Clone Arch root

This script will make a clone of my root directory onto a mounted partition. It is far from perfect!
It requires my root /etc/fstab plus a "clone-version" /etc/fstabClone (see below)
It requires folders /mnt/ssdRootClone on the original and /mnt/ssdRoot on the Clone.
I run it as root.

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#!/bin/bash
# fileinfo.sh
LOG="/var/log/cloneArch.log"
date=`date "+%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y"`
DESTINATION="/mnt/ssdRootClone"
#DESTINATION="/home/david/Clone"
FSTAB="/etc/fstab"
FSTABCLONE="/etc/fstabClone"


FILES="/bin
/boot
/dev
/etc
/lib
/lib64
/opt
/root
/run
/sbin
/srv
/tmp
/usr
/var"


FOLDERTOREMOVE="$DESTINATION/boot/grub/grub"


echo "$date : " >>$LOG
echo "$date : System is being cloned." >>$LOG
echo "$date : Clone mounted at $DESTINATION" >>$LOG
echo "$date : " >>$LOG


# Clear the variable directpries from the destination first
#rm -rf $DESTINATION/tmp
#rm -rf $DESTINATION/var


for file in $FILES
do
  
  if [ ! -e "$file" ]       # Check if file exists.
  then
    echo "$date : $file does not exist and has not been cloned." >>$LOG
  else


    # Clone the system here
    echo "$date : $file is next." >>$LOG
    # rsync options used
    #
    # -a, --archive
    # This is equivalent to -rlptgoD. It is a quick way of saying  you
    # want  recursion  and want to preserve almost everything (with -H
    # being a notable omission).  The  only  exception  to  the  above
    # equivalence  is when --files-from is specified, in which case -r
    # is not implied.
    #
    # Note that -a does not preserve hardlinks, because finding multiply
    # linked  files is expensive.  You must separately specify -H.
    #
    # -u, --update
    # This  forces rsync to skip any files which exist on the destination 
    # and have a modified time that  is  newer  than  the  source file.
    # (If an existing destination file has a modification time equal to
    # the source file's, it will be updated if the sizes  are different.)
    #
    # Note  that this does not affect the copying of symlinks or other
    # special files.  Also, a difference of file  format  between  the
    # sender  and receiver is always considered to be important enough
    # for an update, no matter what date is on the objects.  In  other
    # words, if the source has a directory where the destination has a
    # file, the transfer would occur regardless of the timestamps.
    #
    # This option is a transfer rule, not an exclude,  so  it  doesn't
    # affect  the  data  that  goes  into  the file-lists, and thus it
    # doesn't affect deletions.  It just limits  the  files  that  the
    # receiver requests to be transferred.
    #
    # -H, --hard-links
    # This tells rsync to look for hard-linked files in the source and
    # link together the corresponding files on the destination.  With-
    # out  this option, hard-linked files in the source are treated as
    # though they were separate files.
    #
    # This option does NOT necessarily ensure that the pattern of hard
    # links  on  the  destination  exactly matches that on the source.
    # Cases in which the destination may end up with extra hard  links
    # include the following:
    #
    #
    # o      If  the  destination contains extraneous hard-links (more
    #        linking than what is present in the  source  file  list),
    #        the  copying  algorithm  will  not break them explicitly.
    #        However, if one or more of the paths have content differ-
    #        ences,  the  normal  file-update process will break those
    #        extra links (unless you are using the --inplace  option).
    #
    # o      If you specify a --link-dest directory that contains hard
    #        links, the linking of the destination files  against  the
    #        --link-dest files can cause some paths in the destination
    #        to become linked together due to the --link-dest associa-
    #        tions.
    #
    #
    # Note  that  rsync  can only detect hard links between files that
    # are inside the transfer set.  If rsync updates a file  that  has
    # extra  hard-link connections to files outside the transfer, that
    # linkage will be broken.  If you are tempted to use the --inplace
    # option to avoid this breakage, be very careful that you know how
    # your files are being updated so that you  are  certain  that  no
    # unintended  changes  happen due to lingering hard links (and see
    # the --inplace option for more caveats).
    #
    # If incremental recursion is active (see --recursive), rsync  may
    # transfer a missing hard-linked file before it finds that another
    # link for that contents exists elsewhere in the hierarchy.   This
    # does  not  affect the accuracy of the transfer (i.e. which files
    # are hard-linked together), just its efficiency (i.e. copying the
    # data for a new, early copy of a hard-linked file that could have
    # been found later in  the  transfer  in  another  member  of  the
    # hard-linked  set  of files).  One way to avoid this inefficiency
    # is to disable incremental recursion using the --no-inc-recursive
    # option.
    rsync -aqHu --delete --stats --log-file=$LOG --log-file-format="%n" $file $DESTINATION
    # make use of "$ du" command
    # du -s $file | awk '{ print $2 "is " $1 }'
    echo "$date : $file successfully cloned." >>$LOG
  fi
done  


