Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Mick wrote: On 05/05/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What model? You throw OpenWRT on it, if possible, and then all your documentation is then online. :) FWIW, Most linksys models automatically (layer-3) bridge 802.11a/b/g and all wired connections exception for the 'WAN' port, so you should be able to see each other unless on is using the WAN (but then your Internet would probably be having problems, too.) Very interesting! Will it work with netgear routers? The OpenWRT page has an extensive list of supported hardware. Alexander Skwar -- I just ate a whole package of Sweet Tarts and a can of Coke. I think I saw God. -- B. Hathrume Duk -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
OpenWRT on Netgear (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-()
On Friday 05 May 2006 18:05, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Waay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to
ask. :-(':
On 05/05/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What model? You throw OpenWRT on it, if possible, and then all your
documentation is then online. :) FWIW, Most linksys models
automatically (layer-3) bridge 802.11a/b/g and all wired connections
exception for the 'WAN' port, so you should be able to see each other
unless on is using the WAN (but then your Internet would probably be
having problems, too.)
Very interesting! Will it work with netgear routers?
Some, to various degrees:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware
http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware
I've never tried it because I only own a old Linksys WRT54G.
--
If there's one thing we've established over the years,
it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest
clue what's best for them in terms of package stability.
-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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Re: OpenWRT on Netgear (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-()
On 06/05/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very interesting! Will it work with netgear routers? Some, to various degrees: http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware Thanks, I've had a look and it seems to be work-in-progress. When it becomes stable I may have a go. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: OpenWRT on Netgear (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-()
On Saturday 06 May 2006 05:20, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: OpenWRT on Netgear (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Waay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-()': Thanks, I've had a look and it seems to be work-in-progress. When it becomes stable I may have a go. The project is a Work In Progress only as much as Linux is a work is progres: there's active development. WhiteRussian (the latest release) is stable as a rock and has a lot of features. Now, the Netgear support might not be ready yet. Maybe that's just a feature they they have planned for the next release (not sure if the Kamikaze name is like Sid in Debian [always the name of UNSTABLE] or not...). Of course, you can always try Kamakaze. I've gotten it to build cleanly a number of times, but never had the drive to flash it on my WRT it. -- If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability. -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh pgpDXjHF1imHs.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OpenWRT on Netgear (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-()
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 10:20:00AM +, Mick wrote: Thanks, I've had a look and it seems to be work-in-progress. When it becomes stable I may have a go. I've been running White Russian RC3 for 9 months - zero problems. -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky pgpwU1Pcojpk2.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Ryan Tandy wrote: I haven't used Home myself, so I don't know if they're there too. At least ping and traceroute (tracert) are there as well. I think nslookup might be there as well. Alexander Skwar -- People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Alexander Skwar wrote: Ryan Tandy wrote: I haven't used Home myself, so I don't know if they're there too. At least ping and traceroute (tracert) are there as well. I think nslookup might be there as well. Alexander Skwar This is the home edition and ping was not there before. I just reinstalled it, it crashed, I may give it another go. Maybe this install has it. Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On 05/05/06, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the home edition and ping was not there before. I just reinstalled it, it crashed, I may give it another go. Maybe this install has it. The home edition also has the ping command. Bring up the c: prompt and ping your Linux box address. Also, netstat -ano will show you which ip addresses your windoze box is connected to. On the other hand, why does it crash? Are you sure it is an OS problem and not a hardware problem? These days a properly configured and patched Windoze box should be pretty stable. PS. Block 135-139, 445 and 3389 ports to/from the Internet at the LAN periphery. Otherwise, your box could get backdoored before you even had a chance to run any M$Windoze updates. ;-) -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Mick wrote: On 05/05/06, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the home edition and ping was not there before. I just reinstalled it, it crashed, I may give it another go. Maybe this install has it. The home edition also has the ping command. Bring up the c: prompt and ping your Linux box address. Also, netstat -ano will show you which ip addresses your windoze box is connected to. That was where I went and it said it was not there on the old install. I'll try later on the new install. Maybe, just maybe it will be there. On the other hand, why does it crash? Are you sure it is an OS problem and not a hardware problem? These days a properly configured and patched Windoze box should be pretty stable. It had a bug, she tried to fix it and deleted something. Boat anchor after that. O_O PS. Block 135-139, 445 and 3389 ports to/from the Internet at the LAN periphery. Otherwise, your box could get backdoored before you even had a chance to run any M$Windoze updates. ;-) -- Regards, Mick I think most if not all my problem is the Linksys router. I don't think I have it set up to let the two systems connect to each other. I'm not sure where to even start either. She lost the book to the thing. I did trial and error to get the internet working. sighs Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On 05/05/06, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think most if not all my problem is the Linksys router. I don't think I have it set up to let the two systems connect to each other. I'm not sure where to even start either. She lost the book to the thing. I did trial and error to get the internet working. sighs Hmm, I know the feeling! :-)) I guess you could try the Linksys website for a pdf or online manual? I'm afraid I haven't ever used linksys to be able to help you. Good luck. :-) -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On Friday 05 May 2006 14:23, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Waay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to
ask. :-(':
I think most if not all my problem is the Linksys router. I don't think
I have it set up to let the two systems connect to each other. I'm not
sure where to even start either. She lost the book to the thing. I did
trial and error to get the internet working.
