Accessible image backup and restore program?

[Tony Baechler]

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I'll answer your other questions first.  Yes, if there is an internal
sound card, Linux will try to use it first.  I can say for sure that there
is code in Debian to specifically prioritize internal sound cards in the
ALSA configuration.  I found this out from experience when setting up my
server with no onboard sound.  It will always put USB sound devices as
secondary.  I know this because I bought a really cheap USB sound card,
thanks to a recommendation on this list.  Yes, it works great in Linux and
nicely fits into a USB port.

As others have pointed out, you would have to use some live CD for
booting.  You can still use Image for Linux to backup and restore.  You
have a couple of options.  The first is to copy imagel with your
registration to a USB flash drive or somewhere on the network.  The second
is to make a custom boot CD with them included.  Just boot the CD as
normal.  After it boots and you have speech, either plug in your flash
drive or copy imagel from the network and run it.  It should work fine and
still let you backup and restore with speech.

On 5/26/2013 10:13 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:
> A bit off-topic here, but somewhat related to Linux.
> 
> For several years, I've been using Image for Windows/Linux as my
> Windows backup/restore solution. I liked it because, in case of total
> boot drive failure where the system was completely unbootable, I could
> boot up Image for Linux which includes Speakup, use my DECtalk Express,
> and restore. Now, though, I've upgraded to Windows 7, and my computer
> has exactly zero serial ports. So I can't use my old boot CD any more,
> unless it would work with a USB to serial convertor.
> 
> What do you recommend for a bootable, accessible backup and restore 
> solution? Does whatever you recommend use software speech? I don't
> assume anyone's come up with an accessible bootable Windows CD? Does
> such a bootable CD work with USB sound devices? Also, in all our
> computers, there's an internal sound card we're not actively using in
> Windows. Would any Linux CD try to use that first? Thanks for any
> thoughts! Jayson
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