skeezix
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Its somethign I've brought up on and off for a year or two, but I did some dabbling the other day.
I was thinking of a tool with the expected two simple modes..
Backup tab:
[checkbox] Include home directory <- in case you have settings or files here
[checkbox] Include startup settings <- to preserve your menu preference, startup service preferences, etc
[checkbox] include SD1 <- in case you want to backup SD1 to SD2 (this forces the target for backup) <- not sure these two options are needed, for a rudimentary backup tool .. sue Windows explorer
[checobpx] include SD2 <- in case you want to backup SD2 to SD1
[checkbox] .. anything else we can think of
[checkbox] Single backup set <- to use undated backup set, which copies only deltas (fast!) rather than full copy to new dir each backup
Currently homedirectory is: ___ MB/GB in size
SD card 1 has __ MB/GB free space
SD card 2: has __ MB/GB free space
Create backup set: <SD1><SD2> [[GO]] <- radio button to pick SD1 or SD2 (if both are populated) and a GO button
[----------------------------------------] <- progress bar
Restore/Manage tab:
... big list box .. lists the backup sets by date along eith their size (+ any 'single undated set') <-- pick one of the existing backups
[[iNFO]] [[RESTORE]] [[DELETE]]
- three buttons
Info -- look up and show which contents are in the backup set (reveal the checkboxes from when it was made)
Restore -- does a clobber restore (overwrites)
Delete -- yes/no and kills the backup set
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Goals for use..
i) Before/After a reflash, you could do a backup and restore, thus doing a quick and easy update
ii) For... backup!
iii) For paranoia, in case you worry about unit death, theft, etc
For me, I don't bother doing a backup before/after reflash, takes seconds to set up and most settings are on SD or don't matter. But I know it bugs some people, so I could whip together such a tool pretty quickly.
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Is this genuinely useful, or onmly a little bit useful to a few people? ie: Given extreme time crunch for me, is it worth doing?
jeff
I was thinking of a tool with the expected two simple modes..
Backup tab:
[checkbox] Include home directory <- in case you have settings or files here
[checkbox] Include startup settings <- to preserve your menu preference, startup service preferences, etc
[checkbox] include SD1 <- in case you want to backup SD1 to SD2 (this forces the target for backup) <- not sure these two options are needed, for a rudimentary backup tool .. sue Windows explorer
[checobpx] include SD2 <- in case you want to backup SD2 to SD1
[checkbox] .. anything else we can think of
[checkbox] Single backup set <- to use undated backup set, which copies only deltas (fast!) rather than full copy to new dir each backup
Currently homedirectory is: ___ MB/GB in size
SD card 1 has __ MB/GB free space
SD card 2: has __ MB/GB free space
Create backup set: <SD1><SD2> [[GO]] <- radio button to pick SD1 or SD2 (if both are populated) and a GO button
[----------------------------------------] <- progress bar
Restore/Manage tab:
... big list box .. lists the backup sets by date along eith their size (+ any 'single undated set') <-- pick one of the existing backups
[[iNFO]] [[RESTORE]] [[DELETE]]
- three buttons
Info -- look up and show which contents are in the backup set (reveal the checkboxes from when it was made)
Restore -- does a clobber restore (overwrites)
Delete -- yes/no and kills the backup set
----
Goals for use..
i) Before/After a reflash, you could do a backup and restore, thus doing a quick and easy update
ii) For... backup!
iii) For paranoia, in case you worry about unit death, theft, etc
For me, I don't bother doing a backup before/after reflash, takes seconds to set up and most settings are on SD or don't matter. But I know it bugs some people, so I could whip together such a tool pretty quickly.
--
Is this genuinely useful, or onmly a little bit useful to a few people? ie: Given extreme time crunch for me, is it worth doing?
jeff
