From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16LSDx-0003Vb-00 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 11:57:13 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g01GvGv02612 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:57:16 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:57:16 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: smbtar In-Reply-To: <00d901c192e4$1360e300$9d2efea9@j7o5o8> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 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