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On Saturday 02 September 2006 8:41 pm, Zhang Weiwu wrote: |
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> am tired of re-installing Windows 98, and then complete with other |
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> software (filezilla, 7-zip, extra editors..., OOO). I think perhaps it's |
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> easier after I re-installed everything I make a backup of the Windows |
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> partition onto a CDROM and later use that CDROM to restore the |
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> partition. |
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> The partition is 5GB but actual data on it is smaller then 600MB right |
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> after Win98 and complementary software installed. |
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> First I thought using gentoo live CD, use dd(1) to copy the partition to |
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> a file and burn it on the live CD. However the file must be too big to |
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> fit on CDR (en I think perhaps I can compress it), and yet how do I add |
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> it to the live CD iso image so that cdrecord(1) can burn it? I think |
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> perhaps I should first try borrow experience on gentoo user list. |
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> How do you think is the best approach? |
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Partimage was made for this... http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page |
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Use http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page if you don't want to install it |
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locally. There's also a static version which is what I use. |
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-jm |
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