<![CDATA[Back up Omega2]]>Could someone please share how one can back up the whole Omega2+ to a bin or img file? Thanks

]]>http://community.onion.io/topic/1187/back-up-omega2RSS for NodeWed, 17 Jun 2026 03:31:05 GMTTue, 03 Jan 2017 22:01:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Back up Omega2 on Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:01:02 GMT]]>Could someone please share how one can back up the whole Omega2+ to a bin or img file? Thanks

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/7603http://community.onion.io/post/7603Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:01:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Back up Omega2 on Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:33:32 GMT]]>@Brian-Robbins , you have to backup the /etc folder. There are the configuration files of the omega stored. The rest i guess you allready have as .bin on your device. This gets copied to the memory every boot and is on a separate share/mount as read only available. At least something like this it was with omega1 ...

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/7626http://community.onion.io/post/7626Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:33:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Back up Omega2 on Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:47:45 GMT]]>@Brian-Robbins

Have a look at this https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=49465

Someone here pointed this out to e a while back..

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/7661http://community.onion.io/post/7661Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:47:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Back up Omega2 on Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:26:45 GMT]]>This is how I do a mtd backup :

First check the partitions.
cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00030000 00010000 "u-boot"
mtd1: 00010000 00010000 "u-boot-env"
mtd2: 00010000 00010000 "factory"
mtd3: 01fb0000 00010000 "firmware"
mtd4: 00148842 00010000 "kernel"
mtd5: 01e677be 00010000 "rootfs"
mtd6: 01950000 00010000 "rootfs_data"

Then use dd :
dd if=/dev/mtd0 of=/tmp/omega2.mtd0
Repeat this for each partition that you wish to save.
I only save the first 3 partitions.

Then copy the files to a safe place...I use a USB stick if the device has a USB port available.

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/7678http://community.onion.io/post/7678Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:26:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Back up Omega2 on Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:17:31 GMT]]>@Larry-Pinney
Thank you! I've gotten used to the raspberry pi where you can back up the entire bin "all at once" - not possible with the onion?

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/7679http://community.onion.io/post/7679Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:17:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Back up Omega2 on Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:26:29 GMT]]>@Brian-Robbins

There is a script to back up the entire mtd on :
https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.backup

I haven't used it because I see little or no use in saving the other partitions..as they will change with every firmware update 🙂

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/7680http://community.onion.io/post/7680Thu, 05 Jan 2017 03:26:29 GMT