RE: [cygwin] Re: Is a disk image created within dd "safe"?

2015-09-02 Thread Jason Pyeron
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Blake > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 6:06 PM > > On 09/02/2015 03:57 PM, Clint Olsen wrote: > > > I'm also interested in generating images to preserve the > entire disk. > > What I'm wondering is whether doing this on a live system through > > Cy

Re: [cygwin] Re: Is a disk image created within dd "safe"?

2015-09-02 Thread Eric Blake
On 09/02/2015 04:23 PM, Jason Pyeron wrote: >> There are various solutions that CAN capture an accurate >> point-in-time disk snapshot. > > For cygwin/Windows use the Volume Shadow Service (VSS). I have used (XP) > cygwin dd and rsync to take (clone) images from the VSS managed drive. What's

RE: [cygwin] Re: Is a disk image created within dd "safe"?

2015-09-03 Thread Lemke, Michael ST/HZA-ZIC2
On Thursday, September 03, 2015 12:23 AM Jason Pyeron wrote: > >> -Original Message- >> From: Eric Blake >> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 6:06 PM >> >> On 09/02/2015 03:57 PM, Clint Olsen wrote: >> >> > I'm also interested in generating images to preserve the >> entire disk. >> > W