How To Backup And Restore?

[johnsutton]

I'd like to try out the new beta4 on my c1000, I'm currently running beta1.  I've got a 1g SD card so lots of spare storage.  But I really can't afford to lose my existing system so I need a cast iron backup and restore procedure.  How do I do that?
TIA

[grog]

I'd like to try out the new beta4 on my c1000, I'm currently running beta1.  I've got a 1g SD card so lots of spare storage.  But I really can't afford to lose my existing system so I need a cast iron backup and restore procedure.  How do I do that?[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

NAND [a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=NAND_Flash_Backup]backup[/url] & restore (especially when testing the beta4 release). The only caveat is that you'll need a cf card. As far as I've been able to find, sd won't work.

[Fatty]

I'd like to try out the new beta4 on my c1000, I'm currently running beta1.  I've got a 1g SD card so lots of spare storage.  But I really can't afford to lose my existing system so I need a cast iron backup and restore procedure.  How do I do that?[div align=\"right\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

NAND [a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=NAND_Flash_Backup]backup[/url] & restore (especially when testing the beta4 release). The only caveat is that you'll need a cf card. As far as I've been able to find, sd won't work.
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For me, neither SD/CF works  

I've posted earlier on the same issue but no one answered.

NAND backup works but restoration failed with format error. Both my SD/CF are in FAT format. And I did put in only one card to try each time.

[w14]

For me, neither SD/CF works{/QUOTE]

Sounds to me like the Z doesn't like your CF card. What make and size is it? In my experience (700, 760, 3100), I can NAND backup and restore to anything up to 1GB, but no bigger.

Mike.

[MONVMENTVM]

omg that is somehow shocking to me... I'll try to restore with my 512MB Kingston SD card. Hopefully it works.

[grog]

For me, neither SD/CF works{/QUOTE]

Sounds to me like the Z doesn't like your CF card. What make and size is it? In my experience (700, 760, 3100), I can NAND backup and restore to anything up to 1GB, but no bigger.
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Sounds right to me. I had to buy a 512mb just for nand's 'cause my 2gb card wasn't working.

[wowo123]

I tried to NAND restore an older image under beta 3 on a C3200 and it failed. So I lost my installation completely. There was normal NAND restore operation, but I couldn'd boot the system afterwards (kernel panic). The used CF card worked perfectly afterwards in other devices.
I think, it depends on the CF card you use. If I have to, I will try with a new CF card next time. I never had these problems with my old C860, but I think, no one should trust a NAND backup on a Cxxxx without trying it with a specific card.

[Fatty]

For me, neither SD/CF works{/QUOTE]

Sounds to me like the Z doesn't like your CF card. What make and size is it? In my experience (700, 760, 3100), I can NAND backup and restore to anything up to 1GB, but no bigger.

Mike.
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Yes the Z likes my CF/SD before beta4. The issue just happened with beta4. I have no problem restoring my previous images w/ the same card and same FAT format.