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| ===== Sparky Backup System - Tricks & Tips ===== | ===== Sparky Backup System - Tricks & Tips ===== | ||
| - | It can help with managing the backup tool and fix some problems if any. | + | Tricks and tips to help with managing the backup tool and fix some problems if any. |
| ==== Tip 1 ==== | ==== Tip 1 ==== | ||
| - | The script can build an iso image from self compressed squashfs (done during the whole prosess) which **CAN NOT** be bigger then 3.99 GB. It means if the building process stops with a message: | + | The script can build an iso image from self compressed squashfs (done during the whole process) which **CAN NOT** be bigger then 3.99 GB. If the building process stops with a message: |
| The compressed filesystem is larger than the iso9660 specification allows for a single file. You must try to reduce the amount of data you are backing up and try again. | The compressed filesystem is larger than the iso9660 specification allows for a single file. You must try to reduce the amount of data you are backing up and try again. | ||
| - | you have to remove/ | + | you need to remove/ |
| ==== Tip 2 ==== | ==== Tip 2 ==== | ||
| - | The tool builds BIOS compatible iso system as default. If you would like to build the iso image which will be BIOS and UEFI compatible, you have to: | + | The tool builds BIOS compatible iso system as default. If you would like to build the iso image which will be BIOS and UEFI compatible, you need to: |
| - | a. Create ' | + | * a. - Create ' |
| sudo mkdir -p / | sudo mkdir -p / | ||
| - | b. Change the folder owner to you (as option, can be managed as root): | + | * b. - Change the folder owner to you (as option, can be managed as root): |
| sudo chown -R $USER:$USER / | sudo chown -R $USER:$USER / | ||
| (change $USER to your user name) | (change $USER to your user name) | ||
| - | c. Download deb packages from Debian repository (testing versions if you build Sparky based on Debian ' | + | * c. - Download deb packages from Debian repository (testing versions if you build Sparky based on Debian ' |
| 64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, | 64bit (amd64): efibootmgr, grub-efi, grub-efi-amd64, | ||
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| or | or | ||
| sudo spb cache | sudo spb cache | ||
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| + | -------- | ||
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| + | <WRAP center box 100%> | ||
| + | |[[sparky_backup_sys|< | ||
| + | </ | ||