RE: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-07-01 Thread Stephen Mayes
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Backup XP box to Debian system On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 09:15:08PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Question: I have a Windows-based laptop. (I need to run Windows > software for business, no harassment pleas

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-30 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 11:51:27AM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote: > You have a system for backing up installed applications? Um, no, that's why I asked the list. :-) -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-30 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 10:35:17AM +, Stephen Patterson wrote: > Well, you could always blat out a disk image with dd. Wouldn't that require me to mount the disk using Samba, which I haven't managed to do? And wouldn't that mean that I'd be getting an image of the whole partition,which

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-30 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sunday 29 June 2003 15:13, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 12:19:33AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > your basic WinXP files are already on the original cdrom, and > > all your basic patches are already on the microsoft update site > > And my applications, which I'd rather not reinstall e

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-29 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 09:15:08PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Question: I have a Windows-based laptop. (I need to run Windows > software for business, no harassment please.) I would like to back > it up, before converting it to dual boot Debian/XP. > > Can anyone recommend a backup package from t

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-29 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 12:19:33AM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > your basic WinXP files are already on the original cdrom, and > all your basic patches are already on the microsoft update site And my applications, which I'd rather not reinstall en masse, are ignored in your system. I may just instal

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-29 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 03:50:08 +0200, Carl Fink wrote: > Question: I have a Windows-based laptop. (I need to run Windows > software for business, no harassment please.) I would like to back > it up, before converting it to dual boot Debian/XP. > > Can anyone recommend a backup package from the Deb

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-29 Thread Marino Fernandez
On Saturday 28 June 2003 8:15 pm, Carl Fink wrote: > Question: I have a Windows-based laptop. (I need to run Windows > software for business, no harassment please.) I would like to back > it up, before converting it to dual boot Debian/XP. > > Can anyone recommend a backup package from the Debian

Re: Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-29 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ay carl On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Carl Fink wrote: > Question: I have a Windows-based laptop. (I need to run Windows > software for business, no harassment please.) I would like to back > it up, before converting it to dual boot Debian/XP. if you were good about usage of your PC.. \My

Backup XP box to Debian system

2003-06-28 Thread Carl Fink
Question: I have a Windows-based laptop. (I need to run Windows software for business, no harassment please.) I would like to back it up, before converting it to dual boot Debian/XP. Can anyone recommend a backup package from the Debian (Testing) archive that can back up an XP-based system, with