wimlib

Hi synchronicity,

Thanks for your suggestions, I managed to build the RPM packages.

The problem with the gcc compiler suit is that the standart installation of the development tools is offering an old version :

[root@localhost ~]# gcc --version | grep gcc
gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5 ...

Hello,

Here, I found some equates :

https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zwisler/xfstests-dev/+/refs/heads/master/src/renameat2.c

#ifndef RENAME_NOREPLACE
#define RENAME_NOREPLACE (1 << 0) /* Don't overwrite target */
#endif
#ifndef RENAME_EXCHANGE
#define RENAME_EXCHANGE (1 ...

Hello,

Trying to compile the source code of wimlib v1.14.4 on CentOS 7.9, I receive the following error messages :

src/mount_image.c: In function 'wimfs_rename':
src/mount_image.c:1872:14: error: 'RENAME_EXCHANGE' undeclared (first use in this function)
if (flags & RENAME_EXCHANGE)
^
src/mount ...

Hello,

You would like to use the mklink tool to mount the volume shadow copies :
https://myitengineer.com/dr-recover-fil ... ile-level/

Hi synchronicity,

Your reply in the thread "Delta” WIM creation solves perfeclty my problem :

wimexport can be used create a standalone WIM from a delta WIM and its base WIMs. So e.g. in the previous example, 'wimexport wim3 1 standalone.wim --ref=wim1 --ref=wim2' would create a standalone WIM ...

Hi synchronicity,

Thanks. This method could be used to consolidate \ merge base and delta wim files.

Hello,

wimlib permits exporting delta archives to the base archives, are there some restrictions in this type of operations? Can we combine delta archives with bases wim files with this method?

An example :

wimcapture.cmd C:\folder test.wim
Scanning "C:\folder"
499 KiB scanned (3 files, 1 ...

Hi Semantic,

The best method to backup an offline Windows system is to boot from WinPE - Windows Preinstallation Environment :

https://theoven.org/viewforum.php?f=14

I had never a problem with Server 2019 while capturing images with wimlib after booting from WinPE.

Hi juankax,

The explanation of synchronicity is very good. Also, I posted a sample of the wimtools.spec file above.

Hi synchronicity,

Thanks for the info. Luckly, I had the option to delete the offending files and wimlib did the job.