I have done it with no problem. dd is filesystem independent, so quite secure. I did it compressing and splitting (to fit on CD's): dd if=/dev/hda1 of=windows_c.raw (no compression) dd if=/dev/hda1 | bzip2 -k > windows_c.raw.bz2 (compressed)
I have not done it with tar, but I do have with cpio: find <directory> -xdev | cpio -o -H crc | bzip2 -9 -k > windows_c.cpio.bz2 (backing up) bunzip2 -kc windows_c.cpio.bz2 | cpio -itv (to list and check files backed up) bunzip2 -kc windows_c.cpio.bz2 | cpio -idmu (to restore to original disk) bunzip2 -kc windows_c.cpio.bz2 | cpio -idmu --no-absolute-filenames (to restore to current directory) That's all. Good luck. El vie, 01-08-2003 a las 04:04, Brian Schroeder escribi�: > I have Win2k, using both fat and ntfs partitions, on my system - of > which the main OS is mdk9.1. > > It seems to me that I should be able to get a perfectly valid, complete > and fully restorable backup of my windows environment simply by using > dd or tar from linux. > > Has anyone had any experience doing this? > Is the state of the NTFS driver up to it? > Is there anything I am missing with this scenario? > > Brian. > > _________________________________________________________________ > ninemsn Extra Storage is now available. Get larger attachments - > send/receive up to 3MB attachments (up to three times more per e-mail). > Click here http://join.msn.com/ > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia / \ Spain \ / |__ __| \/
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