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. 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 ;-) Chaim 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 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
