/ext3 partition.
SYNOPSIS
partclone.restore [options]... [MODE] [SOURCE FILE] [OUTPUT FILE]
DESCRIPTION
partclone.restore is a part of Partclone project. Partclone is a project like the well-known backup utility "Partition Image" a.k.a par-
timage. Partclone provide utilities to back up used blocks and design for higher compatibility of the file system using supported library
like e2fslibs.
OPTIONS
-o, --output FILE
Output FILE
-O --overwrite FILE Output FILE, overwriting if exists
--restore_row_file create special raw file for loop device
-s, --source FILE
Source FILE
-L, --logfile FILE
Log FILE
-dX, --debug=X
Set the debug level to X = [0|1|2]
-C, --no_check
Don't check device size and free space
-X, --dialog
Output message as Dialog Format
-I, --ignore_fschk
Ignore filesystem check
--ignore_crc
Ignore crc check error
-F, --force
Force progress
-f, --UI-fresh
Fresh times of progress
-m, --max_block_cache
The used block will be cache until max number
-q, --quiet
Disable progress message
-v, --version
Display partclone version
-h, --help
Display this help
Examples:
restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.img and display debug information.
partclone.restore -d -s hda1.img -o /dev/hda1
restore image from clonezilla(split, gzip,) with stdin source
cat sda1.ext3-ptcl-img.gz.a* > gunzip -c | partclone.restore -d -s - -o /dev/sda1
restore raw image from partclone.dd
partclone.dd -d -c -s /dev/sda1 -o - | partclone.restore -d -s - -o /dev/sdb1
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <thomas@nchc.org.tw>
SUPPORT
You can get support at http://partclone.org
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Thomas Tsai <thomas@nchc.org.tw>
partclone 0.2.48 Nov 2007 partclone.restore(8)