Backup software for Windows partitions on multi-boot system?
Hi! I have a laptop computer set up to multi-boot Win2k, WinME and SuSE Linux (7.3, currently). My hard drive is going south and I'd like to make full backups of the Windows partitions (3, all FAT32) to tape before I RMA the drive for repair. I have a DDS-3 tape drive attached to a server system running Solaris 7 which works just fine for my Linux backups. However, being quite new to Windows, I haven't the foggiest how I can back it up using that tape drive. So far, I've only done disk-to-disk partial backups of my Windows stuff. Is it possible (or desireable) to do the backups from Linux, or will I need a Windows program to do it? I'd prefer to do it from Linux since I have much more UN*X/Linux experience (approx 18 years, primarily SunOS/Solaris) than Windows experience (approx 18 months). My concern is that doing the backups via tar or equiv thru the VFAT fs will not preserve all the Windows file attributes for restoration onto the repaired disk drive. Any help will be appreciated! All you sysadmin types out there, any ideas? BTW, for reference, this laptop is the very first Linux (or Windows) capable computer I've ever owned! I bought it approx 1.5 years ago and have been running SuSE Linux releases since I bought it (7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3) and have been very pleased with SuSE and am looking forward to trying out 8.0. BTW, this list rocks! Thanks! Phil -- Philip Amadeo Saeli SuSE Linux 7.3 psaeli@zorodyne.com
Philip Amadeo Saeli wrote:
Hi!
I have a laptop computer set up to multi-boot Win2k, WinME and SuSE Linux (7.3, currently). My hard drive is going south and I'd like to make full backups of the Windows partitions (3, all FAT32) to tape before I RMA the drive for repair.
I have a DDS-3 tape drive attached to a server system running Solaris 7 which works just fine for my Linux backups. However, being quite new to Windows, I haven't the foggiest how I can back it up using that tape drive. So far, I've only done disk-to-disk partial backups of my Windows stuff.
Is it possible (or desireable) to do the backups from Linux, or will I need a Windows program to do it? I'd prefer to do it from Linux since I have much more UN*X/Linux experience (approx 18 years, primarily SunOS/Solaris) than Windows experience (approx 18 months). My concern is that doing the backups via tar or equiv thru the VFAT fs will not preserve all the Windows file attributes for restoration onto the repaired disk drive.
Thanks!
Phil
I do this all the time with both tar and dd. Never a problem. I am using Linux tar and dd not Solaris. -- Mark Hounschell dmarkh@cfl.rr.com
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Philip Amadeo Saeli wrote:
Hi!
I have a laptop computer set up to multi-boot Win2k, WinME and SuSE Linux (7.3, currently). My hard drive is going south and I'd like to make full backups of the Windows partitions (3, all FAT32) to tape before I RMA the drive for repair.
I have a DDS-3 tape drive attached to a server system running Solaris 7 which works just fine for my Linux backups. However, being quite new to Windows, I haven't the foggiest how I can back it up using that tape drive. So far, I've only done disk-to-disk partial backups of my Windows stuff.
Is it possible (or desireable) to do the backups from Linux, or will I need a Windows program to do it? I'd prefer to do it from Linux since I have much more UN*X/Linux experience (approx 18 years, primarily SunOS/Solaris) than Windows experience (approx 18 months). My concern is that doing the backups via tar or equiv thru the VFAT fs will not preserve all the Windows file attributes for restoration onto the repaired disk drive.
Any help will be appreciated! All you sysadmin types out there, any ideas?
BTW, for reference, this laptop is the very first Linux (or Windows) capable computer I've ever owned! I bought it approx 1.5 years ago and have been running SuSE Linux releases since I bought it (7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3) and have been very pleased with SuSE and am looking forward to trying out 8.0. BTW, this list rocks!
Thanks!
Phil
I use ARKEIA to backup both linux and windows clients. It will properly backup windows boxes (full registry) so they can be properly restored. ARKEIA is free for personal use. That's defined as using linux on the server and up to two clients at any one time. Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer
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