I would recommend that you follow the steps here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR#Backing_Up replace "backup.tar.gz" with "/media/your_storage_drive/backup.tar.gz" You can also use dd. Use "df -h" to check which hard disk, then you can do "sudo dd if=<path to INPUT hard disk> of=/media/your_storage_drive/backup.dd bs=16384" Working example if /dev/sda is the hard disk you want to backup to USB storage device: "sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/media/your_storage_drive/backup.dd bs=16384" You may need the password of the "multigame" account. If you entered the password correctly, wait for "multigame@SESWURCC00280:~@" to come back up before you eject the storage device using the file manager. I promise you, it will take a while, so do something else useful while the dd operation is occurring. An example of "df -h": Code: uyjulian@julian-aaa:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /dev tmpfs 367M 38M 329M 11% /run /dev/sda2 225G 29G 185G 14% / tmpfs 1.8G 20K 1.8G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 8.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock tmpfs 1.8G 0 1.8G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs 367M 4.0K 367M 1% /run/user/111 tmpfs 367M 0 367M 0% /run/user/1000 In this case, /dev/sda2 is my boot drive. /dev/sda2 is referring to the second partition of /dev/sda
I dont have the password unfortunately, I've tried the Sudo command on someone else's request. I'm not sure if the serial on the usb key is any hint, or if the password is something random that only the original person would know that worked with the box. I'll try copying over data onto a 32gb usb stick for now when I get home, that should at least fit all the client data, firmware and a bunch of other folders. The demo folder is about half of the data taken up on the HD. I can copy files to the homepage, so the demo/client/firmware folders dont seem to be locked. I would guess if I can get a usb mounted I can copy to that as well. I've reached out to a couple of computer guys I know in my area to see if they are experienced in Linux, that would make backing things up a whole lot easier.
Just copy over as much data as you can before you start messing with the harddrive. Are there any files that you can't copy?
Some are locked and can’t be accessed, but the meaty stuff looks to be moveable. I would guess that is what people are most interested in anyways. It would be cool if the client updates were able to be used to help people make demo consoles from normal ones for their kiosks
None of those worked. I'm currently copying everything but the demos over that isn't locked by permissions. That includes scripts, client updates and firmware along with a bunch of other random stuff that may or may not be useful. It just all fit on a 32gb usb stick. The demos are 44gb so are too large, that will have to be copied in 2 parts on 2 other sticks. I'll put everything back together on my computer and see about how to upload everything in one shot.
Where would I find this file? I've uploaded a file called serial that was in the SES main folder which had all the demos and other big files. Would it be in this file somewhere.
Yea I can open it root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh proxy:x:13:13Proxy:/bin:/bin/sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh syslog:x:101:103::/home/syslog:/bin/false messagebus:x:102:107::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false avahi-autoipd:x:103:110:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false avahi:x:104:111:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false couchdb:x:105:113:CouchDB Administrator,,,:/var/lib/couchdb:/bin/bash speech-dispatcher:x:106:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh usbmux:x:107:46:usbmux daemon,,,:/home/usbmux:/bin/false haldaemon:x:108:114:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false kernoops:x:109:65534:Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon,,,:/:/bin/false pulse:x:110:115PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false rtkit:x:111:117:RealtimeKit,,,:/proc:/bin/false saned:x:112:118::/home/saned:/bin/false hplip:x:113:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false gdm:x:114:120:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false multigame:x:1000:1000:multigame,,,:/home/multigame:/bin/bash sshd:x:115:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin postfix:x:116:123::/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false ntp:x:117:125::/home/ntp:/bin/false nut:x:118:126::/var/lib/nut:/bin/false mysql:x:119:127:MySQL Server,,,:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false nn3a6umny:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/nn3a6umny:/bin/bash cpoohyxmm:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/cpoohyxmm:/bin/bash a64tzfg02:x:1003:1003:,,,:/home/a64tzfg02:/bin/bash x34zpmg7l:x:1004:1004:,,,:/home/x34zpmg7l:/bin/bash ur74x95:x:1005:1005:,,,:/home/ur74x95:/bin/bash
Ok, I've pretty much copied all I can without the admin profile. Man, most of these files are over my head. What would be a good incognito place to upload, I'm not sure of the legality of upping this, and what is the best format. Zip files or as the folders are now.
It seems to be configured using shadow passwords, so there are no hashes in /etc/passwd - the hashes are going to be in /etc/shadow - but that's normally only accessible by root. The easiest approach is going to be to figure out how you can boot it into single-user mode since that would give you root access.
This is where I'm at on my windows PC. How would I go about trying to single boot? The SES folder is the one with all the large demo/client files.
You can use 7-zip to compress files. Good places to upload are 1fichier.com, mega.nz, and drive.google.com
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pFb8H4b324XTH0sFcOduCZMaLSFfKVRB - firmware update https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v1dtzLtgWlrs-aJPrTs9sQ9Zcu9NIsf6 - client updates https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lSNGcpFZk5vGEUryWYotMHW5yDLtG2eO - default preview video https://drive.google.com/open?id=1My0YF3mXiLevIq7vPDqTctivugelC-RR - scripts https://drive.google.com/open?id=19woHY8AMfLSncppOJ6iAMZZjZp0ZprYr - 10% of the demo files https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EUGjWE6d7sl6j5rQk27KmKLuI2nBsrLJ - SDK demo file
oh, you have windows, can you use r-image https://www.drive-image.com save the drive (please use option by sector and compress too) so we can easy way get all data, and can try what they are del.
So is it as simple as getting a usb to sata, hooking it up and imaging the drive to then upload? I'm ok with computers, but I know nothing of this. Would I also need to somehow up the usb key as well?
