From: bbender_at_vocollect.com
Date: Sun Dec 23 2001 - 16:27:16 EST
Hi guys,
My $.02: if you've got an ultrabay of any sort, it's hard to beat the
ultrabay HDD adapter and a second drive for disaster recovery -style
backups. I just had my bacon saved when a new drive went T.I. --
swapped in the drive I'd duped just 2 days before, and barely missed
a beat.
I understand there are DOS/Win utils that can dupe it for you (Ghost,
IBM's EZ-GIG, etc.); or you could have someone throw together a
bootable Linux disk. Using `fdisk` once, then `dd` to do the backup
would net you identical drives (dd does a block-level copy; it
doesn't have to understand anything about the filesystem). Hell,
someone remind me after the holidays, and I'd be happy to throw
together a floppy disk image that has everything on it and throw it
up on my web space with some basic instructions...
- Brian
On 19 Dec 2001 at 19:33, Bill Morrow wrote:
> now they will allow unlimited cloning if the same drives are used..
> but i still think ghost and drive image are better for general use and
> ezgig is good for some specialized uses.. just my two bits worth..
> :-)
>
> happy holidays, guys and nonnie..
> do your patriotic duty.. spend..!
>
> OH..!!
> watch out for worms..
> i got one today that was more clever than usual..
> do NOT open attachments..
>
> <------------------------------->
> Cordially, :-)
> Bill Morrow
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralph Green, Jr." <c-Ralph.Green_at_wcom.com>
> To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Cc: "David Reid" <dwreid_at_hiwaay.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 4:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Technician pricing to install new hard drive - Fair? &
> Norton Ghost?
>
>
> > Howdy,
> > The one thing I did not like about the ez-gig was the pricing. At
> > least
> > when I bought it, it would only work 10 times and then you had to
> > buy another. I would have liked to make a couple of spare working
> > disks for
> my
> > 755 and 701, but I hate to waste my use counts. Have you found a
> > cheap
> way
> > to refill it?
> > But I will admit that it worked very nicely.
> > Good day,
> > Ralph
> >
> > In response to the welcome remarks of David Reid at 06:22 PM
> 12/18/01 -0600:
> > >Kevin,
> > >
> > >Ditto what Andrew says. The EZ gig way is simple, and useful
> > >beyone the one use you think you'll get out of it. I have several
> > >540mb and 2gb hard drives laying around from an old Thinkpad that
> > >alone, wouldn't work in my 770 but the ez gig painlessly gives me
> > >several "quick means of large backup locations without having to
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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