From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from navgwout.symantec.com ([198.6.49.12]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DddQW-0002z0-00 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:19:12 -0400 Received: from navgwout.symantec.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by navgwout.symantec.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j520HS2d006065 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:18:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uscu-mailgw.symantec.com ([155.64.1.103]) by navgwout.symantec.com (SMSSMTP 4.0.4.64) with SMTP id M2005060117182809625 for ; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:18:28 -0700 Received: from uscu-mailgw.symantec.com by uscu-mailgw.symantec.com via smtpd (for navgwout.symantec.com [198.6.49.12]) with ESMTP; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:18:29 -0700 Received: from docs-xpchrisg.corp.symantec.com ([172.17.52.136]) by uscu-mailgw.symantec.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j520ISC17554 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:18:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:15:15 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) From: Chris Gray To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <200506012343.j51NhkYF009925@ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com> Message-ID: References: <200506012343.j51NhkYF009925@ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com> X-X-Sender: christopher_gray@symantec.com@uscu-swatch.symantec.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: 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: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:19:47 -0000 A site I like to use, of course I'm a BASH shell user, is http://www.ss64.com/bash/ It gives you a very "in brief" look at commands but can be a great resource. Chris On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Adam Myrow wrote: > Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:43:47 -0500 > From: Adam Myrow > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' > Subject: Backups (was RE: commands) > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer Symantec Corporation 415-738-2649 voice 415-348-9636 fax San Francisco, CA 94107