.\" .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Partition Image Team .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this .\" document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, .\" Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software .\" Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and .\" with no Back-Cover Texts. .\" .ig A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License is available in the Debian package in the file /usr/share/doc/m17n-docs/copyright. .. .ig A copy of the GNU Free Documentation License is available in the Debian source package in the file debian/copyright. .. .TH PARTIMAGE "1" "30 May, 2002" "SlackBuilds.org" "Partition Image Manual" .SH NAME partimage \- back up and restore disk partitions .SH SYNOPSIS .B partimage .RB [ " \-bcdehimMnoSvwy " ] .RB [ \-B\ 'pattern\ response\ string' ] .RB [ \-z\ compresslevel ] .RB [ \-V\ volumesize ] .RB [ \-f\ actionatend ] .RB [ \-s\ server ] .RB [ \-p\ port ] .RB [ \-a\ mountoptions ] .RB [ \-U\ username ] .RB [ \-P\ password ] .RB [ \-g\ loglevel ] [ .I "save" .I "device" .I "image_file" ] .br .B partimage .RB [ " \-bcdehimMnoSvwy " ] .RB [ \-B\ 'pattern\ response\ string' ] .RB [ \-z\ compresslevel ] .RB [ \-V\ volumesize ] .RB [ \-f\ actionatend ] .RB [ \-s\ server ] .RB [ \-p\ port ] .RB [ \-a\ mountoptions ] .RB [ \-U\ username ] .RB [ \-P\ password ] .RB [ \-g\ loglevel ] [ .I "restore" .I "device" .I "image_file/'stdin'" ] .br .B partimage [ .I "restmbr" .I "image_file" ] .br .B partimage [ .I "imginfo" .I "image_file" ] .SH DESCRIPTION \fIpartimage\fR backs up disk partitions into image files and restores them. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-z val, --compress val Set image file compression level: .br val=0: don't compress: very fast but very big image file .br val=1: compress using gzip: fast and small image file (default) .br val=2: compress using bzip2: very slow and very small image file .TP .B \-c, --nocheck Don't check the partition before saving. .TP .B \-o, --overwrite Overwrite the existing image file without confirmation. .TP .B \-d, --nodesc Don't ask any description for the image file. .TP .B \-V vol, --volume vol Split image into multiple volumes files. vol will be the size in KB of volumes. .TP .B \-w, --waitvol Wait for a confirmation after each volume change. .TP .B \-e, --erase Erase empty blocks on restore with zero bytes. .TP .B \-m, --allowmnt Don't fail if the partition is mounted. Dangerous! .TP .B \-M, --nombr Don't create a backup of the MBR (Mast Boot Record) in the image file. .TP .B \-h, --help Show help. .TP .B \-v, --version Show version. .TP .B \-f action, --finish action Action to do if finished successfully: .br action=0: wait (do nothing) .br action=1: halt (power off the computer) .br action=2: reboot (restart the computer) .br action=3: quit .TP .B \-b, --batch batch mode: the GUI won't wait for an user action. .TP .B \-B 'pattern response string', --fully-batch 'pattern response string' full batch mode: the GUI is not being displayed. Rather status messages are displayed as normal text. The pattern response string has the following format: .br .B \'=;...\' .br where the glob pattern is matched against the string .B / of the message dialogue box to be displayed. For dialog boxes with buttons in the window, the must be the exact button text. The pattern response string usually needs to be quoted as above. .TP .B \-y, --nosync Don't synchronize the disks at the end of the operation. Dangerous! .TP .B \-s addr, --server addr Give partimaged server's ip address. .TP .B \-p port, --port port Give partimaged server's listening port. .TP .B \-g debuglevel, --debug debuglevel Set the debug level to debuglevel (defaults to 1). .TP .B \-n, --nossl Disable SSL in network mode. .TP .B \-S, --simulate Simulation of restoration mode. .TP .B \-a str, --automnt str Automatic mount with X options. Read the doc for more details. .TP .B \-U name, --username=name Username to authenticate to partimage server. .TP .B \-P pass, --password=pass Password for authentication of user to partimage server. .SH EXAMPLES partimage -z1 -o -d save /dev/hda12 /mnt/backup/redhat-6.2.partimg.gz .br partimage -z1 -om save /dev/hda9 /mnt/backup/win95-osr2.partimg.gz .br partimage restore /dev/hda13 /mnt/backup/suse-6.4.partimg .br cat debian.partimg.000 debian.partimg.001 | partimage restore /dev/hda1 stdin .br partimage restmbr /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2 .br partimage imginfo /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2 .SH SEE ALSO .BR partimaged(8) .SH DIAGNOSTICS You can read options set at compile time running 'partimage -i'. .PP When using batchmode, exit status is normally 0. .SH CAVEATS Supported file systems: Ext2/3, Reiser3, FAT16/32, HPFS, JFS, XFS, UFS(beta), HFS(beta), NTFS(experimental) .PP Btrfs and Ext4 are not supported. .PP FAT12 will never be supported. .SH BUGS Refer to BUGS file to read them. .SH AUTHOR .nf Franck Ladurelle .nf Francois Dupoux