On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 07:41:32PM +0200, sara fink wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 11:58:48PM +0200, sara fink wrote: > > > > I want to boot a livecd, and use dd to create image of asus eee 901 > which > > > > has 2 partitions of ntfs (in total 12gb). > > > > > > Why would that require ntfs support? > > > > > > The laptop came with windows xp home. I want to backup all the stuff > > (drivers specific to this asus eee) before I connect the laptop to the > > internet. > > The partitions are ntfs and the backup hd is also ntfs. > > I tried some livecd distributions and they didnt come with ntfs support. > > > > > > > > > > > > > And even if you did want to mount that partition, you could easily > > > include the ntfs module in the initrd. On a Debian system you can force > > > including a module in the initrd by adding it to > > > /etc/initramfs-tools/modules . > > > > > > But this is if I install the distribution? I just want to boot from > livecd, > > dd to iso and burn the iso. Will install first of all, a normal windows > > system and after windows will finish the duties, will wipe it and install > > linux. > > dd does not require ntfs drivers in the kernel. It is just a simple > image of the partition. I tried yesterday with a distribution that didn't have ntfs enabled in the kernel not as module or built in, and the external hd (ntfs) that I wanted for backup, wasn't recognized. > > > And even if you did want to mount them, modular NTFS support would have > been fine, as you only need to read from the partition after the system > has booted. what do u mean by modular? > > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is > http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best > ICQ# 16849754 | | friend > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
