[NTLUG:Discuss] HD backup / replacement / restore / Linux install

[trry]

Ahhh yes, I knew there was a better way,  or a few better ways;
Cited here - one better way, and one MUCH better way.

I'll start over.  [Thanks very much for the good information.]
I wanted to [quickly] learn a good [and efficient] way to do a backup
over network anyway - whether of a whole partition, or just a
directory.

Just as an experiment, I might even save the new image in addition to
the one I have now, and do checksum to see if they are both the same
[or accurate].
And next time I'll use hard-wire connection. I think it took about 3
or 4 hours over the wireless link via nfs - not sure exactly, but was
LONG time.

>
> The fastest is to use a firewire or USB2 adapter.  This guy will handle
> PATA, SATA, and laptop drives:
>
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2329300&Sku=M501-1220
>
                         ^^^^^
A must-have accessory for the serious laptoper - very good!
I don't know if I'll get one just yet, I think I'll try and do it over
the network [this time].

> It's what we use at BWorks[1] to image, clone, wipe, and repair drives.
>
> [1] http://bworks.org
            ^^^^^^^^^^
Very interesting organization - it appears they rely pretty heavily on
Linux - we need something like that in the DFW area, IMO.