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==BackupMenu for N900/Maemo 5==

My current project, BackupMenu is a bootloader-based application that allows you to backup & restore images of your RootFS and OptFS, so you can entirely restore your N900 if you brick it - without starting from scratch.

Currently, to install:
# Install "[http://maemo.org/packages/view/bootmenu-n900/ bootmenu-n900]" from the "extras-devel" repository
# Download [http://robbiethe1st.afraid.org/BackupMenu/BackupMenu.item BackupMenu.item]
# Copy the file to the "/etc/bootloader.d/" directory(requires root access)

To run:
# Reboot with keyboard slide out.

===Forum Topic===
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=754837#post754837

===Current Status===
Mainly working, just finding bugs and fixing them.
Beta testers needed.

===Known Bugs===

Potential rootFS restore issue:
If, after restoring, the device is "bricked" or doesn't work correctly:
1. Flash the default PR1.2 image to the device
2. Using the flasher utility, flash your backup rootfs image(-r option).
Not sure why this works, but it seems to solve all manner of problems.