[Discuss] Knoppix to the rescue

[John Blomfield]

In case I every want to try using dd to backup a Window's partition, 
what is the syntax, i.e. the options on the command line "dd 
.............."???

Thanks
John Blomfield

Murray Strome wrote:
> pw wrote:
>> John Blomfield wrote:
>>>
>>> Another thought, why not use rsync for you backups instead of dd, it 
>>> allows you to do incrementally backups, synchronize your files and 
>>> back up over your network (assuming you have your laptop and desktop 
>>> on a home network). I think it could be a little safer and more 
>>> secure than dd.
>>
>> I think Murray is also using dd to backup his windows partition.
>> It's an elegant solution to a cross operating system problem
>> so long as your able to retain 2 or 3 historical drive images
>> just in case you happen to dd a bad one.
>>
>> Peter
>> _______________________________________________
> That is correct -- I am only using dd to backup the Windows C drives 
> and the peculiar (LINUX says it is type 27) little first partition on 
> the Windows system.  For other drives and LINUX, I can just copy the 
> files to another hard drive or to DVDs. For LINUX, I have been able to 
> recover from the rare disaster with just my home directory and /etc 
> copied. However, for a Windows C drive, the disk geometry must be 
> preserved in order for the OS to boot and run properly.  So far, I 
> have not saved any historical drive images -- I wanted to make sure 
> what I had done worked properly.  Now, I will start to keep a separate 
> copy on a different hard drive so that if something goes wrong with 
> the latest one, I will have at least one earlier one.  Maybe I will 
> even go for three different copies!  Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Murray
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at vlug.org
> http://ladybug.vlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>