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* wait some minutes until backup is done ;-)
* wait some minutes until backup is done ;-)


===Restore eMMC rootfs from backup===
===Restore eMMC from backup===
* same principle:
* same principle:
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# gunzip -c /mnt/nfs/root.bak.gz | pv | dd of=/dev/mmcblk2 conv=sync,noerror bs=128K
# gunzip -c /mnt/nfs/emmc.bak.gz | pv | dd of=/dev/mmcblk2 conv=sync,noerror bs=512 count=7733248
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==Links==
==Links==
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Revision as of 13:58, 6 August 2015

Intro

Failsafe is the short name for the RAM bootable rescue image for APF boards (APF6 only for the moment). It is a Linux kernel + minimal initrd image all packed together in a standard apf6-linux.bin.

Installation

Generate it

$ make apf6failsafe_defconfig
$ make
$ cp buildroot/output/images/apf6-linux.bin /tftpboot/

Launch it

BIOS> run ramboot

Cool stuff that can be done with it

apf-config

# apf-config
  • check eMMC filesystem

Backup eMMC

  • you need a network connection with a server that can receive the backup (for example with NFS, here mounted on /mnt/nfs/):
# dd if=/dev/mmcblk2 bs=512 count=7733248 conv=noerror,sync | pv | gzip -c -9 > /mnt/nfs/emmc.bak.gz
  • wait some minutes until backup is done ;-)

Restore eMMC from backup

  • same principle:
# gunzip -c /mnt/nfs/emmc.bak.gz | pv | dd of=/dev/mmcblk2 conv=sync,noerror bs=512 count=7733248

Links