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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Grub - how to boot a copy of Linux (full system backup) Post 302762161 by botao on Monday 28th of January 2013 07:34:28 AM
Old 01-28-2013
Hammer & Screwdriver consider "mondo" :)

- have you heard about "mondo" ?

- it's GPL disaster recovery solution.

--> Mondo Rescue - GPL disaster recovery solution

- checki it out, and if possible, give it a try...

BTW in order for grub to boot from some partition, it must be able to find a "boot sector" (or "boot record") already there.

(in your case, you should at least use `dd' to save your boot sector, and restore it along with your 'tar' stuff..

ok ?

HTH

good luck, and success !

alexandre botao
("comets never dodge")
 

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idevicebackup2(1)					      General Commands Manual						 idevicebackup2(1)

NAME
idevicebackup2 - Create or restore backup for iDevices running iOS4+. SYNOPSIS
idevicebackup2 [OPTIONS] CMD [CMDOPTIONS] DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION
Create or restore backup from the current or specified directory. OPTIONS
-u, --uuid UUID target specific device by its 40-digit device UUID. -d, --debug enable communication debugging. -h, --help prints usage information. COMMANDS
backup create backup for the device. restore restore last backup to the device. --system restore system files, too. --reboot reboot the system when done. --copy create a copy of backup folder before restoring. --settings restore device settings from the backup. info show details about last completed backup of device. list list files of last completed backup in CSV format. unback unpack a completed backup in DIRECTORY/_unback_/. AUTHORS
Martin Szulecki Nikias Bassen SEE ALSO
idevicebackup(1) idevicebackup2(1)
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