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-===== Sparky Backup System =====
+===== Sparky Backup Sys =====
-This tool lets you create a hybrid ISO image from your SparkyLinux installation, and then install it on a new machine or different hard/USB disk or a different partition.
+Sparky Backup Sys is a Yad based frontend to [[sparky_backup_core|Sparky Backup Core]] which lets you backup your existing Sparky installation, creating an iso image, in graphical mode.
-Sparky Backup System is divided into the packages:
+The tool is based and forked from Remastersys-GUI.
-- [[sparky_backup_core|sparky-backup-core]] - it provides a text based backup tool, and a text and GUI (Yad based) installed, called [[advanced_installer|Sparky Advanced Installer]]
+==== Installation ====
-- [[sparky_backup_sys|sparky-backup-sys]] - it provides a GUI (Yad based) frontend to the text based backup tool
+   sudo apt-get install sparky-backup-sys
-- sparky-backup-desktop - it provides additional script to let users choose and install one of more than 20 desktops, and it's provided as a separate package. The desktop installation option works in Sparky [[minimal|MinimalGUI and MinimalCLI]] iso images only.
+{{:sparkybackup-gui.png?400|Sparky Backup Sys GUI}}
-The tool is based on Remastersys and Remastersys-GUI tools.
+==== Usage ====
-It is in use from 2012 as the default Sparky's iso maker.
+=== Info ===
+The **Info** option provides basic informations about the tool.
+=== EFI ===
+The **EFI*** option provides informations about support of creating iso images which will be able to run and install on machines with UEFI motherboards.
+The most important is to download grub-efi related debs from Debian repository:
+* 64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-amd64-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1
+* 32bit (i386): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-ia32, grub-efi-ia32-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1
+and place them in the /home/offline directory; see  64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, grub-efi-amd64-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1
+bit (i386): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-ia32, grub-efi-ia32-bin, libefiboot1, libefivar1
+and place them in the /home/offline folder, see: [[tricks_tips|Sparky Backup System - Tricks & Tips]] - Tip2
+=== Edit Backup ===
+The **Edit backup*** option lets you configure the target live system's options, such as:
+  * a. - Working directory (make sure you need up to 20 GB of space to create 4GB iso image):
+   WORKDIR="/home/sparkybackup-sys"
+  * b. - The live system label:
+   LIVECDLABEL="SparkyLinux"
+  * c. - New iso image name:
+   CUSTOMISO="sparkylinux-4.6-arch-desktop.iso"
+etc.
+=== Edit Installer ===
+The **Edit Installer** options lets you change the target user groups.
+If you are not sure, leave it as it is.
+=== Clean Cache ===
+The **Clean Cache** option remove all cached deb packages from your system, to reduce the target iso image.
+The option uses command:
+   apt-get clean
+=== ISO ===
+The **ISO** option starts the new iso building process.
+Depends on your machine power and the target iso size, it takes from 15 minutes to 1 hour or... ?
+After the building process is completed, copy the iso image, package list, allsums and log file to different location.
+=== Clear ===
+The **Clear** option removes/delates all files from your working directory.
+Run the option everytime your built an iso and would like to build next one.
+=== Viewlog ===
+The **Viewlog** option opens stored building log file from your working directory (if exist).
+You might also read the [[tricks_tips|Tricks & Tips]] page.
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+|[[sparky_backup_core|<--- Sparky Backup Core]]  |  [[start|^ Wiki Start Page ^]]  |  [[tricks_tips|Backup System - Tricks & Tips --->]]|
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