Is there an app to backup puppy?-solved tks

[rburkartjo]

what is a good .pet or app or script for backing up fossapup 64 9.5/tks

[rburkartjo]

i want to back up to my external 1 tera hard drive

[mikewalsh]

@rburkartjo :-

The only thing you need to back-up is the 'save'. And this can be done with a simple copy/paste operation.

Or, you can simply back-up the whole thing. Again, just a simple copy/paste will do the trick. This is the way I've done things for years.....

Mike.

[mikeslr]

Mike's correct. But I'd add 'caution'. Copying a SaveFile/Folder while it's being used will work. But, it may generate some errors which will show up when you make use of the backup. Usually, the errors aren't critical and can easily be fixed so that, after a Save, they won't reappear.
It is better to copy a SaveFile/Folder when it's not being used. You do that either by booting into a different Puppy. Or if you only have one, boot 'pfix=ram', then make the copy.
Booting 'pfix=ram' is easy. How easy depends on which boot-loader you're using. If you're using grub4dos, at the bottom of the first menu.lst there'll be listing for "Advanced Menu". Choose it and the next Menu will have as its 2nd choice a title indicating either No Save or RAM only. [Sorry, don't have one handy].

If you're using grub, the grub.cfg file will have a menu entry like following relevant portions:

menuentry "Puppy fossapup64 9.5" {
...
linux /fossa64/vmlinuz net.ifnames=0 pmedia=ataflash pdrv=39ff128d-806e-45a0-9c0c-4013859ec05d psubdir=/fossa64 pfix=fsck,fsckp ...

Edit the above to read:

linux /fossa64/vmlinuz net.ifnames=0 pmedia=ataflash pdrv=39ff128d-806e-45a0-9c0c-4013859ec05d psubdir=/fossa64 pfix=ram,fsckp ...

Edits are done using any text-editor. Don't forget to change it back after your copying is complete.

[bigpup]

Very important about manually doing the copy of the fossapup64save.
Add bak. to the beginning of the name of the copy, so it is not picked up as the working save on boot up.
Simply remove the bak. from the name, to turn it back into a working save.

Fossapup has the program Pupsave Backup
That makes a backup of the Fossapup64save.

It puts a date on the name of the backup so you know when it was done.

[rburkartjo]

okay guys tks
now if i ever need to use my backup what is the best way to follow (bu will be on another hard drive)
should i boot up in ram only no save file and then past or copy to mnt/home after deleting the current save file and .bak tag
or boot into puppy normally and do the same
or do it another way
tks

[bigpup]

should i boot up in ram only no save file and then past or copy to mnt/home after deleting the current save file and .bak tag

Yes.
But not necessarily placing it in /mnt/home
Place it in the same location as the save you are replacing.
Making sure the name is the same as the one you are replacing.
Then reboot, booting up in normal mode, using the save.

The boot process, uses some info files, that identify the name of the save and it's location.
So, the replacement save, needs to match that info for name and location.

Can also boot a different OS.
Do the replacement using file manager in it.

In Rox file manager.
You can open two Rox windows.
One showing the backup save location.
One showing the location of the save you want to replace.
Drag and drop the backup save from it's Rox window to the other Rox window.
When asked (move or copy) select copy.
That way, the back up save is still there, if the copy did not go OK or is needed again in the future.

[rburkartjo]

tks big