From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hagus.bright.net ([205.212.123.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16LWv2-0005Zl-00 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 16:58:00 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-41.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.60]) by hagus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g01Lw0Yw023181 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:58:02 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <00c101c1930f$5f02dc20$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <00d901c192e4$1360e300$9d2efea9@j7o5o8> <20020101125544.G331@uic.edu> Subject: Re: smbtar Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 16:57:54 -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 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 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: Hi, Greg. It's possible if you put the dd image on a cd if you had a dos port of dd you could just extract directly from something like that. I wonder if rawrite would work for something like this. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory Nowak To: Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: smbtar > So, if I had a share that I wanted to backup file://machine/c to a file backup via dd, I could then(probably through nfs with linux boot disks) connect to the server, and dd backup to the networked machine? > Greg > > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:57:16AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I don't know anything about using SMB tools for backing Windows up. I do > > know, from experience, that using dd to write an image of the Windows > > partition works excellently well. So, if you could build yourself a > > floppy, or a CD ROM, that booted linux with speakup and net drivers, I > > don't see why you couldn't restore a Windows machine over the net, or from > > some locally attached media. > > > > My experience using dd this way is mostly on my portable Thinkpad, where I > > keep a Windows installation in /dev/hda3. Whenever I install something on > > that partition that mucks up the Windows, I don't muss and I don't fuss. I > > just go back to linux and dd the former, pre-troublesome Windows > > installation back to /dev/hda3. Works like a charm, and it works fast. My > > restores are about 10 minutes on just over 2 gB. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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