What You'd need to do this thorough Linux is the following...
A dos boot disk,
Your linux boot disk.
Backup your windows partitions thorough linux...then on a crash...
You drop in through dos boot disk and create your partitions (fdisk the
partitions and format each of them.) Then drop in through linux and do the
linux setup. Once linux is up and running, mount the newly made dos
partition and dump from tape to it. That should get your files back....
**** DON'T EXPECT TO BOOT INTO WINDOWS 98 ****.
If 98 is anything like 95, the backup and restore of 98 probably will not
reinstall the operating system well enough that you are seemlessly back
into 98. I've found (at least with 95 and some of the older tape drives)
that the backup and restore is great for keeping your files, but not for
restoring your harddrive...you've always got to re-install your operating
system.
Douglas Wagner
-----Original Message-----
From: Avi Schwartz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 1:38 PM
To: Inspiron List
Subject: DOS card and socket services
Hi,
I have the following problem: I am backing up my i7k Win98 partition using
a
tape drive that is connected to the machine through a PCMCIA card (bus
toaster).
I would like to create a boot disk that will allow me to restore the system
in
case of a disaster without having to install Win98 first. Unfortunately,
Dell
does not supply DOS card and socket services to enable me to create this
boot
disk. Any idea how can I do it?
Another option I have, is to backup the vfat partition (the Win98
partition)
from Linux for which I have a boot disk that loads the PCMCIA drivers.
Would
such a full restore work? Would I be able to restore the system from Linux
in
such a way that Win98 will not have to be installed first?
Thanks,
Avi
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shutting down Windows
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