DM500 How do I back up image on PLiJade3

[freck]

As it says above guys,I've tried to do this with the back up option in settings and chose /etc to back up image to but it wont do it.
Any tips or tricks to get this going or do i have to back up to a specific folder.
Thanks,
Freck

[Curious123]

As it says above guys,I've tried to do this with the back up option in settings and chose /etc to back up image to but it wont do it.
Any tips or tricks to get this going or do i have to back up to a specific folder.
Thanks,
Freck

You din't say what sort of a dreambox you had and what sort of backup you were trying to create. I have a dm600 with an internal hdd and I do backup through Menu > Setup > System settings > Backup & Restore > Backup dreambox. This backups up your bouquets cams to your internal hdd. I also create an .nfi image backup on my hdd with a plugin.

[freck]

Its a dm500s and doesnt have a hdd,I can see the back up and backup restore and asks for a folder to back up to but i dont have a hdd installed as the 500 doesnt take one but when I choose /tmp to backup to it doesnt do it,and my var is only 47% full.
I want to take the image out via ftp and store on my pc.
Thanks Curious for the reply.Its mainly the bouquets and services i want out as i've just sorted them and theres a fair lot of channels on them so i dont want to go tru the process of arranging all those again....what you think.
Freck

[cgscott]

Just FTP to the box and pull the bouquets and services file from the appropriate folders and a save them on your pc.

Then you will have them.

No need to backup full image.

services - /var/tuxbox/config/enigma

bouquet - /var/tuxbox/config/enigma/cable

[despdan]

For a full backup Image telnet to the box & input:

cat /dev/mtd/3 > /tmp/backup.img

wait 20sec then goto your tmp folder & copy the backup.img to your PC

[crukzet]

If you make a backup.img this way, can one use it as a .nfi?

Or is it another way to restore or duplicate a dreambox with this image? I have tried the eraseall command but it doesn't seem to work with latest PLI firmware.

[despdan]

No they are diff images for diff boxes

[crukzet]

I have two 7025 and one is setup like I want it and I like to do an image of it and restore to the other box.

As I wrote I made a backup.img with cat /dev/mtd/3 > /tmp/backup.img. But need a way to restore it cause the way with eraseall command doesn't work with the latest PLi it seems and I have no clue how I should do it in another way.

Do you have a suggestion? I would be real greatful, I sort of hit the brick.

[Curious123]

I don't have a dm7025 but you could try this plugin;

[crukzet]

Hi again and thank you. I will try the plugin and let you know if it works.

[crukzet]

Hi again.

I tried the following:
media/hdd build-nfi-image.sh /media/hdd/backup

I get the following reply:
-sh: /media/hdd: Permission denied

All resources have 777 so it should not be that and I'm logged in as root.

Any suggestion would be great.

[crukzet]

Hi again.

Solved it. Had the wrong .sh file and placed the other in the wrong directory. Worked like a charm after that.

Thanks for the files.