What model? You throw OpenWRT on it, if possible, and then all your
documentation is then online. :) FWIW, Most linksys models automatically
(layer-3) bridge 802.11a/b/g and all wired connections exception for
the 'WAN' port, so you should be able to see each other unless on is using
the WAN (but then your Internet would probably be having problems, too.)
--
If there's one thing we've established over the years,
it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest
clue what's best for them in terms of package stability.
-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On 05/05/06, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What model? You throw OpenWRT on it, if possible, and then all your documentation is then online. :) FWIW, Most linksys models automatically (layer-3) bridge 802.11a/b/g and all wired connections exception for the 'WAN' port, so you should be able to see each other unless on is using the WAN (but then your Internet would probably be having problems, too.) Very interesting! Will it work with netgear routers? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Teresa and Dale wrote: It had a bug, she tried to fix it and deleted something. Boat anchor after that. O_O Hence the concept of not running as root... ;) (and yes, it can apply to non-UNIX systems too) PS. Block 135-139, 445 and 3389 ports to/from the Internet at the LAN periphery. Otherwise, your box could get backdoored before you even had a chance to run any M$Windoze updates. ;-) Amen. It's happened to me. I think most if not all my problem is the Linksys router. I don't think I have it set up to let the two systems connect to each other. I'm not sure where to even start either. She lost the book to the thing. I did trial and error to get the internet working. The little reset button on the back of the router may just be your best friend round about now. Hold it in with a pen or something for about 5 seconds, until it reboots itself. The default settings for the router (disclaimer: all Linksys routers I'm familiar with) make it get its external address from DHCP, assign all internal addresses via the same, permit all internal-internal and internal-external connections, and refuse all external-internal connections. In any case, Google is your friend... http://dotancohen.com/howto/linksyssetup/index.php and you can Google your specific model for even better results. sighs Dale :-) Chin up, the worst is yet to come! ;) And anyway, a Gentoo router a Linksys one any day. :D -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On Wednesday 03 May 2006 07:58 pm, Teresa and Dale wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Set up a Samba server... hmm... KDE Control Centre has a excellent interface for that. Very easy. In a related story... The first time I used Samba to do some network transfers I spent ten minutes checking file intergrity. It went so darn fast... I was sure something was wrong. No, it's just that windoze networking is so darn slow! It's now a pain to do anything windoze-to-windoze! Linux and Samba is so much faster! I tried the KDE setup but still no go. I think I need to change something in the Linksys router, I'm not sure what though. I think it is working on the Linux end. I can ping the windoze box from my Linux box but I don't know how to do anything on the windoze side. Pointers?? Windows XP? My Computer My Network Places or something like that. I swear, Windows has been so inconsistent over the years! I loved how networking was organized in 98SE, but in XP the only way to find the network neighbourhood area is through a back door in the network settings whatever... it's insane. Clueless. Almost as clueless here. pgpaItQnGVI0O.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 03 May 2006 07:58 pm, Teresa and Dale wrote: I can ping the windoze box from my Linux box but I don't know how to do anything on the windoze side. Pointers?? XP Home or Pro? XP Professional, if you open up a Command Prompt (DOS box), has a number of the networking commands (ping, nslookup) that you're familiar with, although their invocation options are slightly different. I haven't used Home myself, so I don't know if they're there too. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On 02/05/06, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mick wrote: They're both free and should do the job you want. Personally, I use Knoppix and partimage, but there are other linux tools (down to the relatively basic dd command) which should do the trick on a VFAT partition. Crap, I forgot and used NTFS on the thing. sighs I wonder if the newer kernel will write safely yet Sorry, I didn't explain it appropriately. Partimage works fine (after a you thoroughly defragment an NTFS partition) and will create a nice compressed or uncompressed OS image file which can be saved: 1) on CD's/DVD; 2) on another computer over the network; 3) on another partition on the same machine - the latter cannot be NTFS. So, you should have no problem trying it out. After you defragment your NTFS partition, use gparted (it also comes on LiveCD) to shrink it and create a new VFAT, ext2, etc. partition on the same disk to save the image in. Of course, if the disk decides to pack up . . . you better have those duplicate CD's handy! ;-) Note: Should you decide to use a VFAT partition beware of its maximum file size limit. Use the Partimage slicing feature to save the image into smaller multiple files. