[Mimedefang] Disk imaging software

[Chris Myers]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WBrown at e1b.org>
To: <mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] Disk imaging software


> mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com wrote on 07/28/2004 11:45:23
> AM:
>
> > tar and a Linux rescue disk is the no-frills recommended way to do it...
> > You can, at least use just about any version of Linux rescue disk (it
does
> > NOT have to match the release you are running on the system), so pick a
> >  recent release that has the Broadcom drivers built-in. :-(
>
> Did I mention I need to do this across a network connection?  I don't have
> a local tape drive.
>
> I will look into this solution using an NFS mounted file system to store
> the tar file one.

Ah, I forgot the magic incantation... Sorry, I keep forgetting this is a bit
obscure:

rescue# ifconfig eth0 <blah blah blah>
rescue# cd /blankdisk
rescue# ftp backupserver
(login)
ftp> get backup.tar.gz "|tar xzpf -"

Yup, you can specify a pipe as the LOCAL file name when getting or putting a
file.

Chris Myers
Networks By Design