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size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
all,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I had a bit of a shock yesterday,
when for a ghastly hour I thought I was going to lose my entire
installation. OK, I have my data backed up, but the thought of having to
go back and install all the tools I’ve installed and configured over the years
was not making me happy (I’m talking about things like Netbeans, Eclipse,
subversion (no, it doesn’t work out of the box on a SUSE install), CASE tools,
Zend and the Zend Server that took me weeks to get working, Crossover Office and
all the various Windows bits I’ve installed with it under WINE, the OU VLE,
browser extensions, etc etc).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Does anyone know of a tool that will
take an image of all my disk partitions (Linux and Windows), and the MBR, so
that I could – if I wanted – just slap in a new HDD and write the image to it
such that it would then boot up and I’d be back to
normal?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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class=136451112-26012007>To do a disk image you can use dd. You can use it to
back up your entire disk or just to back up your 1st sector if you're nervous.
I've done it a couple of times when I've been doing upgrades though I've never
had to use the backup thankfully. I'd have to look up the syntax
though</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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class=136451112-26012007>For normal backups I like to use 'dump' and it's best
friend 'restore'. You can back up directories or partitions
etc.</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p><SPAN
class=136451112-26012007>Terry</SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><br/><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk">http://www.bbc.co.uk</a><br/>This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated.<br/>If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system.<br/>Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately.<br/>Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received.<br/>Further communication will signify your consent to this.</font></BODY></HTML>