partimage1

Back up and restore disk partitions

Usage

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 [restmbr image_file]

partimage [imginfo image_file]

Overview

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.

Examples

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

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.

Releases

Unchanged in 9 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

4.0–13