From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-03-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.137] helo=ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DdctF-0002bc-00 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:44:49 -0400 Received: from Dell (cpe-24-33-4-163.midsouth.res.rr.com [24.33.4.163]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j51NhkYF009925 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:43:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200506012343.j51NhkYF009925@ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com> From: "Adam Myrow" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:43:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-reply-to: Thread-Index: AcVnAS0lZq69Eh1tTkOcMEGRmH/S9AAAcoew X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Backups (was RE: commands) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 23:45:49 -0000 Well, it's not exactly Ghost, but my favorite utility is EXT2 dump from http://dump.sourceforge.net. It is a port of the BSD dump utility, which also showed up in Solaris under the name UFSdump, since that's the filesystem that Solaris uses. It has a strange syntax, but is easy to write scripts for. What really comes in handy is to build a statically-linked version, then put the "restore" utility on a floppy disk or CD. Then, you can boot a rescue disk, mount the floppy or CD with restore, and regardless of what libraries are on the rescue disk, you can restore your backups. I've actually done a successful restore of an entire Linux system this way. I just booted the rescue CD and after restoring the backups to newly-formatted partitions, did a "chroot" command, then ran lilo. From there, it was as if nothing had happened. I doubt it would be that easy in Windows. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Butch Bussen Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:04 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: commands Speaking of drives and such and windows not recognizing them. What do you folks use to back up your systems. I have a box I run Linux on for i r l p ham radio stuff and I'm looking for a way to ghost or immage the drive. I'm told later versions of ghost will do this, but of course wonderful ghost in its g u i even in dos doesn't talk. Any suggestions? 73s Butch Bussen wa0vjr _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup