I have a Jetson Orin Nano with a 128GB nVME and I would like to backup the entire drive in case I screw something up so I can quickly restore to the last working state. Ideally I’d like to backup the drive over a USB cable connecting the Jetson Orin Nano to a host machine with Ubuntu 20.04 and then…

Sorry, I think I was seeing a different thread at the same time (that was an accidental paste from another reply). However, you do want the same L4T release in any flash since the NVMe is not the only software flashed. The --archived-version still applies when flashing clones (the L4T flash software…

Read Linux_for_Tegra/tools/backup_restore/README_backup_restore.txt, please.

[image] DaveYYY: Linux_for_Tegra/tools/backup_restore/README_backup_restore.txt Would you be so kind to let me know where this file is, please?

Download the BSP… [image] Jetson Linux Archive

Anyway, this workflow is currently broken on JetPack 6. Please use JetPack 5 if you need the tool. dd the entire disk should also work.

Check your L4T release version with "`head -n 1 /etc/nv_tegra_release`". L4T is Ubuntu plus NVIDIA drivers, and is what actually gets flashed. Then go to the URL for your L4T release: [https://developer.nvidia.com/linux-tegra](https://developer.nvidia.com/linux-tegra) When you install the flash sof…

So on the case of ‘dd’ - will a host machine with Ubuntu 20.04 see all the partitions of the nVME drive if I boot the Jetson Orin Nano into recovery mode with the jumper pins? Essentially use the Jetson Orin Nano on a dev board as a USB3 nVME reader?

Thanks for the reply - I understand what you said but I don’t get how it is related to my use case? Maybe I missed something?

[image] frankie.yuen: So on the case of ‘dd’ - will a host machine with Ubuntu 20.04 see all the partitions of the nVME drive if I boot the Jetson Orin Nano into recovery mode with the jumper pins? Essentially use the Jetson Orin Nano on a dev board as a USB3 nVME reader? All Jetson devices a…

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frankie.yuen March 21, 2024, 1:55am 4

Would you be so kind to let me know where this file is, please?

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