Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:40:26 +0100, Robert wrote: >On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:14:19 + >"John ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello misc, >> >> I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd >> turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, >> I need

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Robert
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:05:58 -0500 "Chris Zakelj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An even easier solution would be to just buy a new HDD, and stick the > original into a static bag. Why make it harder than it needs to be? Oh my, what a question, but a valid point. To fully answer it i would have t

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
Thanks for all your help. certainly have some good pointers there. At least I'm not now in the dark, so to speak. -- John

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
2008/11/21 Chris Zakelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > An even easier solution would be to just buy a new HDD, and stick the > original into a static bag. Why make it harder than it needs to be? True, but this is a home system, and I'm cheap. I want that 170GB drive ;) A side issue I have found is some

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Chris Zakelj
An even easier solution would be to just buy a new HDD, and stick the original into a static bag. Why make it harder than it needs to be? On 11/21/08, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:14:19 + > "John ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello misc, >> >> I want to inst

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Nick Holland
John . wrote: Hello misc, I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, I need to know how I can image the disk and restore it subsequently. It has vista on, and I may need to restore vista should I subse

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread Robert
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:14:19 + "John ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello misc, > > I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd > turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, > I need to know how I can image the disk and restore it subsequentl

Re: possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
> 2008/11/21 dermiste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > cat(1) is the way to go. LOL. actually, dunno why I didn't see it before, but g4u seems to do what I want, sorry for the noise. -- John

possibly generic disk copy and restore question

2008-11-21 Thread John .
Hello misc, I want to install OpenBSD/amd64 on my laptop (a recent Toshiba amd turon with 3GB RAM) and ONLY have OpenBSD on it, but before I do this, I need to know how I can image the disk and restore it subsequently. It has vista on, and I may need to restore vista should I subsequently need to