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4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility)
If A
is operated in eXtended safety boot mode, see section
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ing partition, including the A
be made. Besides the main intention of eliminating the risk of a corrupted file system, new configurations can
first be checked and undone if derived.
Check backup procedure
To check if a fully functional system backup is stored on the backup partition enter service eosxs with the
option check into the command line:
service eosxs check
With an operable backup the system will respond:
eosxs check: OK check passed
Backup information
Date and time when the backup was made, gets returned by means of the info option. Therefore enter the
following expression into the command line.
service eosxs info
Thereupon date and time of the backup is displayed.
Backup procedure
The following steps must be performed to get a backup of the current state of an A
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After finishing the configuration, reboot A
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If the A
rebooted properly and the system works the way it was intended, then locally log in on A
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root. Take care, that the X server does not run and enter to the command line service eosxs with the
option backup:
service eosxs backup
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Date and time of the last backup is displayed and you will be prompted to confirm the backup procedure by
typing y.
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Now the system changes into a lower operating level and copies the working partition onto the backup par-
tition. When copying is finished the system reboots from the working partition and can be used as before,
but with the security of having an actual system backup for the unlikely but not impossible case of a cor-
rupted file system on the working partition.
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system installation, the X.11 configuration and any additional configuration can
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a backup of the complete work-
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