01-07-2024, 09:08 PM
My experience with the pinetab2 has been very good. I was lucky to have a wifi dongle that worked. I've kept the Danctnix OS updated via the command line. I would like to backup my eMMC, but I haven't found a Jumpdrive release for the pinetab2, only the pinetab at https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Ju.../releases/. Am I missing something here?
01-17-2024
I tried adamz's "noob friendly" backup procedure for the Pinebook pro:
1.Get a MicroSD card the same size as your eMMC, and insert it into the PineBook Pro
2.In Terminal, run: lsblk
3.Figure out which disk is the one you want to back up and which one is the one you want to back up to.
4.In Terminal, run: dd if=/dev/mmcblk1 of=/dev/mmcblk0 status=progress
(where the first one (if=) is the name of the drive you want to copy, and the 2nd one (of=) is the name of the drive you want to copy to.)
5.When finished, reboot Pinebook Pro with microSD card inserted and confirm that it boots to a copy of your eMMC's drive.
6.Keep MicroSD card as backup, or create an image of it on another hard drive in another computer.
Everything seemed to copy fine, except the card is not bootable. Also, I wondered about making a backup on a system in use as I've read some posts that don't recommend it.
01-17-2024
I tried adamz's "noob friendly" backup procedure for the Pinebook pro:
1.Get a MicroSD card the same size as your eMMC, and insert it into the PineBook Pro
2.In Terminal, run: lsblk
3.Figure out which disk is the one you want to back up and which one is the one you want to back up to.
4.In Terminal, run: dd if=/dev/mmcblk1 of=/dev/mmcblk0 status=progress
(where the first one (if=) is the name of the drive you want to copy, and the 2nd one (of=) is the name of the drive you want to copy to.)
5.When finished, reboot Pinebook Pro with microSD card inserted and confirm that it boots to a copy of your eMMC's drive.
6.Keep MicroSD card as backup, or create an image of it on another hard drive in another computer.
Everything seemed to copy fine, except the card is not bootable. Also, I wondered about making a backup on a system in use as I've read some posts that don't recommend it.