# After cloning, fstab is going to mount the wrong partition
# Use the fstabClone for the corrected mounts.
if [ ! -e "$FSTABCLONE" ]       # Check if file exists.
then
  echo "$date : $FSTABCLONE does not exist and has not been copied." >>$LOG
else
  rm $DESTINATION$FSTAB
  cp -Rp $FSTABCLONE "$DESTINATION$FSTAB"
  echo "$date : /etc/fstab corrected for the clone." >>$LOG
fi


# After cloning ac opy of grub needs to be removed
rm -rf $FOLDERTOREMOVE
echo "$date : grub has been cleaned up for the clone." >>$LOG
echo "$date : " >>$LOG


echo "$date : System cloning is complete." >>$LOG
echo "$date : " >>$LOG


exit 0


##############################################################################


Here are the /etc/fstab and /etc/fstabClone files, respectively.


##############################################################################

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0
#
LABEL=htpcHome /home ext4 defaults 0 1
LABEL=ssdRoot / ext4 defaults 0 1
LABEL=ssdRootClone /mnt/ssdRootClone ext4 defaults 0 1
LABEL=slackRoot /mnt/slackware ext4 defaults 0 1
LABEL=grubPartition /boot/grub ext4 defaults 0 1
#LABEL=ssdSwap swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
LABEL=mythGlenelg /home/david/MythTV/Glenelg xfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,nodev,allocsize=64m 0 1
LABEL=mythSturt /home/david/MythTV/Sturt xfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,nodev,allocsize=64m 0 1
# NFS client
#david-desktop:/ /mnt nfs4 rw,hard,intr,bg 0 0
#david-desktop:/music /home/david/Music nfs4 rw,hard,intr,bg 0 0
#david-desktop:/movies /home/david/Movies nfs4 rw,hard,intr,bg 0 0
# Samba
//david-desktop/movies /home/david/Movies cifs noatime,nodiratime,bg,username=david,password=david 0 0
//david-desktop/music /home/david/Music cifs noatime,nodiratime,bg,username=david,password=david 0 0
//david-desktop/tvseries        /home/david/TVseries    cifs    noatime,nodiratime,bg,username=david,password=david        0 0

##############################################################################

and 

##############################################################################

# 

# /etc/fstab: static file system information

#

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid 0 0

#

LABEL=htpcHome /home ext4 defaults 0 1

LABEL=ssdRoot /mnt/ssdRoot ext4 defaults 0 1

LABEL=ssdRootClone / ext4 defaults 0 1

LABEL=slackRoot         /mnt/slackware  ext4    defaults        0 1

LABEL=grubPartition /boot/grub ext4 defaults 0 1

#LABEL=ssdSwap swap swap defaults 0 0

/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0

LABEL=mythGlenelg /home/david/MythTV/Glenelg xfs defaults 0 1

LABEL=mythSturt /home/david/MythTV/Sturt xfs defaults 0 1

# NFS client

#david-desktop:/ /mnt nfs4 rw,hard,intr,bg 0 0

#david-desktop:/music /home/david/Music nfs4 rw,hard,intr,bg 0 0

#david-desktop:/movies /home/david/Movies nfs4 rw,hard,intr,bg 0 0

# Samba

//david-desktop/movies /home/david/Movies cifs noatime,bg,username=david,password=david 0 0

//david-desktop/music /home/david/Music cifs noatime,bg,username=david,password=david 0 0

//david-desktop/tvseries        /home/david/TVseries    cifs    noatime,bg,username=david,password=david        0 0

##############################################################################

Post about getting MythTV backend to wake for recordings

Thanks, Lester_Burnham for this post!

