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 at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
