Ah, but if you can boot linux from a floppy, then just use dd (or parted's partition copy). It works. On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Pete wrote: > I had a 20 gig drive at the time and made a partission at the end of the > drive to zip it to. > too bad the pkz250 can't be used to do the backup from dos. > > Pete > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu> > > > Ok, but that still goes back to the original issue I've had with it. > Namely, how are you supposed to smb network the crashed pc to get the images > off the server? > > Greg > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:48:01AM -0500, Pete wrote: > > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu> > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I know that you can backup a windows machine using smbclient's smbtar. > > > However, what happens in terms of restoring that backup when your > windows > > > gets wiped? I thought you might be able to boot into Linux from > floppies, > > > and restore that way, but I wasn't sure. Any comments? > > > > Greg > > > > > > > I used winzip to do it zip everything in to a massive zip turned into > exe. > > > You stil need windows up to make it unzip though. The script files MS > has > > > for use whith setup from dos suck-- ESP the productID not being accepted > in > > > the script file. > > > TC > > > I was looking at a C gate 137 gig SCSI drive under $300, any comments > > > about it and speakup+linux working TGR? > > > Pete > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- 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
