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XBMC on Raspberry Pi - Open Elec, howto backup this SSD correctly?

Hi,

I have a working config of XBMC on a SSD, how can I correctly backup this config and (if needed) make a new ssd in case of a crash?

Thanks!
J.

thelug

To Back Up Configuration/settings
1. Login to the pi and, from the /home/pi/ dir, type: tar -czf backup.tar.gz .xbmc/
2. Transfer that file to a secondary machine (ftp, sftp, or scp are all viable options)

to Restore the backup on the system:
1. Return the tar file you copied to the Raspberry Pi
2. Run the following commands: sudo initctl stop xbmc; tar -xzf backup.tar.gz; rm backup.tar.gz; sudo initctl start xbmc

Let us know if this helps.

janhoedt

ASKER

Thanks, but please advise on howto do this on Openlec There is no home-folder + what are the commands to transfer to ftp?

openelec:/ # ls
berryboot-init flash proc storage var
bin lib run sys
dev media sbin tmp
etc opt splash usr

Gerwin Jansen

Hi, the raspberry has an SD card that it is running from, right? I'd just take that memory card and use some USB stick image tool to create an image of the memory card. You would need to have an SD to USB adapter for that. For example, this is a tool you could use:

http://dottech.org/8980/easily-backup-and-restore-your-usbflash-drives-with-usb-image-tool/

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