Hallo, J_J_FUX hat gesagt: // J_J_FUX wrote:
hello readers of Pd off topic list.
i use older machines (1 to 2GHz)using debian to run PD , there only purpose is puredata synthesis .the PD version and OS i have will never change on those machines as they function perfectly and are required to function that way for as long as the chip's/board's last .
however since PD and its OS are held on mechanical magnetic storage devices they can meet death quite often .
im looking for a way to preserve an image of the HD/OS's holding PD onto DVD's?
could this be done by using another HD with debian installed and some sort of HD image software ?. this is something i know nothing of but have heard rumors of ways to make HD images from people in office IT who work with windows .
any feed back would be greatly appreciated , apologies of this is well off topic and thanks for any consideration of my off topic problems .
This is very off-topic and a such a perfect topic for this list. ;)
What you want to do is pretty common backup stuff. Some URLs to read for more info: http://gentoo-wiki.com/Simple_snapshot_style_backup http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Backup http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/ http://gradha.sdf-eu.org/textos/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.en.html
$ (insert and mount USB media that is big enough to hold your disk) $ dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/media/yourdisk/backup.img
Ciao