What device is rootfs on for backup via dd
Michael Kluge
vollseil at arcor.de
Mon Jul 21 05:51:46 CEST 2008
Hi Jim,
I am using plain 'rsync --one-file-system -avz ... ' for / and
/media/card to backup my FR. Would that be an option?
Michael
Jim Morris schrieb:
> Having failed to backup my rootfs via dfutils, I thought maybe I could..
>
> > dd if=/dev/root of=/media/card/backup.bin
>
> But even though mount shows /dev/root as the root device. the actual dev does not exist.
>
> Anyone know what the device name for the actual rootfs is?
>
> Thanks
> Jim
>
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