Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Ryan McBride wrote: Umm.. Theres a product we will be getting in called PC Parachute.. It's aparantly something that will do Harddisk image backups.. and be able to restore your system simply with a boot disk.. Not sure about over the network.. But.. Im guessing so.. When the brochures arrive, Ill check it out see if it can do it over the network.. Anthony Sorry I must not have been clear enuf. I want to store the current setup as im always tinkering and doing more damage to my box than i intended so i just wanna say, BUGGER IT, RESTORE IMAGE. So i need imaging software that i can use to image a drive over the network. - Original Message - From: Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ryan McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software If you're looking to run Xwindows on the Windows box then there are Xservers for Windows available, otherwise VNC might be what you are wanting. Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates http://www.lannet.com.au On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Ryan McBride wrote: Does anyone know of imaging software i can use to image my linux box over the network from my windows box??? -- Ryan McBride (MCSE) Excelerate Computer Services Ryan: 0413-984-819 Adam: 0410-605-152 Fax: +612-9972-1459 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.excelerate.com.au "Solution to two of the worlds greatest problems. Feed the homeless to the hungry" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text --- Anthony Rumble LinuxHelp http://www.LinuxHelp.com.au Phone: 0500 500 368 Direct 02-9712-1799 Mobile 0412-955-042 Fax 02-9712-3977 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software
there are two dos imaging software packages that i know of that will image linux. one, ghost two, partition magic or the imaging bit of it. partition magic seems more reliable with linux than the current version of ghost. there is a gnu/linux version of imaging software, can't think of the name at the moment. search freshmeat. Ryan McBride wrote: Sorry I must not have been clear enuf. I want to store the current setup as im always tinkering and doing more damage to my box than i intended so i just wanna say, BUGGER IT, RESTORE IMAGE. So i need imaging software that i can use to image a drive over the network. - Original Message - From: Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ryan McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software If you're looking to run Xwindows on the Windows box then there are Xservers for Windows available, otherwise VNC might be what you are wanting. Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates http://www.lannet.com.au On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Ryan McBride wrote: Does anyone know of imaging software i can use to image my linux box over the network from my windows box??? -- Ryan McBride (MCSE) Excelerate Computer Services Ryan: 0413-984-819 Adam: 0410-605-152 Fax: +612-9972-1459 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.excelerate.com.au "Solution to two of the worlds greatest problems. Feed the homeless to the hungry" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text -- _|_ | Thanks, iCafe PTY Limited Ben DonohueWeb Hosting Design [EMAIL PROTECTED]Small Business Office Networks Ph. 0011 61 2 9705 7520 http://www.icafe.com.au Mobile: 0417 018 600ACN 080 665 907 Freedom isn't doing what you want... Freedom is knowing what to do -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software
Hi there, Doesn't seem like anyone has given the obvious solution yet, so here goes. There's a great Unix disk imaging package available called "dd". Works like a charm. There are a few documents describing things in more detail but I'll give you an overview. You'll need to check the actual command lines before entering any of this stuff. First thing to do is grab yo'self a copy of tom's root and boot http://www.toms.net/rtbt/ And make a floppy as described in the instructions. You may also need to add smbclient to the disk if you need to dump your image to a Windows box. There are instructions around somewhere on the tomsrtbt site. If not keep looking.. I've seen them I just don't remember where, sorry. You're going to be creating one big file which is a copy of your hard disk, so SMB or not you'll need some way of putting the file on the server. Now boot using your tomsrtbt. Use smbmount (or whatever) to mount a directory on your Windows box in /mnt/win. Type dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/win/linux.img After a lot of waiting you'll have an image of your hard disk on the server. Then when you've blown your setup away, just pop in tom, mount the server directory again and do this: dd if=/mnt/win/linux.img of=/dev/hda And she'll boot just like she always did. Resident gurus please fill in the stuff I've missed or got wrong.. Other things you might want to do: compress the image before you send it across the network, use FTP to send the file over the network instead of SMB. Hope this helps, Chuck Ryan McBride wrote: Sorry I must not have been clear enuf. I want to store the current setup as im always tinkering and doing more damage to my box than i intended so i just wanna say, BUGGER IT, RESTORE IMAGE. So i need imaging software that i can use to image a drive over the network. [...] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software
Chuck Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Type dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/win/linux.img After a lot of waiting you'll have an image of your hard disk on the server. for a fair bit less waiting add "bs=1024k" on the end of that. It makes a big difference on solaris (where the default block size is 512 bytes). Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
[SLUG] Imaging Software
Does anyone know of imaging software i can use to image my linux box over the network from my windows box??? -- Ryan McBride (MCSE) Excelerate Computer Services Ryan: 0413-984-819 Adam: 0410-605-152 Fax: +612-9972-1459 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.excelerate.com.au "Solution to two of the worlds greatest problems. Feed the homeless to the hungry" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software
If you're looking to run Xwindows on the Windows box then there are Xservers for Windows available, otherwise VNC might be what you are wanting. Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates http://www.lannet.com.au On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Ryan McBride wrote: Does anyone know of imaging software i can use to image my linux box over the network from my windows box??? -- Ryan McBride (MCSE) Excelerate Computer Services Ryan: 0413-984-819 Adam: 0410-605-152 Fax: +612-9972-1459 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.excelerate.com.au "Solution to two of the worlds greatest problems. Feed the homeless to the hungry" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software
Sorry I must not have been clear enuf. I want to store the current setup as im always tinkering and doing more damage to my box than i intended so i just wanna say, BUGGER IT, RESTORE IMAGE. So i need imaging software that i can use to image a drive over the network. - Original Message - From: Howard Lowndes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ryan McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: slug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Imaging Software If you're looking to run Xwindows on the Windows box then there are Xservers for Windows available, otherwise VNC might be what you are wanting. Howard. __ LANNet Computing Associates http://www.lannet.com.au On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Ryan McBride wrote: Does anyone know of imaging software i can use to image my linux box over the network from my windows box??? -- Ryan McBride (MCSE) Excelerate Computer Services Ryan: 0413-984-819 Adam: 0410-605-152 Fax: +612-9972-1459 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.excelerate.com.au "Solution to two of the worlds greatest problems. Feed the homeless to the hungry" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
