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
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 <[email protected]> Francois Dupoux <[email protected]>