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Dale, I believe that the kernels have been able to write to NTFS safely for some time, now. In fact, as I recall from the last time that I built that functionality into my own kernel, menuconfig said that there were never any reported problems with the same code that has been in place since 2.4. Since there were no reported problems, the code was assumed stable. In short: it's always been able to write safely. Disclaimer: IANALKHG I am not a linux kernel hacker guru Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Kris On Tuesday 02 May 2006 17:01, Teresa and Dale wrote: Mick wrote: First defragment her OS partition a couple of times (and reboot in between for good measure ;-). Then you can use a Knoppix or other Linux LiveCD on her machine, run partimage and save an image of her OS partition on one of your boxen over the LAN. If you don't want to take up too much of your valuable disk space you can of course compress the image. If you rather save it on CD's/DVD's partimage can split the image down to smaller file sizes. You can of course also save it on a new partition on her box. http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page Another tool which you can use from within Windoze is Bart's PE and DriveImage XML (a plugin you can build into Bart's PE LiveCD). http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm They're both free and should do the job you want. Personally, I use Knoppix and partimage, but there are other linux tools (down to the relatively basic dd command) which should do the trick on a VFAT partition. Crap, I forgot and used NTFS on the thing. sighs I wonder if the newer kernel will write safely yet Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Kris Kerwin wrote: Dale, I believe that the kernels have been able to write to NTFS safely for some time, now. In fact, as I recall from the last time that I built that functionality into my own kernel, menuconfig said that there were never any reported problems with the same code that has been in place since 2.4. Since there were no reported problems, the code was assumed stable. In short: it's always been able to write safely. Disclaimer: IANALKHG I am not a linux kernel hacker guru Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Kris Thanks for that info. I have this kernel version installed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # uname -a Linux smoker 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 #2 PREEMPT Tue Dec 27 04:46:01 CST 2005 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] / I'll upgrade eventually. I have read where people had trouble but they never say what kernel version they are using so it's hard to tell if it applies now or not. I thought it best to err on the side of caution. Now I know it's OK and I may just try it with a few files to see what happens. I just wish I could put Linux on the stupid thing and be done with it. We spent almost $200.00 on that stupid windoze install. Thanks for the info. Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On Tuesday 02 May 2006 02:18 pm, Teresa and Dale wrote: Hi, OK, here's my deal. My girlfriend wants to use windoze, yes it has already died from a bug and it took a while to get it all back to working, again. This is what I want to do to make it easy when this happens again, this is windoze so it will happen, likely sooner rather than later too. I just make sure I don't do anything important on Windoze. Then if it dies... oh well, worse things can happen at sea. I want to be able to back her drive up to a CD, the whole thing even if it takes a few CDs. When it dies again, I want to be able to put in the first CD and it boot and reinstall everything from there with little interaction from me. Is there such a creature? Please tell me it is free. I'm used to Linux remember. IBM/Lenovo has this neat little Rapid Restore thing which does exactly that. I'm not sure it'll work on a non-IBM machine, but it's worth a try. I can't believe I let her spend almost $200.00 on that crappie OS. hangs head in shame She a great person in all other respects though. I just have to keep working on this area. Not everyone is a computer junkie ; ) Oh, I'm still looking for help with samba share so I can copy her documents and such to my rig, since mine seems to always work. :D Again, sorry to ask a windoze question here but it's not like I ask anywhere else. Set up a Samba server... hmm... KDE Control Centre has a excellent interface for that. Very easy. In a related story... The first time I used Samba to do some network transfers I spent ten minutes checking file intergrity. It went so darn fast... I was sure something was wrong. No, it's just that windoze networking is so darn slow! It's now a pain to do anything windoze-to-windoze! Linux and Samba is so much faster! pgpm1Ch0c3GSk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Set up a Samba server... hmm... KDE Control Centre has a excellent interface for that. Very easy. In a related story... The first time I used Samba to do some network transfers I spent ten minutes checking file intergrity. It went so darn fast... I was sure something was wrong. No, it's just that windoze networking is so darn slow! It's now a pain to do anything windoze-to-windoze! Linux and Samba is so much faster! I tried the KDE setup but still no go. I think I need to change something in the Linksys router, I'm not sure what though. I think it is working on the Linux end. I can ping the windoze box from my Linux box but I don't know how to do anything on the windoze side. Pointers?? Clueless. Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Hi, OK, here's my deal. My girlfriend wants to use windoze, yes it has already died from a bug and it took a while to get it all back to working, again. This is what I want to do to make it easy when this happens again, this is windoze so it will happen, likely sooner rather than later too. I want to be able to back her drive up to a CD, the whole thing even if it takes a few CDs. When it dies again, I want to be able to put in the first CD and it boot and reinstall everything from there with little interaction from me. Is there such a creature? Please tell me it is free. I'm used to Linux remember. I can't believe I let her spend almost $200.00 on that crappie OS. hangs head in shame She a great person in all other respects though. I just have to keep working on this area. Thanks Dale :-) Oh, I'm still looking for help with samba share so I can copy her documents and such to my rig, since mine seems to always work. :D Again, sorry to ask a windoze question here but it's not like I ask anywhere else. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On 5/2/06, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, OK, here's my deal. My girlfriend wants to use windoze, yes it has already died from a bug and it took a while to get it all back to working, again. This is what I want to do to make it easy when this happens again, this is windoze so it will happen, likely sooner rather than later too. I want to be able to back her drive up to a CD, the whole thing even if it takes a few CDs. When it dies again, I want to be able to put in the first CD and it boot and reinstall everything from there with little interaction from me. Is there such a creature? Please tell me it is free. I'm used to Linux remember. I can't believe I let her spend almost $200.00 on that crappie OS. hangs head in shame She a great person in all other respects though. I just have to keep working on this area. Thanks Dale :-) There is g4l (Ghost For Linux), it is still under work I believe, but it is a great tool, if you never used Ghost (from Symantec) then you're not familiar with Windows (lol). It can backup your disk/partitions and create image files that can be restored later. It has good compression and I have an image for each Windows Machine here at work. A whole install with Office and everything goes about 3 CDs. http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/ -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Partimage works pretty well although not exactly as you described. It requires a linux server to serve the images I believe. There may be a way to use a livecd of some sort to do it locally as you described.Otherwise the not free/opensource solution is Norton Ghost. --DavidOn 5/2/06, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,OK, here's my deal.My girlfriend wants to use windoze, yes it hasalready died from a bug and it took a while to get it all back toworking, again.This is what I want to do to make it easy when this happens again, this is windoze so it will happen, likely sooner ratherthan later too.I want to be able to back her drive up to a CD, the whole thing even ifit takes a few CDs.When it dies again, I want to be able to put in the first CD and it boot and reinstall everything from there with littleinteraction from me.Is there such a creature?Please tell me it is free.I'm used to Linuxremember.I can't believe I let her spend almost $200.00 on that crappie OS. hangs head in shame She a great person in all other respects though.I just have to keep working on this area.ThanksDale:-)Oh, I'm still looking for help with samba share so I can copy her documents and such to my rig, since mine seems to always work.:DAgain, sorry to ask a windoze question here but it's not like I askanywhere else.--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On Tuesday 02 May 2006 23.18, Teresa and Dale wrote: Hi, OK, here's my deal. My girlfriend wants to use windoze, yes it has already died from a bug and it took a while to get it all back to working, again. This is what I want to do to make it easy when this happens again, this is windoze so it will happen, likely sooner rather than later too. I want to be able to back her drive up to a CD, the whole thing even if it takes a few CDs. When it dies again, I want to be able to put in the first CD and it boot and reinstall everything from there with little interaction from me. Is there such a creature? Please tell me it is free. I'm used to Linux remember. I can't believe I let her spend almost $200.00 on that crappie OS. hangs head in shame She a great person in all other respects though. I just have to keep working on this area. Thanks Dale I've done that on Laptops (you know, those thingies that come with crap pre-installed) in order to put that back if I sell them later... I know if two ways that (might) work: a) dd - you might have to shrink the partition first or try 7zip to make it smaller later. You'll also need a pertition to store the file. I would do it from some live distro (Mepis or Knoppix or so). You can then put it back the other way round, but you may have to reinstall Windows first to gat a working mbr. b) Paragon Partition Manager. It is _not_ free unfortunately but it's good value for money. Get the CD iso image (the fools distribute it as an *.exe file!), burn it and boot. Amongst other things it will let you resize the partition (if required) and backup/archive it, if you want directly on CD or DVD. Note the software runs on a linux boot cd. As I said, it's not free ($50) - but you can get a free demo here: http://www.partition-manager.com/ and test it. Might save your ass some day. -- Stupidity is like a fractal; universal and infinitely repetitive. