-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brian Schroeder wanted us to know:
>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. >Is the state of the NTFS driver up to it? >Is there anything I am missing with this scenario? Slightly. If you're using dd, it doesn't matter what the filesystem is. That being said, as long as you can access the partition directly with something like 'dd if=/dev/hda2 of=backup.img' then yes, it will work fine. Blue skies... Todd - -- Most traditional Pee-Cee user groups, I've noticed, function mainly as commiseration societies for people who've bought lousy hardware, are struggling and wasting time trying to deal with it, and want to exchange coping-strategy tips with others in the same boat. -- Rick Moen Linux kernel 2.4.19-24mdk 6 users, load average: 1.32, 1.23, 0.61 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/LKA0IBT1264ScBURAq1AAKCvZSQ8+yDRSoj6R5SnoUYhhKSyRwCdETqM BOfsmiY25hsXW2sKHpSEnvE= =0UfI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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