Restore a backup on rpi with openmediavault-backup

  • Hello everyone, I’m a newbie with Linux, I have a raspberry 4 with omv installed everything worked fine till a couple of days ago when my sd died. I made regulars backups with openmediavault-backup and I was trying to follow this guide

    But I realized later is not working with rpi. I reed everything I could to restore my os in a new sd without luck, anyone can help me?

    Thanks

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    made regulars backups with openmediavault-backup

    Using what method? dd or ddfull or fsarchiver or borg?

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    ddfull is a better idea for the RPi or any arm system.


    Try this:

    Write a fresh image of Raspberry Pi OS to the SD card.

    Follow that same guide for just the Restore System Partition and Swap sections.

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    can it be used on a rpi?

    No. It is amd64 only. You could boot systemrescue on the system you used to flash the SD card in the first place.

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  • Ok thanks I missed the part where I could run it on another pc. I even should do the restore system partition, right? But I can’t find the zest file

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    an RPi doesn't have a system partition. It has a /boot or /boot/firmware partition but that will be in place from writing the new image.

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  • ok just a little recap 'couse my understanding is really low and im sorry fot thst (and thanks for your patience):

    1. Write a fresh image of Raspberry Pi OS to the SD card and install a brand new OMV on it
    2. SKIP RESTORE THE PARTITION TABLE; RESTORE UEFI PARTITION
    3. before you told me to RESTORE SYSTEM PARTITION but then that RPi doesn't have a system partition so i'm a bit confused
    4. SWAP

    thanks again

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    Sorry, I am really bad at teaching and really like to avoid it.


    When you said system partition the last time, I was thinking that you meant efi partition.


    Yes, you need to restore the system partition. And yes, I think the list is correct. I haven't done this and didn't test it. Luckily, if it doesn't work, you can try the steps again.

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  • no problem at all. i'm glad you can try to help. As i said before i don't have .zst file in my backup folder.

    here is everithing i have (sorry for the low quality)

    is there any file i can use here?

    thanks again

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    is there any file i can use here?

    Not in that screenshot but it looks like you used rsync for a backup method?

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    i really tought I was using fsarchiver but I'm not so sure now...

    Are there more files than what is in the screenshot?

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