---
name: "partimage"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "partimage"
version: "0.6.9-11+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/partimage"
---

# partimage(1)

back up and restore disk partitions

## 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

**[partimaged(8)](/partimaged/8.md)**

## 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 <ladurelf@partimage.org>
Francois Dupoux  <fdupoux@partimage.org>
```