partimage(1)						      Partition Image Manual						      partimage(1)

NAME

       partimage - back up and restore disk partitions

SYNOPSIS

       partimage  [  -bcdehimMnoSvwy  ]  [-B 'pattern response string']  [-z compresslevel] [-V volumesize] [-f actionatend] [-s server] [-p port]
       [-a mountoptions] [-U username] [-P password] [-g loglevel] [ save device image_file ]
       partimage [ -bcdehimMnoSvwy ] [-B 'pattern response string']  [-z compresslevel]  [-V volumesize]  [-f actionatend]  [-s server]  [-p port]
       [-a mountoptions] [-U username] [-P password] [-g loglevel] [ restore device image_file/'stdin' ]
       partimage [ restmbr image_file ]
       partimage [ imginfo image_file ]

DESCRIPTION

       partimage backs up disk partitions into image files and restores them.

OPTIONS

       -z val, --compress val
	      Set image file compression level:
	      val=0: don't compress: very fast but very big image file
	      val=1: compress using gzip: fast and small image file (default)
	      val=2: compress using bzip2: very slow and very small image file

       -c, --nocheck
	      Don't check the partition before saving.

       -o, --overwrite
	      Overwrite the existing image file without confirmation.

       -d, --nodesc
	      Don't ask any description for the image file.

       -V vol, --volume vol
	      Split image into multiple volumes files. vol will be the size in KB of volumes.

       -w, --waitvol
	      Wait for a confirmation after each volume change.

       -e, --erase
	      Erase empty blocks on restore with zero bytes.

       -m, --allowmnt
	      Don't fail if the partition is mounted. Dangerous!

       -M, --nombr
	      Don't create a backup of the MBR (Mast Boot Record) in the image file.

       -h, --help
	      Show help.

       -v, --version
	      Show version.

       -f action, --finish action
	      Action to do if finished successfully:
	      action=0: wait (do nothing)
	      action=1: halt (power off the computer)
	      action=2: reboot (restart the computer)
	      action=3: quit

       -b, --batch
	      batch mode: the GUI won't wait for an user action.

       -B 'pattern response string', --fully-batch 'pattern response string'
	      full  batch  mode: the GUI is not being displayed. Rather status messages are displayed as normal text.  The pattern response string
	      has the following format:
	      '<glob-pattern>=<response-value>;...'
	      where the glob pattern is matched against the string <window-title>/<message-text> of the message dialogue box to be displayed.  For
	      dialog boxes with buttons in the window, the <response> must be the exact button text.  The pattern response string usually needs to
	      be quoted as above.

       -y, --nosync
	      Don't synchronize the disks at the end of the operation. Dangerous!

       -s addr, --server addr
	      Give partimaged server's ip address.

       -p port, --port port
	      Give partimaged server's listening port.

       -g debuglevel, --debug debuglevel
	      Set the debug level to debuglevel (defaults to 1).

       -n, --nossl
	      Disable SSL in network mode.

       -S, --simulate
	      Simulation of restoration mode.

       -a str, --automnt str
	      Automatic mount with X options. Read the doc for more details.

       -U name, --username=name
	      Username to authenticate to partimage server.

       -P pass, --password=pass
	      Password for authentication of user to partimage server.

EXAMPLE

       partimage -z1 -o -d save /dev/hda12 /mnt/backup/redhat-6.2.partimg.gz
       partimage -z1 -om save /dev/hda9 /mnt/backup/win95-osr2.partimg.gz
       partimage restore /dev/hda13 /mnt/backup/suse-6.4.partimg
       cat debian.partimg.000 debian.partimg.001 | partimage restore /dev/hda1 stdin
       partimage restmbr /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2
       partimage imginfo /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2

SEE ALSO

       partimaged(8)

DIAGNOSTICS

       You can read options set at compile time running 'partimage -i'.

       When using batchmode, exit status is normaly 0.

CAVEATS

       Supported file systems: Ext2/3, Reiser3, FAT16/32, HPFS, JFS, XFS, UFS(beta), HFS(beta), NTFS(experimental)

       FAT12 will never be supported.

BUGS

       Refer to BUGS file to read them.

AUTHOR

       Franck Ladurelle <ladurelf@partimage.org>
       Francois Dupoux	<fdupoux@partimage.org>

3rd Berkeley Distribution					   30 May, 2002 						      partimage(1)