Thanks all for the replies. While I don't have an external USB drive, I do have an XP netbook. I was able to make a backup of my Vista laptop in a few minutes via Samba in Clonezilla. The process was surpringly painless and easy. It was also fast! (I believe under a half an hour or better for a 10 GB backup.) I used a crossover ethernet cable to connect the two laptops then enabled internet connection sharing on the netbook. For some reason, DCHP didn't work so I had to use static IPs.
On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:44 -0600 Les Mikesell <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you miss where I said that would work? > > Uriel Avalos wrote: > > What's with making me buy a USB drive? Last I recall, Linux and open source > > is about choice ... > > Sheesh ... let's try to stick to the topic. Digging around the docs, yes it > > seems that I can backup to my netbook via Samba... > > > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:05:37 -0600 > > Les Mikesell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Uriel Avalos wrote: > >>> Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I had considered that but it does not > >>> seem to be practical in my case. I'll probably be backing up a clean Win > >>> XP install (with programs), so I'll need what ...6GBs? A 6GB USB drive > >>> runs at $20 + shipping. $20+ vs 2 or 3 blank DVDs ... the blank DVDs win > >>> :-) > >> But a USB drive is reusable and a handy thing to keep around. Used > >> DVD's, not so much. > >> > >>> So back to my original questions... See below... > >>> > >>> Another alternative is to use networking --- copy the image to my > >>> netbook. That's possible right? The only catch is that it uses NTFS > >>> partitions *and* I encrypted the drive... still possible? > >> Yes, just share a directory where you can store images. The livecd boot > >> will give you a chance to connect to remote storage via nfs, ssh, or > >> windows file sharing. You may have to hand configure IP addresses if > >> you can't plug the systems into a DHCP-managed network, though. > >> > >> -- > >> Les Mikesell > >> [email protected] > >> > > > > > -- --Thanks! Uriel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
