> This is an interesting thread... But out of curiosity, is it also possible > to > do backup / restores using readily available linux tools? > I'd like to be able to do something like running dd over a network > connection, > or tar, or whatever other tool. In that case, a bootable CD is all you need. > But I'm unsure how to do that... Knoppix + tar + bzip2 + netcat, but beware... it is REALLY FAST :). On slower lines (up to 100Mbit/s incl.), the line will be the bottleneck (98% avg. usage), on faster ones (we tested on 1Gbit/s fiber optics ethernet and 2GBit/s Fiber Channel) the ATA disks used on the client were the limiting factor :). on client/source: $tar c / | bzip2 -9 | nc server port on server: nc -l port | bunzip2 | tar x Please note, that netcat has also UDP option. Using it this way leads to having lost of fun... ;-)))). Netcat is also available on Windows under CygWin. With Knoppix able to mount NTFS read-only, this has some interesting-to-explore implications... :). Have a nice day... Ondra +>>>-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Ondrej Krajicek (-KO| |Institute of Computer Science, Masaryk University Brno, CR | |http://isildur.ics.muni.cz/~ondra krajicek@xxxxxxxxxxx| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
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