smbtar

[Janina Sajka]

I don't know anything about using SMB tools for backing Windows up. I do 
know, from experience, that using dd to write an image of the Windows 
partition works excellently well. So, if you could build yourself a 
floppy, or a CD ROM, that booted linux with speakup and net drivers, I 
don't see why you couldn't restore a Windows machine over the net, or from 
some locally attached media.

My experience using dd this way is mostly on my portable Thinkpad, where I 
keep a Windows installation in /dev/hda3. Whenever I install something on 
that partition that mucks up the Windows, I don't muss and I don't fuss. I 
just go back to linux and dd the former, pre-troublesome Windows 
installation back to /dev/hda3. Works like a charm, and it works fast. My 
restores are about 10 minutes on just over 2 gB.



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				Janina Sajka, Director
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