backup windows partition (fat)

[Ted Ozolins]

Collins Richey wrote:
> Is there an easy way to backup a windows partition then restore it later without
> gimping anything that windows requires?
> 
> I have a small hda (hda1 is a win98 partition, the rest is a swap and a linux
> partition).  My active linux systems are on hdb.
> 
> I want to retain the win98 stuff (rest of hda is not needed) then replace hda
> with a much larger disk, restore the win98 stuff, redo grub, etc.  
> 
> Booting without hda is no problem, since I have a grub boot disk.  
> 
> I just want to avoid the pain of reinstalling win98 (mucho yucky, worse than
> configuring sendmail).
> 
try and get a copy of ghost. Then you can move the wintendo partition 
over to the new drive. Less hassle then any back-up scheme.

On another note, I just put a new system together and starting the 
gentoo install as I type. For some reason I could not get my scsi cdrom 
to boot the live cd. We got arround it and am now waiting for the 
"emerge system" to complete. I thought that this wasn't so bad on an AMD 
750 Athlon but this 1.8 G Athlon sure seems snappy.

Cheers


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Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.