From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mpdr0.cleveland.oh.ameritech.net ([206.141.223.14] helo=mailhost.cle.ameritech.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16LtbR-0005aB-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jan 2002 17:11:17 -0500 Received: from j7o5o8 ([64.108.91.220]) by mailhost.cle.ameritech.net (InterMail v4.01.01.07 201-229-111-110) with SMTP id <20020102221536.BDAV21940.mailhost.cle.ameritech.net@j7o5o8> for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:15:36 -0500 Message-ID: <002f01c193da$5fb474a0$9d2efea9@j7o5o8> From: "Pete" To: References: <20011231130700.A372@uic.edu> <00d901c192e4$1360e300$9d2efea9@j7o5o8> <20020101125241.F331@uic.edu> Subject: Re: smbtar Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:11:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I had a 20 gig drive at the time and made a partission at the end of the drive to zip it to. too bad the pkz250 can't be used to do the backup from dos. Pete From: "Gregory Nowak" > Ok, but that still goes back to the original issue I've had with it. Namely, how are you supposed to smb network the crashed pc to get the images off the server? > Greg > > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:48:01AM -0500, Pete wrote: > > From: "Gregory Nowak" > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I know that you can backup a windows machine using smbclient's smbtar. > > However, what happens in terms of restoring that backup when your windows > > gets wiped? I thought you might be able to boot into Linux from floppies, > > and restore that way, but I wasn't sure. Any comments? > > > Greg > > > > > I used winzip to do it zip everything in to a massive zip turned into exe. > > You stil need windows up to make it unzip though. The script files MS has > > for use whith setup from dos suck-- ESP the productID not being accepted in > > the script file. > > TC > > I was looking at a C gate 137 gig SCSI drive under $300, any comments > > about it and speakup+linux working TGR? > > Pete > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup