On 1/20/07, Chaim Keren Tzion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
These next solutions aren't _over the network_, but they don't require pulling
out the HDD.
1. Connect the two machines via USB, boot the laptop with a live CD, create
the image and transfer via the USB. Should be doable on-the-fly, without
needing to store the image locally. I'm not sure if the Windows can receive
it that way, if not then cygwin should be able to.
Now this is interesting, I understand you are referring to a usb
device that has "brains" in it.
What will it emulate then a block device or a network interface+switch ?
This is cool either way, got some links / shopping tips for me ?
2. Just use an external USB storage and create the image to that with a live
CD, then dump it into the Windows machine. I'm sure there is a Gmach for
external USB drives somewhere ;-)
Oh sure, if only life were that simple. USB attached storage is great;
Care to loan me one?
Chaim
Max.
On Saturday 20 January 2007 12:45, Maxim Veksler wrote:
> Ola list,
>
> I've decided windows deserved even less space then what it has now on
> my 60GB hard disk. Before stating the actual bit shifting procedure
> I'd like to have a cloned backup of my HD.
>
> The whole story sums up to 2 things :
>
> 1. I'm backing up into a windows based storage. Meaning I can use
> either ftp, smb or specific client software that will be installed on
> the windows server (cygwin, or dedicated backup server).
>
> 2. I have a rather new network hardware, not supported by the vast
> majority of the live cds.
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Agere Systems ET-131x PCI-E Ethernet
> Controller 05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless
> 3945ABG Network Connection
>
> The current bootable OS's on the laptop are Ubuntu 6.10 & XP.
>
>
> First I've tried g4l v0.21 [1] but that completely fails to identify
> my network cards. In case you we're wondering - No, it does not
> include gcc (not to speak about kernel headers) and it runs 2.6.17.
>
> Then I gave a shot at g4u 2.3beta3 [2], here netbsd managed to
> identify my WiFi card, but gave some warning's about "Unable to load
> firmware file". I then tried to assign it the proper ssid and get the
> device into "up" which didn't work either. I might be doing something
> wrong here and would appreciate if someone could tip me on how should
> I request dhcp offer in the bsd world, it has the dhclient application
> but doing a simple dhclient ipw0 doesn't seem to do much.
>
> I am aware of the "from within" dd solution: dd if=/dev/hda bs=1k
> conv=sync,noerror | gzip -c | ssh -c blowfish [EMAIL PROTECTED] "gzip -d |
> dd of=/dev/hda bs=1k" but I wouldn't go this way because it's reading
> the actual storage while the system writes stuff - not good. Besides,
> what if I really do need to restore? I this case I still need a live
> cd that would identify my laptop's Wifi/lan device.
>
> There are those "traditional" backups : bacula, amanda & backuppc
> (apt-cache search backup for lots more). But this is a slow and boring
> process - In case of recovery I will need to install both my windows
> and linux machines to do the restore.
>
> I'd thank anyone with a creative / original idea to my situation. I
> wouldn't mind creating my own g4u cd, if someone could explain how I
> go with adding additional (linux) drivers[3] into the bsd kernel.
>
> The ultimate goal making a ghosted copy of my harddisk, _over the network_!
> AKA, without pulling the harddisk out and connecting it with a usb
> cable, hack it's 2007 after all... [4]
>
>
> Thank you,
> Maxim.
>
> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l
> [2] http://fbim.fh-regensburg.de/~feyrer/g4u/
> [3] http://sourceforge.net/projects/et131x
> [4] http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/30/2327232
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Cheers,
Maxim Veksler
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