Add backup instructions #298
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| #### 3.a Backup using SSH and `dd` | ||
| Navigate to a folder where you want to store the backup. Or add a full path before the image name (after `of=`) in the next command. | ||
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| ssh root@192.168.2.15 "dd if=/dev/mmcblk0" | dd "of=watch-backup.img" bs=4096 status=progress |
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Ooc wouldn't scp root@192.168.2.15:/dev/mmcblk0 of-watch.backup.img work ? It feels like a more obvious parallel to adb pull but not sure what the tradeoffs are.
@beroset might know
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It's not possible to use scp because it returns an error: scp: Cannot download non-regular file: /dev/mmcblk0.
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| ### 2. Enable SSH or ADB | ||
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| Open the settings app and the USB page. Select Developer mode to enable SSH. Or ADB mode to use ADB connection. |
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It might be helpful to note that Developer mode is the default, so if AsteroidOS has just been booted for the first time, it's already configured for ssh.
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I know it's still a draft, but maybe these comments are of some use to you.
Thats exactly why its a draft :D
Was hoping for input. thank you.
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| adb pull /dev/mmcblk0/watch-backup.img | ||
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| The copy process might take up to an hour on watches with 8GB storage. |
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Isn't this true for either adb or ssh methods? The placement of this makes it look like it's only adb mode.
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Nice :) thanks! It would have been out of scope for this PR anyway but maybe we should have a dedicated page for all the asteroid-hosttools goodness and we could link to its backup paragraph from this page |
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