> > dd if=/dev/hda2 bs=8M | gzip -c > /home/backups/winxp.image.gz >
If you are going to compress it it might be a good idea to zero out unused space on the partition: dd if=/dev/zero of=delete_me;sync;rm delete_me Personally I prefer to use partimage from sysrescuecd. Ciao Baal -- The conquering penguin of the tribe of UNIX... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
