Raspberry Pi Backup

Here are the commands I use to preform a full backup of my raspi's. This will store the microsd card to either a usb stick(must be bigger than the microsd) and a backup to a share on my windows desktop.

USB Backup

sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1 -n usbdrive
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
sudo chmod 755 /mnt
sudo dd if=/dev/mmcblk0p2 of=backupimage.img

Note: sda1 is the usb device , mmcblk0p2 is the memory card. Adjust acordenly.

Backup to Windows Pc

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=PI,password=PASSWORD//WINDOWSPC/share /mnt/smbbackup -o rw

sudo dd if=/dev/mmcblk0p2 of=/mnt/smbbackup/backupimage.img

 Note: mmcblk0p2 is the memory share