1partimage(1) General Commands Manual partimage(1)
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6 partimage - back up and restore disk partitions
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9 partimage [ -bcdehimMnoSvwy ] [-B 'pattern response string'] [-z com‐
10 presslevel] [-V volumesize] [-f actionatend] [-s server] [-p port]
11 [-a mountoptions] [-g loglevel] [ save device image_file ]
12 partimage [ -bcdehimMnoSvwy ] [-B 'pattern response string'] [-z com‐
13 presslevel] [-V volumesize] [-f actionatend] [-s server] [-p port]
14 [-a mountoptions] [-g loglevel] [ restore device image_file/'stdin' ]
15 partimage [ restmbr image_file ]
16 partimage [ imginfo image_file ]
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19 partimage backs up disk partitions into image files and restores them.
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22 -z val, --compress val
23 Set image file compression level:
24 val=0: don't compress: very fast but very big image file
25 val=1: compress using gzip: fast and small image file (default)
26 val=2: compress using bzip2: very slow and very small image file
27 -c, --nocheck
29 Don't check the partition before saving.
30 -o, --overwrite
32 Overwrite the existing image file without confirmation.
33 -d, --nodesc
35 Don't ask any description for the image file.
36 -V vol, --volume vol
38 Split image into multiple volumes files. vol will be the size in
39 KB of volumes.
40 -w, --waitvol
42 Wait for a confirmation after each volume change.
43 -e, --erase
45 Erase empty blocks on restore with zero bytes.
46 -m, --allowmnt
48 Don't fail if the partition is mounted. Dangerous!
49 -M, --nombr
51 Don't create a backup of the MBR (Mast Boot Record) in the image
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53 -h, --help
55 Show help.
56 -v, --version
58 Show version.
59 -f action, --finish action
61 Action to do if finished successfully:
62 action=0: wait (do nothing)
63 action=1: halt (power off the computer)
64 action=2: reboot (restart the computer)
65 action=3: quit
66 -b, --batch
68 batch mode: the GUI won't wait for an user action.
69 -B 'pattern response string', --fully-batch 'pattern response string'
71 full batch mode: the GUI is not being displayed. Rather status
72 messages are displayed as normal text. The pattern response
73 string has the following format:
74 ´<glob-pattern>=<response-value>;...´
75 where the glob pattern is matched against the string <window-
76 title>/<message-text> of the message dialogue box to be dis‐
77 played. For dialog boxes with buttons in the window, the
78 <response> must be the exact button text. The pattern response
79 string usually needs to be quoted as above.
80 -y, --nosync
82 Don't synchronize the disks at the end of the operation. Danger‐
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84 -s addr, --server addr
86 Give partimaged server's ip address.
87 -p port, --port port
89 Give partimaged server's listening port.
90 -g debuglevel, --debug debuglevel
92 Set the debug level to debuglevel (defaults to 1).
93 -n, --nossl
95 Disable SSL in network mode.
96 -S, --simulate
98 Simulation of restoration mode.
99 -a str, --automnt str
101 Automatic mount with X options. Read the doc for more details.
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105 partimage -z1 -o -d save /dev/hda12 /mnt/backup/redhat-6.2.partimg.gz
106 partimage -z1 -om save /dev/hda9 /mnt/backup/win95-osr2.partimg.gz
107 partimage restore /dev/hda13 /mnt/backup/suse-6.4.partimg
108 cat debian.partimg.000 debian.partimg.001 | partimage restore /dev/hda1
109 stdin
110 partimage restmbr /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2
111 partimage imginfo /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2
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117 You can read options set at compile time running 'partimage -i'.
118 When using batchmode, exit status is normaly 0.
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122 For now, only ext2fs, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HPFS, JFS, XFS, reiserfs are
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124 FAT12 will never be supported.
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128 Refer to BUGS file to read them.
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131 Franck Ladurelle <ladurelf@partimage.org>
1323rd Berkeley Distribution 24 June 2001 partimage(1)