partimage(1)

NAME
partimage - back up and restore disk partitions

SYNOPSIS
partimage [ -bcdehimMnoSvwy ] [-B 'pattern response string'] [-z compresslevel] [-V volumesize] [-f actionatend] [-s server] [-p port] [-a mountoptions] [-g loglevel] [ save device image_file ]
partimage [ -bcdehimMnoSvwy ] [-B 'pattern response string'] [-z compresslevel] [-V volumesize] [-f actionatend] [-s server] [-p port] [-a mountoptions] [-g loglevel] [ restore device image_file/'stdin' ]
partimage [ restmbr image_file ]
partimage [ imginfo image_file ]

DESCRIPTION
partimage backs up disk partitions into image files and restores them.

OPTIONS

-z val, --compress val
    Set image file compression level:
    val=0: don't compress: very fast but very big image file
    val=1: compress using gzip: fast and small image file (default)
    val=2: compress using bzip2: very slow and very small image file

-c, --nocheck
    Don't check the partition before saving.

-o, --overwrite
    Overwrite the existing image file without confirmation.

-d, --nodesc
    Don't ask any description for the image file.

-V vol, --volume vol
    Split image into multiple volumes files. vol will be the size in KB of volumes.

-w, --waitvol
    Wait for a confirmation after each volume change.

-e, --erase
    Erase empty blocks on restore with zero bytes.

-m, --allowmnt
    Don't fail if the partition is mounted. Dangerous!

-M, --nombr
    Don't create a backup of the MBR (Mast Boot Record) in the image file.

-h, --help
    Show help.

-v, --version
    Show version.

-f action, --finish action
    Action to do if finished successfully:
    action=0: wait (do nothing)
    action=1: halt (power off the computer)
    action=2: reboot (restart the computer)
    action=3: quit

-b, --batch
    batch mode: the GUI won't wait for an user action.

-B 'pattern response string', --fully-batch 'pattern response string'
    full batch mode: the GUI is not being displayed. Rather status messages are displayed as normal text. The pattern response string has the following format:
    '<glob-pattern>=<response-value>;...'
    where the glob pattern is matched against the string <window-title>/<message-text> of the message dialogue box to be displayed. For dialog boxes with buttons in the window, the <response> must be the exact button text. The pattern response string usually needs to be quoted as above.

-y, --nosync
    Don't synchronize the disks at the end of the operation. Dangerous!

-s addr, --server addr
    Give partimaged server's ip address.

-p port, --port port
    Give partimaged server's listening port.

-g debuglevel, --debug debuglevel
    Set the debug level to debuglevel (defaults to 1).

-n, --nossl
    Disable SSL in network mode.

-S, --simulate
    Simulation of restoration mode.

-a str, --automnt str
    Automatic mount with X options. Read the doc for more details.

EXAMPLE
partimage -z1 -o -d save /dev/hda12 /mnt/backup/redhat-6.2.partimg.gz
partimage -z1 -om save /dev/hda9 /mnt/backup/win95-osr2.partimg.gz
partimage restore /dev/hda13 /mnt/backup/suse-6.4.partimg
cat debian.partimg.000 debian.partimg.001 | partimage restore /dev/hda1 stdin
partimage restmbr /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2
partimage imginfo /mnt/backup/debian-potato-2.2.partimg.bz2

SEE ALSO
partimaged(8)

DIAGNOSTICS
You can read options set at compile time running 'partimage -i'.

When using batchmode, exit status is normaly 0.

CAVEATS
For now, only ext2fs, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HPFS, JFS, XFS, reiserfs are supported.

FAT12 will never be supported.

BUGS
Refer to BUGS file to read them.

AUTHOR
Franck Ladurelle <ladurelf@partimage.org>