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4.8.5
Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility)
If E
OS
is operated in eXtended safety boot mode, see section
a backup of the complete working
partition, including the E
OS
system installation, the X.11 configuration and any additional configuration can be
made. Besides the main intention of eliminating the risk of a corrupted file system, new configurations can first
be checked and undone if derived.
Check backup procedure
To check if a fully functional system backup is stored on the backup partition enter
service eosxs
with the
option
check
into the command line:
service eosxs check
With an operable backup the system will respond:
eosxs check: OK check passed
Backup information
Date and time when the backup was made, gets returned by means of the
info
option. Therefore enter the
following expression into the command line.
service eosxs info
Thereupon date and time of the backup is displayed.
Backup procedure
The following steps must be performed to get a backup of the current state of an E
OS
configuration:
•
After finishing the configuration, reboot E
OS
to make sure, that the configuration is really functional!
•
If the E
OS
rebooted properly and the system works the way it was intended, then locally log in on E
OS
as root.
Take care, that the X server does not run and enter to the command line
service eosxs
with the option
backup
:
service eosxs backup
•
Date and time of the last backup is displayed and you will be prompted to confirm the backup procedure by
typing
y
.
•
Now the system changes into a lower operating level and copies the working partition onto the backup par-
tition. When copying is finished the system reboots from the working partition and can be used as before,
but with the security of having an actual system backup for the unlikely but not impossible case of a cor-
rupted file system on the working partition.
