Backup USB/SD/MicroSD drive #1019
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Hello, I currently use dd to create an ISO on my RPi MicroSD card and then I run it through Keka as most of the MicroSD card is blank so I go from 128G down to 4G. Is there a way to skip the dd part and have Keka create an archive that contains the entire partition structure of the MicroSD? My goal is if I become a little too adventurous with Linux and I need to roll back that I can just restore the ISO to the MicroSD, put it back in the Pi, and boot back up to the date it was backed up. Thanks! |
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This is currently not supported in Keka and due to sandboxing might be not possible ever... |
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I'd recommend using macOS Disk Utility to do this. It can create a backup of a whole disk and you have the option to have the resulting file be compresed (though as part of the disk image format, not as a zip). As I understand it Disk Utility is really just a GUI for low level tools like
If you want more fine-grained options for compressed disk images, like using LZFSE compression, try DropDMG (paid, free trial) https://c-command.com/dropdmg/ |
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I'd recommend using macOS Disk Utility to do this. It can create a backup of a whole disk and you have the option to have the resulting file be compresed (though as part of the disk image format, not as a zip).
As I understand it Disk Utility is really just a GUI for low level tools like
dd,diskutil, etc.If you want more fine-grained options for compressed disk images, like using LZFSE compression, try DropDMG (paid, free trial) https://c-command.com/dropdmg/