Subject: Re: backup up, ghosting a Winxp machine
jonr@destar.net
Date: Fri Oct 03 2003 - 10:29:45 AKDT
>
> So perhaps it is beyond normal methods to be able to back up XP
> computers without using some kind of action on the computer itself, or,
> in other words, just from a linux server.
>
> Thanks, Jim
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: backup up, ghosting a Winxp machine
>> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:33:28 -0800
>> From: Matthew Schumacher
>> To: aklug@aklug.org
>> References: <3F7CD401.3010707@gci.net>
>>
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>>
>> Try looking at www.partimage.org.
>>
>> It is an open source partition cloning tool like ghost.
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>> James Dory wrote:
>>
>>> I've been googling and looking through the archives trying to see if
>>> I can backup quickly a Windows XP pro machine using something like
>>> dd.
>>>
>>> I've tried:
>>>
>>> dd if=//10.10.10.1/C$ | gzip > /tmp/win-backup
>>>
>>> and I get a file or directory not found. I tried
>>> smbclient -L 10.10.10.1
>>> and I get Sharenames like
>>> IPC$
>>> print$
>>> ADMIN$
>>> C$
>>> and a few others, hence the C$ above.
>>>
>>> I'm not knowing what I'm doing here much, just trying to backup a
>>> couple machines once.
>>> Maybe someone has a better idea. It would be best to somehow copy
>>> direct to CDR. This is
>>> over a lan, a couple routers.
>>>
>>> I don't know have direct access to the windows boxes but do have the
>>> admin passwords and other
>>> user passwords.
>>>
>>> Just can't learn this stuff quick enough.
>>>
>>> cheers, Jim
>>>
>>>
Jim, you could always mount the XP box on one of your linux boxen and back
it up that way. Or you could install partimage and make a bootcd and back
it up over the network to your server.
Jon
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