Re: [orca-list] Does anyone know of a program for backing upa computer that works with orca?

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

You use the dd command either in a terminal window or from a console.
You should be root to backup a partition. Assuming the partition you
want to backup is mounted at /dev/sda3, you might use a command like:

dd if=/dev/sda3 of=/home/sda3-backup.img

This will create a file in /home, called sda3-backup.img, which will be
an exact, byte by byte copy of your /dev/sda3 partition.

Clearly, you must have sufficient free space on /home for this to work,
so check that with:

df /home
df /dev/sda3

For long-term storage, you will probably want to compress this file,
perhaps like this:

tar cjpf sda3-backup.tar.bz2 sda3-backup.img

Janina


mike writes:
> I typed dd and lost speech. I'm sure there is more to that command, can you give me a idea how to use it?
> What I have is a windows partition that I want to back up and restore when I replace the hard drive.
> Thanks Mike.
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> ----- (Original Message) -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina rednote net>
> Date: Monday, August 25,  at 8:28 AM
> To: Orca screen reader developers <orca-list gnome org>
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Does anyone know of a program for backing upa computer that works with orca?
>
>
> You don't need a special distribution. Try using the 'dd' command that
> has been there in Unix and Linux systems forever. Note you can also tar
> and bunzip the result to reduce the size of your backup image file.
>
> mike writes:
> > Hi, this may be a little off topic, but I need something that works with Orca, so thought this was the 
> > place to ask.
> > There are some Linux distributions like PING-2.01 aimed at providing tools for backing up a partition. 
> > Does anyone know of a program for ghost or backing up partitions I can install in ubuntu or what ever 
> > distro that works with Orca?
> > Thanks Mike.
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Janina Sajka,   Phone:  +1.202.595.7777;        sip:janina a11y org
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC      http://CapitalAccessibility.Com

Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada
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