Simple test to wake the machine 5 minutes from now (if this works, you're pretty much set)

sudo sh -c "echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm"
sudo sh -c "echo `date '+%s' -d '+ 5 minutes'` > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm"
cat /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm

Check

cat /proc/driver/rtc

This should return a list of parameters. Check the alrm_time is 5 minutes into the future and the alrm_date is today. Shutdown your computer and see if it comes back up in ~5 min.

sudo shutdown -h now

If the alarm is set then you should see something like this. If so then shutdown and see if it wakes up at the alarm date/time.

rtc_time : 13:40:26
rtc_date : 2008-12-21
alrm_time : 10:45:00
alrm_date : 2008-12-22
alarm_IRQ : yes
alrm_pending : no
24hr  : yes
periodic_IRQ : no
update_IRQ : no
HPET_emulated : no
DST_enable : no
periodic_freq : 1024
batt_status : okay

.lircrc file and .lirc folder

This is the ~/.lircrc file.


#Custom lircrc generated via mythbuntu-lirc-generator
#All application specific lircrc files are within ~/.lirc
include ~/.lirc/mythtv 
include ~/.lirc/irexec
include ~/.lirc/mplayer 
include ~/.lirc/xine 
include ~/.lirc/vlc 
include ~/.lirc/xmame 
include ~/.lirc/xmess 
include ~/.lirc/totem 
include ~/.lirc/elisa 


This is the ~/.lirc/mythtv file



# LIRCRC Auto Generated by Mythbuntu Lirc Generator
# Author(s): Mario Limonciello, Nick Fox
# Created for use with Mythbuntu

begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = RecTV
    config = R
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Guide
    config = S
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Back
    config = Escape
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = OK
    config = Return
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Right
    config = Right
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Left
    config = Left
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Down
    config = Down
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Up
    config = Up
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0 
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Hash
    config = D
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Clear
    config = Q
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Enter
    config = Z
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Stop
    config = Escape
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Pause
    config = P
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Record
    config = R
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Play
    config = P
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Rewind
    config = <
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Forward
    config = >
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = ChanDown
    config = Down
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = ChanUp
    config = Up
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = VolDown
    config = [
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = VolUp
    config = ]
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = More
    config = I
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Mute
    config = |
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Home
    config = M
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Skip
    config = Right
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Replay
    config = Left
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Nine
    config = 9
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Eight
    config = 8
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Seven
    config = 7
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Six
    config = 6
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Five
    config = 5
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Four
    config = 4
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Three
    config = 3
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Two
    config = 2
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = One
    config = 1
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end


begin
    remote = mceusb
    prog = mythtv
    button = Zero
    config = 0
    repeat = 0
    delay = 0
end




The folder (and in fact this file) can be found at this post of Arkays.


A good post from rileyp about making custom ~/.lirc/irexec is located here.


My original forum post on getting mceusb remote (logitech harmony 525) working for MythTV in Arch Linux is here.

