dd cloning disks

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:51:03 +0000
"Bill Holt" <william_holt at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> I used toms root boot cause I was to lazy to build my own that will be
> a leisure time project. ATA33/5400 rpm disk. Left after one hour. what
> did you mean by sys windows? 
sys.com is a DOS executable that sets up the proper parameters for
booting. Since dd does an image copy, it should not be necessary, but
one never knows. 
While I dual boot into Windows about once every 6 months, I use rsync to
back up my wife's system. Restoring a Windows system from a tar archive,
requires you to run sys before it will boot. You should also have a
rescue disk for Windows. 
-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20030728/db697b9d/attachment.sig>