<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks to all for the responses.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Donuts sound great, but I'm more in
the mood for a pint or 6 of cider</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have to apologize for the bad grammar
and incoherence ( I was not employed for english lit skills ...thats my
excuse.)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">and the Wife wanted to get home quick...(thats
another excuse..)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> > I would like a boot cd for
the laptop that starts samba , a dchp server <br>
> > and lets the rig connect to the Laptop HDD. is this possible?<br>
> <br>
> Yes - but here are the questions.<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I was expecting that, indeed I welcome
them.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> <br>
> Q: Is the laptop NTFS or FAT32 formatted?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">NTFS sadly</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
> <br>
> If NTFS, then pick your live distro carefuly NTFS write capability
does<br>
> vary a tad.<br>
> <br>
> If FAT32 then mots distros will be able to write to the disk.<br>
> <br>
> Q: Does the Rigs instigate backup?<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It would be straight copying of the
various files to the another hard drive from the rigs OS</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'm thinking that I could use what
ever tools Windows has... (I am aware that Windows Backup and Restore only
works to tape.....)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The rigs are circa 2002 and not that
powerfull, and most do not have cdrom drives even.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> <br>
> If yes then another option is to buy a network drive (~70UKP from<br>
> maplin or lidl). These simply plug into the box via an RJ45 and<br>
> appear as a netwrok share AND as an FTP server. If the rigs can<br>
> be told to backup, then you do not even need a laptop!<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have an Icy Box with hard drive in
it, but it seems to have developed a few problems in recent months....</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">That is the simplest idea, which I will
look into right away....</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Although I did note dsl has betaftp
and I do have that old laptop to use it on...</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> <br>
> If no, then a portable drive may be useful if you find problems<br>
> writing to the laptop hard drive. I have a usb based 250G external<br>
> which I plug into linux, windows and my XP laptop. It stores a<br>
> photo archive which I take "on site" :-)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Some of them don't even have usb.....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">regards, Alan</font>
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