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Daniel da Veiga wrote: On 5/2/06, Teresa and Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, OK, here's my deal. My girlfriend wants to use windoze, yes it has already died from a bug and it took a while to get it all back to working, again. This is what I want to do to make it easy when this happens again, this is windoze so it will happen, likely sooner rather than later too. I want to be able to back her drive up to a CD, the whole thing even if it takes a few CDs. When it dies again, I want to be able to put in the first CD and it boot and reinstall everything from there with little interaction from me. Is there such a creature? Please tell me it is free. I'm used to Linux remember. I can't believe I let her spend almost $200.00 on that crappie OS. hangs head in shame She a great person in all other respects though. I just have to keep working on this area. Thanks Dale :-) There is g4l (Ghost For Linux), it is still under work I believe, but it is a great tool, if you never used Ghost (from Symantec) then you're not familiar with Windows (lol). It can backup your disk/partitions and create image files that can be restored later. It has good compression and I have an image for each Windows Machine here at work. A whole install with Office and everything goes about 3 CDs. http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/ -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- I have heard of Ghost before. I saw it on The Screen Savers show a few times. You are right, I hate windoze. I can install it and set up some stuff but I like to run after that. I would rather go to a dentist than mess with windoze. I make a exception for my brother and my Sweetie. May have to check on that. Thanks Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Thierry de Coulon wrote: I've done that on Laptops (you know, those thingies that come with crap pre-installed) in order to put that back if I sell them later... I got you there. ;-) I know if two ways that (might) work: a) dd - you might have to shrink the partition first or try 7zip to make it smaller later. You'll also need a pertition to store the file. I would do it from some live distro (Mepis or Knoppix or so). You can then put it back the other way round, but you may have to reinstall Windows first to gat a working mbr. b) Paragon Partition Manager. It is _not_ free unfortunately but it's good value for money. Get the CD iso image (the fools distribute it as an *.exe file!), burn it and boot. Amongst other things it will let you resize the partition (if required) and backup/archive it, if you want directly on CD or DVD. Note the software runs on a linux boot cd. As I said, it's not free ($50) - but you can get a free demo here: http://www.partition-manager.com/ and test it. Might save your ass some day. That dd thing always scared me for some reason. Plan b sounds neat. I need to add that to the to check list. Thanks Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On Tuesday 02 May 2006 21:18, Teresa and Dale wrote: I want to be able to back her drive up to a CD, the whole thing even if it takes a few CDs. When it dies again, I want to be able to put in the first CD and it boot and reinstall everything from there with little interaction from me. Is there such a creature? Please tell me it is free. I'm used to Linux remember. First defragment her OS partition a couple of times (and reboot in between for good measure ;-). Then you can use a Knoppix or other Linux LiveCD on her machine, run partimage and save an image of her OS partition on one of your boxen over the LAN. If you don't want to take up too much of your valuable disk space you can of course compress the image. If you rather save it on CD's/DVD's partimage can split the image down to smaller file sizes. You can of course also save it on a new partition on her box. http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page Another tool which you can use from within Windoze is Bart's PE and DriveImage XML (a plugin you can build into Bart's PE LiveCD). http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm They're both free and should do the job you want. Personally, I use Knoppix and partimage, but there are other linux tools (down to the relatively basic dd command) which should do the trick on a VFAT partition. -- Regards, Mick pgpXeFrEcpk2Y.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
On Tuesday 02 May 2006 4:42 pm, David Miller wrote: Partimage works pretty well although not exactly as you described. It requires a linux server to serve the images I believe. There may be a way to use a livecd of some sort to do it locally as you described. http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page You can mount a local partition (other then the one you're backing up), save image to disk (you can specify file size limit) and burn later. -jm -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Waaaaaay [OT] Windoze back-up. Sorry to ask. :-(
Mick wrote: First defragment her OS partition a couple of times (and reboot in between for good measure ;-). Then you can use a Knoppix or other Linux LiveCD on her machine, run partimage and save an image of her OS partition on one of your boxen over the LAN. If you don't want to take up too much of your valuable disk space you can of course compress the image. If you rather save it on CD's/DVD's partimage can split the image down to smaller file sizes. You can of course also save it on a new partition on her box. http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page Another tool which you can use from within Windoze is Bart's PE and DriveImage XML (a plugin you can build into Bart's PE LiveCD). http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm They're both free and should do the job you want. Personally, I use Knoppix and partimage, but there are other linux tools (down to the relatively basic dd command) which should do the trick on a VFAT partition. Crap, I forgot and used NTFS on the thing. sighs I wonder if the newer kernel will write safely yet Dale :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
