On 27 Nov 00, at 8:45, Tom Oehser wrote:
>
> > Is "cp -af" better than "cp -r" ?
>
> -af is the same as -dpRf, see "man cp".
I will use "-af".
> > After that I fix and repartition the first disk
> > I format the first partition using Win 98 boot floppy: format c:
> > transfer system files: sys C:
> >
> > Then I boot tomsrtbt and copy backed up Windows:
> > mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win98
> > cp -r /backups/win98/ /win98
> >
> > I am done.
> >
> > Did I miss anything? (My survival depends on it ! :) )
>
> 1st, definitely do the cp -af first, the SYS second! The SYS is the piece
> that does absolute-location sensitive stuff, and the cp could overwrite
> the file in another place!
>
> 2nd, if your survival depends on it, definitely ALSO have a 'dd' backup of
> the volume. I have done this several times to Windows system disks with
> no problems, but if your system turns to taffy I will only be able to say,
> "huh, that's interesting, it didn't go that way for me...."
I will do dd to a file then also.
Marcin Mankowski wrote:
I put similar question on microsoft.public.win98.setup
and I was told that this will not work because of "hard coded partition
references"
So if I run sys after the restoring, will those "references" will be fixed?
>> Can I format a partition and copy backed up Windows 98 with
>> all other directories and files? Will Windows work?
>>
>> Can Windows 98 be backed up and restored?
>> Does anyone know the answer?
>>
>> (I need to move my Windows stuff to the first partition
>> after violent death of my System Commandor, I can use
>> Linux to mount existing Win 98 as vfat and use tar)
>>
>> Marcin Mankowski
>You can back up and restore a Windows 98 partition, but there are lots
>of hard coded partition references. If you move it, these will be
>broken.
Marcin Mankowski
