On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:07, Michael Thaler wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 06:43:17PM -0000, Ross Burton wrote: > > partition, which is the strangest idea I've ever heard. What if I > > need to rescue the machine because the disk crashed? As you can > > imagine, this is a large partition (~750M) - does anyone know if it > > can be burnt onto a couple of CDs easily? Has anyone asked for > > rescue CDs from IBM? > > if it is a Fat32 partion mount it with Linux and copy it to a file > cp /dev/hdaX filename where X is the partion should do. You can tar > it, maybe it fits on a CD. The same you can just do with your Win > Partition. You can just copy it back if win crashes and will not work > anymore.
Give partimage <partimage.org> -- a PartitionMagic-like tool for unix -- a try. There are debian packages in woody IIRC. The recovery patition is probably hidden but this shouldn't be a problem for partimage. > > Greetings, > Michael Michael Nordmeyer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
