From: Jef (jknoors@zonnet.nl)
Date: Sat Sep 09 2000 - 22:47:20 CEST
On 9 Sep 2000, at 0:08, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I may be a little late:
>
> > I have a very simple question. I have to make a copy of a complete hard
> > disk. My question: Can I do this using
> > dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/network/file.hda
> > and does this file contain all information about partitions, boot sector,
> > and so on?
>
> I do exactly that every time I need to change something inside Windows. I
> had the feeling it was the only way to make really really sure Windows
> wouldn't notice.
>
> Go ahead. It will work fine.
>
> Mark
>
I remember that someone donated a script to do this kind of
backup, including a progress indicator. I've put it on the muSamba
disk. The authors name is in the script, the script is in /bin and is
called: backup or pbackup.
Jef
>
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