possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
Hello misc, I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, I need to know how I can image the disk and restore it subsequently. It has vista on, and I may need to restore vista should I subsequently need to

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
2008/11/21 dermiste [EMAIL PROTECTED]: cat(1) is the way to go. LOL. actually, dunno why I didn't see it before, but g4u seems to do what I want, sorry for the noise. -- John

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Robert
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:14:19 + John . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello misc, I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, I need to know how I can image the disk and restore it subsequently. It

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Nick Holland
John . wrote: Hello misc, I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, I need to know how I can image the disk and restore it subsequently. It has vista on, and I may need to restore vista should I

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Chris Zakelj
An even easier solution would be to just buy a new HDD, and stick the original into a static bag. Why make it harder than it needs to be? On 11/21/08, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:14:19 + John . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello misc, I want to install

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
2008/11/21 Chris Zakelj [EMAIL PROTECTED]: An even easier solution would be to just buy a new HDD, and stick the original into a static bag. Why make it harder than it needs to be? True, but this is a home system, and I'm cheap. I want that 170GB drive ;) A side issue I have found is some

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
Thanks for all your help. certainly have some good pointers there. At least I'm not now in the dark, so to speak. -- John

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Robert
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:05:58 -0500 Chris Zakelj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An even easier solution would be to just buy a new HDD, and stick the original into a static bag. Why make it harder than it needs to be? Oh my, what a question, but a valid point. To fully answer it i would have to

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:40:26 +0100, Robert wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:14:19 + John . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello misc, I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, I need to know how I