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Re: Full backups (over network) of non-Linux machines?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Nov 11 18:01:05 1998
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:00:12 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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George Lenzer wrote:
> Does anyone know of a way to FULLY backup up Windows NT/95 clients over the
> network using Linux? When I say full backup, I mean the entire disk
> structure. That way I could set up a few "images" of my NT or 95 clients
> and clone or reproduce existing machines. I've been able to clone NT
> Workstations using 'dd' and an additional hard drive, but I would really
> like to find a way to do it without opening the box.
This is supposed to be possible using smbtar, but getting the NT permissions
right is a problem.
The only foolproof method I know is to install a minimal Linux
on the NT box, boot Linux and dd the NT partition to tape or
a remote disk. Also record detailed partitioning information,
so you can restore if their disk blows.
>
>
> Thanks,
> George Lenzer
>
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