Instead why not buy a $40 Hard drive. Leave the one in there with the MT ROS and if you ever have an issue pop the case, switch the cable and your ready to go.
Steve Barnes RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:46 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] ROS on x86 - Backup Everything (system, config, license)? Thanks! That's what I thought - anything that would do a byte for byte copy/image of the hard drive would work. Worst case scenario is I lose the license and have to buy another. Greg On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Philip Dorr wrote: > If downtime is a option the you can boot the system of a live Linux > distro and make a DD backup of the HDD. > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Greg Ihnen <os10ru...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've googled and searched and can't find an answer to this. I posted to the >> MT forum, but I thought I'd try here too. Thanks! >> >> I would like to know if it's possible to back up the entire RouterOS >> install including the license on an x86 installation. I have a >> computer on which I was using for RouterOS but have swapped it out >> for an RB750. I want to use the computer for other things (perhaps >> Astaro or Untangle) but I don't want to lose the RouterOS license, >> and I would also like to have the computer ready to go back in >> service with RouterOS should the RB750 fail (I lost one to lightning >> before adding lightning protection). Understand I am not trying to >> pirate RouterOS or do anything which is contrary to the terms of the >> license. I just want to use the machine for something else, with the >> possibility of reverting back to RouterOS if the RB750 which replaced >> it should fail. If I didn't live in the jungle of South America I'd >> run down to Best Buy and pick up another SATA hard drive and use that >> for the other OS. But I only have one drive so I'm looking at imaging >> the drive with RouterOS on it and keep tha >> t image safe so I can use the hard drive for something else. Should this >> work? Any advice would be appreciated. >> >> Greg >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
