[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Q. Is there a way to use a program like "Norton Ghost" to backup you current >> working system so if you are stupid like me and FUBAR your system you can >> bring it back before the WAF drops to the point hat she starts to make you >> sit there and program the video (what is one of those?) so she doesn't miss >> here shows !!! >> A . ???? > > I think you need to upgrade to WIFE v2.1. It contains less bugs, doesn't nag > you nearly as much, and can even do the dishes! However, doing that will > force you to upgrade to SON v1.13, which has been know to cause troubles. > > Anyhow, regardless of all of that, recent versions of Ghost do support ext2 > and ext3 file systems, but not other (now, mainsteram) Linux file systems. > Nevertheless, I think you can always perform a block-by-block copy of a hard > disk, but your image will be the same size as the drive. dd can do this for > you.
There is a program that I use called partimage that will backup only the partition. It doesn't backup empty blocks like dd does, only those with data on them. Jon _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
