----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:11 AM Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] Disk imaging software
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/28/2004 11:45:23 > AM: > > > tar and a Linux rescue disk is the no-frills recommended way to do it... > > You can, at least use just about any version of Linux rescue disk (it does > > NOT have to match the release you are running on the system), so pick a > > recent release that has the Broadcom drivers built-in. :-( > > Did I mention I need to do this across a network connection? I don't have > a local tape drive. > > I will look into this solution using an NFS mounted file system to store > the tar file one. Ah, I forgot the magic incantation... Sorry, I keep forgetting this is a bit obscure: rescue# ifconfig eth0 <blah blah blah> rescue# cd /blankdisk rescue# ftp backupserver (login) ftp> get backup.tar.gz "|tar xzpf -" Yup, you can specify a pipe as the LOCAL file name when getting or putting a file. Chris Myers Networks By Design _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
