How to do a full backup?

[Crafuntyo]

Using Beryl specifically.

Is there any way to do a FULL backup that dumps everything:
OS
any partitions
any configs

and be able to just reflash it as it is?

It might be evident that I have no understanding of how the storage works so my apologies about it.

Thanks,

[j2zero]

I posted the same a few days ago and people have commented some suggestions.

What i currently do is save the original firmware file along with a archive backup. You can make a archive backup via advanced settings, Luci.

Then when you flash the firmware you can head back to advanced settings, Luci and restore the compressed archive backup. The restore will put back your config files but not any 3rd part plugins. You would then go back to Luci and reinstall any plugins you had and because you have restored the configs via the archive your plugins will have their settings intact.

You can view my post here to see what others have suggested so far.

Full Firmware image backup

Is it possible to make a full system clone / backup. I know I can make backups via luci and restore but I have to manually install the plugin packages that I had previously. I have also seen this thread: But again, that creates a list of plugins and redownload via feeds. What if the feeds become dead? there is no internet to pull the plugins? The backup gets restored many years later but results in failed packages? I'm not sure exactly how the plugins get restored but I'm guessing they have…

[Crafuntyo]

Thanks, I'm ashamed I missed that thread.