From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16LU56-0007oe-00 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 13:56:12 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g01ItiX00397 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:55:44 -0600 Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:55:44 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: smbtar Message-ID: <20020101125544.G331@uic.edu> References: <00d901c192e4$1360e300$9d2efea9@j7o5o8> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from janina@afb.net on Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:57:16AM -0500 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: So, if I had a share that I wanted to backup //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