lircd.conf in /etc/lirc folder

#


# brand:                        HP 


# model no. of remote control:  TSGH-IR01


# devices being controlled by this remote: HP Slimline S3100y


#


# RC-6 config file


#


# source: http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/projects_remote_control.htm


#         http://home.hccnet.nl/m.majoor/pronto.pdf


#


# used by: Philips


#


#########


#


# Philips Media Center Edition remote control


# For use with the USB MCE ir receiver


#


# Dan Conti  dconti|acm.wwu.edu


#


# Updated with codes for MCE 2005 Remote additional buttons


# *, #, Teletext, Red, Green, Yellow & Blue Buttons


# Note: TV power button transmits no code until programmed.


# Updated 12th September 2005


# Graham Auld - mce|graham.auld.me.uk


#


# Radio, Print, RecTV are only available on the HP Media Center remote control


#


#


# Updated with codes for MCE 2007 Remote additional buttons


# Visualization, Aspect, SlideShow, Eject


# Note: 


# Renamed some buttons: DVD->DVDMenu, More->MoreInfo, Star->Asterisk, Hash->Pound


# Note: 


# Blue, Yellow, Green, Red, and Teletext buttons do not exist on the HP remote






begin remote






  name        mceusb


  bits                 16


  flags  RC6|CONST_LENGTH


  eps                  30


  aeps                100






  header       2667   889


  one           444   444


  zero          444   444


  pre_data_bits        21


  pre_data        0x37FF0


  gap              105000


  toggle_bit           22


  rc6_mask    0x100000000










      begin codes






#seen on HP Pavilion dv3t remote  --Tim Mann, 3 Nov 2009


Media         0x00007b7f


PlayPause     0x00007b91










#unused by HP remote


Blue      0x00007ba1


Yellow      0x00007ba2


Green      0x00007ba3


Red      0x00007ba4


Teletext      0x00007ba5






#ba6 - bae unused 


        BA6           0x00007ba6


        BA7           0x00007ba7


        BA8           0x00007ba8


        BA9           0x00007ba9


        BAA           0x00007baa


        BAB           0x00007bab


        BAC           0x00007bac


        BAD           0x00007bad


        BAE           0x00007bae






        Radio         0x00007baf


        Print         0x00007bb1






#bb2 - bb4 unused  


        BB2           0x00007bb2


        BB3           0x00007bb3


        BB4           0x00007bb4






        Videos        0x00007bb5


        Pictures      0x00007bb6


        RecTV         0x00007bb7


        Music         0x00007bb8


        TV            0x00007bb9






#bba - bbf unused 


        BBA           0x00007bba


        BBB           0x00007bbb


        BBC           0x00007bbc


        BBD           0x00007bbd


        BBE           0x00007bbe


        BBF           0x00007bbf


#bc1 - bca unused 


        BC1           0x00007bc1


        BC2           0x00007bc2


        BC3           0x00007bc3


        BC4           0x00007bc4


        BC5           0x00007bc5


        BC6           0x00007bc6


        BC7           0x00007bc7


        BC8           0x00007bc8


        BC9           0x00007bc9


        BCA           0x00007bca






        Eject         0x00007bcb


        SlideShow     0x00007bcc


        Visualization 0x00007bcd






#bce - bcf unused 


        BCE           0x00007bce


        BCF           0x00007bcf


#bd1 - bd7 unused 


        BD1           0x00007bd1


        BD2           0x00007bd2


        BD3           0x00007bd3


        BD4           0x00007bd4


        BD5           0x00007bd5


        BD6           0x00007bd6


        BD7           0x00007bd7






        Aspect        0x00007bd8


        Guide         0x00007bd9


        LiveTV        0x00007bda


        DVD           0x00007bdb


#NoGap


        Back          0x00007bdc


        OK            0x00007bdd


        Right         0x00007bde


        Left          0x00007bdf


        Down          0x00007be0


        Up            0x00007be1


#NoGap


        Star          0x00007be2


        Hash          0x00007be3


#NoGap


        Replay        0x00007be4


        Skip          0x00007be5


        Stop          0x00007be6


        Pause         0x00007be7


        Record        0x00007be8


        Play          0x00007be9


        Rewind        0x00007bea


        Forward       0x00007beb


#NoGap


        ChanDown      0x00007bec


        ChanUp        0x00007bed


        VolDown       0x00007bee


        VolUp         0x00007bef


#NoGap


        More          0x00007bf0


        Mute          0x00007bf1


        Home          0x00007bf2


        Power         0x00007bf3


#NoGap


        Enter         0x00007bf4


        Clear         0x00007bf5


#NoGap


        Nine          0x00007bf6


        Eight         0x00007bf7


        Seven         0x00007bf8


        Six           0x00007bf9


        Five          0x00007bfa


        Four          0x00007bfb


        Three         0x00007bfc


        Two           0x00007bfd


        One           0x00007bfe


        Zero          0x00007bff


      end codes






end remote

Farmerdave's htpc components

Gigabyte ga-ma78gm-s2h
AMD Athlon X2 4850e
2GB DDR2 800MHz ram
MSI RX2600XT GPU (needed for the component TV-out – older tv) - removed
Asus GeForce GT430 Silent
Leadtek DTV2000H Tuner