Re[2]: [newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-19 Thread rikona
Hello Derek, Wednesday, June 18, 2003, 2:36:07 AM, you wrote: DJ I am not sure what you are trying to achieve here. I know partimage can create DJ partitions, but I was not aware it could be used to create ghost images. It's not quite 'Ghost', which can create a clone disk. I was thinking of

Re: [newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 15:27, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:38 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 19:36, Derek Jennings wrote: However if you snag yourself a copy of Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ You will get a fully bootable Linux system from CD with a

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-19 Thread Derek Jennings
OK I have taken a look at partimage. (I was confusing it with 'parted' the partition maker) It looks like it does just what you want. And it IS on knoppix. I just checked. Knoppix is really awfully good. Just stick the CD in a Windows machine and 60 seconds later it is running a 'real'

Re: [newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-19 Thread Derek Jennings
I am not sure what you are trying to achieve here. I know partimage can create partitions, but I was not aware it could be used to create ghost images. As for booting Mandrake from floppy. No However if you snag yourself a copy of Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ You will get a fully bootable

Re: [newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-18 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 19:36, Derek Jennings wrote: However if you snag yourself a copy of Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ You will get a fully bootable Linux system from CD with a large set of tools. It runs in memory and will not harm an existing Win installation. derek I dunno. I booted

Re: [newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-18 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 19 June 2003 12:38 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 19:36, Derek Jennings wrote: However if you snag yourself a copy of Knoppix http://www.knoppix.org/ You will get a fully bootable Linux system from CD with a large set of tools. It runs in memory and will not

Re: [newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-18 Thread JoeHill
On 19 Jun 2003 14:38:57 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I dunno. I booted with a Knoppix CD, opened a terminal, typed fdisk -d/dev/hda1 it it hurt the Windows installation... smartass... -- + Joe Hill + Registered Linux user #282046 + Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net + ICQ#

[newbie] Image Win partitions from linux floppy?

2003-06-17 Thread rikona
Hello, I've been snooping around to find backup/imaging solutions. Partimage supposedly can image FAT NT partitions. Would it be possible to boot Mandrake from a floppy (on a Win Machine), and use partimage to image a primary disk to a removable secondary disk? If so, my Ghost could fade into