Because: ”Unlike #saveAs: do not transfer the default execution to the new image."
So the startup and shutdown scripts won't be executed :) (Or that's what I understood) On Oct 24, 2013 1:54 PM, "Sven Van Caekenberghe" <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > Hi Bernat, > > Interesting, I never heard of #backupTo: > > But if recover.image is a copy of MyImage.image, and that last one failed > to start up, why then would the copy not have the same problem ? > > Sven > > On 24 Oct 2013, at 13:32, Bernat Romagosa <tibabenfortlapala...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi list, > > > > I've just recovered a broken image that crashed upon startup. There was > some problem with a SerialPort that stayed open and tried to write/read > into a physical port that didn't exist no more, or something of the sort. > > > > So here's the magic line: > > > > $ bin/myVm shared/MyImage.image eval "SmalltalkImage backupTo: 'recover'" > > > > This makes a copy of the image into a new image called "recover.image", > but as the documentation states: > > > > Unlike #saveAs: do not transfer the default execution to the new image. > > > > So there you go! > > > > Hope it helps someone else. :) > > > > -- > > Bernat Romagosa. > > >
