smbtar

[Gregory Nowak]

So, if I had a share that I wanted to backup //machine/c to a file backup via dd, I could then(probably through nfs with linux boot disks) connect to the server, and dd backup to the networked machine?
Greg


On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 11:57:16AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 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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