Create a backup image
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i had to reload all my setup after a hydro glich
is there a program like clonizilla (tried it said couldn't read partions)
so once i get everything working again i can create a installable image -
Did you tried doing a xml backup of your config?
In most cases you can rebuild your install in about 20 minutes.
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did that but all packages had to be downloaded
again. this why want to do a complete image -
I use Acronis true Image Home for backup my 4gb Flash drive with pfSense
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G4u(Ghost for Unix) could be used too.
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My main pfSense has 2x1GB Solid State disk modules that plug into PATA sockets on the motherboard. From time to time I do a system backup by dd of the system disk to the other disk. If I need to recover (e.g. an insall of a new version goes bad) I can just swap over the disks and restart. The startup of the disk copy usually reports a couple of file system errors but they get repaired and everything is good.
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Have a look at /etc/rc.create_full_backup and /etc/rc.restore_full_backup
You'd still have to reinstall the other box, transfer the backup file, and then restore it… but it may be faster/better than waiting for the packages to reinstall.
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thanks for the ideas have to give g4u a try and the check out rc.fullbackup
thanks all
