[KLUG Members] dd

[Rusty Yonkers]

If you have access to an FTP server you can use g4u to do it.  It is
basically FreeBSD on a floppy with dd and a script that will do a
compressed dd to an FTP server.

--- Jon Smitley <lunitix@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I need to image the primary drive in a Win98 machine.  It has one
> drive and I prefer not to spend any extra money to do this.
> 
> I have a Suse Live Eval (Thanks Stu) disk so I have access to "dd",
> which looks like it will do the trick.  
> 
> 1. I will be starting the box with the Suse disk for my linux
> enviroment.
> 2. mounting a share from another networked Win98 box ( /OfficePC )
> 3. # dd if=/dev/hda of=/OfficePC/USimage
> 4. Breathe a sigh of relief because it worked.
> 
> My Q's are can I send my output file to a mounted share and is the
> command in line "3" correct.
> 
> Jon
> Minding of Madness


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Rusty Yonkers
CNE, MCP, A+, CCNA, Linux+, Server+, Network+ certified
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Devoted RedHat fan... looking for penguin domination

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