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Backing Up - Bryan - 19th Aug, 2013 09:05 PM
How can i backup my custom XBIAN settings in the event of a SD crash. I have tried XBMC backup but it does not appear to back up any of the Xbian System settings.
RE: Backing Up - IriDium - 19th Aug, 2013 10:33 PM
If you are on windows - you can use Win32diskimager to read your SD card to an "img" file onto your computer and use that in the event of a SD card failure or crash.
See SD card Backup
RE: Backing Up - Bryan - 20th Aug, 2013 06:48 AM
Thanks, will give it a try. I have in the past copied the sources.xml/Guisettings.xml and advanedsettings.xml but they did not hold any of the XBMC configuration data that I customized. ie, subtitles, audio, video settings, international settings, timezones etc etc.
RE: Backing Up - brantje - 20th Aug, 2013 07:06 AM
best is to backup whole user data folder.
And addons if you want to want to backup them too.
RE: Backing Up - Bryan - 20th Aug, 2013 08:18 AM
So if I did a complete back up of the Userdata folder then a image would be unnecessary.
RE: Backing Up - IriDium - 21st Aug, 2013 05:47 AM
For ease of re-installation, an image is better but you would loose any updates that occurred since the last image.
Coping the /xbian/home directory only saves what has been made there, not any changes at a system level.
With btrfs on Beta 1.1 there are other options. Restoring to a particular snapshot etc. but they are useless if the SD card is unreadable.
However, for a fail safe option, a full copy of your SD card is, IMHO, the best option (but do it twice and try a restore first to prove it works)
I would also look at "Boot on USB" and "USB installations" topics on this Website as a USB installations seems to be more stable.