[Udpcast] udpcast to file

[Alain Knaff]

Diego . wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it posible to backup a partition to a file and restore it after?

Yes, this is possible. Just specify the name of partition (for example 
/dev/hda1) rather than the whole hard disk (such as /dev/hda).

  All my
> tries has failed...any help?

You can only restore on a partition of at least the same size (and same 
geometry (number of heads and sectors), if windows). Also watch out if 
you have dependencies between partitions (for example, one partition 
might contain a grub or lilo blockmap referring to sector offsets on 
another partition). If any such dependancy exists, all involved 
partitions need to be saved and restored together.

We successfully do single-partition saves and restores here at the LGL, 
and at lots of other places.

> thanks,
> 
> Diego

Regards,

Alain