Also, chrome os is supposed to be for this sort of usage profile, i.e. they can't change the distro, and they save everything out on the web, and it is simple to use, because it is mostly just a browser.
But I don't know how far along it is or if it would be ready for general consumption yet. James On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Todd Millecam <tyg...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 to David's suggestion--only it is very time consuming to do that. You > can save an image of a whole partition with a fresh install via dd on the > command-line in Linux. Create a backup partition, and just boot into a live > environment. Restoring an XP image with no software will take about 1-3 > hours depending on hard drive speed, but it's a dirt-simple solution. > > Say your windows partition is on /dev/sda1, then the command to backup is > dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/home/user/windows_partition > And give it two hours, then to restore it's the exact opposite: > dd if=/home/user/windows_partition of=/dev/sda1 > > dd is a direct binary copy, and has no compression or speed-saving logic > like Norton Ghost, but it does come standard with every Linux distro out > there. > > -- > Todd Millecam > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- "And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun..." (Mark 16:2) Web: http://james.jlcarroll.net
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