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Since: Nov 16, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:40 pm
Post subject: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs
Archived from groups: alt>linux>suse;alt>os>linux;, others (more info?)
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Hello,
I have a desktop which has 3 operating systems (XP,RHES,Sun Solaris x86)
installed on it. Recently, I lost my XP because of a nasty Virus and
then had to install all the Operating systems again....what a pain and
time taking process. Now I am looking for a best way to backup the MBR
and all the Partitions unto a NFS drive or create a DVD which would
allow me to get back to where I before a crash...something like a
Recovery CD which is usually provided by desktop vendors. Is this
possible. I would really appreciate any help or pointers to information.
Thanks
Chandra
P.S. I apologize, I am posting this question to three groups to get to
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External
Since: Nov 16, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:36 pm
Post subject: Re: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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sdfmoon RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:
> On Nov 15, 6:40 pm, CSP <C... RemoveThis @home.net> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a desktop which has 3 operating systems (XP,RHES,Sun Solaris x86)
>> installed on it. Recently, I lost my XP because of a nasty Virus and
>> then had to install all the Operating systems again....what a pain and
>> time taking process. Now I am looking for a best way to backup the MBR
>> and all the Partitions unto a NFS drive or create a DVD which would
>> allow me to get back to where I before a crash...something like a
>> Recovery CD which is usually provided by desktop vendors. Is this
>> possible. I would really appreciate any help or pointers to information.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chandra
>>
>> P.S. I apologize, I am posting this question to three groups to get to
>> wider audience.
>
> How did you manage to have win screw up your other OSs. In any case,
> the proper way to do this, assuming you actually want just the
> recovery DVDs, is to create 3 8GB partitions, for each OS. Then
> install the OSs on the 8 GB partitions. Then just DD the partitions on
> to 8GB DVDs. There you go, all done.
When I reinstalled XP, it overwrote the MBR and that's end of all other OSs.
Say, if I had partitioned 3 partitions with 3.8G each and install three
separate Operating Systems, can you please help me understand as to how
it be possible for me to restore on OS, say for example XP.
Appreciate your time and help.
Regards
Chandra |
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External
Since: Mar 06, 2004
Posts: 14
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:36 pm
Post subject: Re: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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CSP wrote:
> When I reinstalled XP, it overwrote the MBR and that's end of all other
> OSs.
You should have kept a copy of the MBR. With only three partitions it
would have info about all of them. Re-writing the MBR would have
recovered the three systems. dd will do it easily.
> Say, if I had partitioned 3 partitions with 3.8G each and install three
> separate Operating Systems, can you please help me understand as to how
> it be possible for me to restore on OS, say for example XP.
You would have to restore whatever you were using for multi-boot, from
your back-up.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:36 pm
Post subject: Re: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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CSP wrote:
> When I reinstalled XP, it overwrote the MBR and that's end of all other
> OSs.
You should have kept a copy of the MBR. With only three partitions it
would have info about all of them. Re-writing the MBR would have
recovered the three systems. dd will do it easily.
> Say, if I had partitioned 3 partitions with 3.8G each and install three
> separate Operating Systems, can you please help me understand as to how
> it be possible for me to restore on OS, say for example XP.
You would have to restore whatever you were using for multi-boot, from
your back-up.
Virg Wall |
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Since: Dec 18, 2004
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:48 pm
Post subject: Re: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:36:55 GMT, CSP wrote:
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> When I reinstalled XP, it overwrote the MBR and that's end of all other OSs.
> Say, if I had partitioned 3 partitions with 3.8G each and install three
> separate Operating Systems, can you please help me understand as to how
> it be possible for me to restore on OS, say for example XP.
Micro$not overwites the MBR. Call Bill Gates and complain.
Had that happened to me, I would insert my distribution's cd/dvd,
create mount point for my linux install partition, mount it, chroot
/wherever, create any mount points needed by the bootloader, mount
them, then run the boot loader's install commands. |
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Since: Oct 25, 2007
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:25 am
Post subject: Re: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Bit Twister wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:36:55 GMT, CSP wrote:
>> When I reinstalled XP, it overwrote the MBR and that's end of all other OSs.
>> Say, if I had partitioned 3 partitions with 3.8G each and install three
>> separate Operating Systems, can you please help me understand as to how
>> it be possible for me to restore on OS, say for example XP.
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> Micro$not overwites the MBR. Call Bill Gates and complain.
>
> Had that happened to me, I would insert my distribution's cd/dvd,
> create mount point for my linux install partition, mount it, chroot
> /wherever, create any mount points needed by the bootloader, mount
> them, then run the boot loader's install commands.
Whew! Rather like reinventing the wheel. O well thats Loonix
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Since: Jul 15, 2007
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:47 am
Post subject: Re: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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CSP wrote:
> sdfmoon.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Nov 15, 6:40 pm, CSP <C....DeleteThis@home.net> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a desktop which has 3 operating systems (XP,RHES,Sun Solaris x86)
>>> installed on it. Recently, I lost my XP because of a nasty Virus and
>>> then had to install all the Operating systems again....what a pain and
>>> time taking process. Now I am looking for a best way to backup the MBR
>>> and all the Partitions unto a NFS drive or create a DVD which would
>>> allow me to get back to where I before a crash...something like a
>>> Recovery CD which is usually provided by desktop vendors. Is this
>>> possible. I would really appreciate any help or pointers to
>>> information.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Chandra
>
> When I reinstalled XP, it overwrote the MBR and that's end of all other
> OSs.
> Say, if I had partitioned 3 partitions with 3.8G each and install three
> separate Operating Systems, can you please help me understand as to how
> it be possible for me to restore on OS, say for example XP.
>
> Appreciate your time and help.
>
> Regards
> Chandra
Hi Chandra,
"Been there done that". Hard drives are so cheap these days that I have
three of them in the same machine, and a USB stick as well,enabling
quadruple booting. It may sound cumbersome, but I disconnect unrelated
HD:s when installing a new OS, and change the boot order in the BIOS.
Cheers
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Since: Dec 21, 2005
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:18 am
Post subject: Re: How to backup a PC with multiple OSs [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:36:55 +0000, CSP wrote:
> sdfmoon.TakeThisOut@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Nov 15, 6:40 pm, CSP <C....TakeThisOut@home.net> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a desktop which has 3 operating systems (XP,RHES,Sun Solaris
>>> x86) installed on it. Recently, I lost my XP because of a nasty Virus
>>> and then had to install all the Operating systems again....what a pain
>>> and time taking process. Now I am looking for a best way to backup
>>> the MBR and all the Partitions unto a NFS drive or create a DVD which
>>> would allow me to get back to where I before a crash...something like
>>> a Recovery CD which is usually provided by desktop vendors. Is this
>>> possible. I would really appreciate any help or pointers to
>>> information.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Chandra
>>>
>>> P.S. I apologize, I am posting this question to three groups to get
>>> to wider audience.
>>
>> How did you manage to have win screw up your other OSs. In any case,
>> the proper way to do this, assuming you actually want just the recovery
>> DVDs, is to create 3 8GB partitions, for each OS. Then install the OSs
>> on the 8 GB partitions. Then just DD the partitions on to 8GB DVDs.
>> There you go, all done.
>
> When I reinstalled XP, it overwrote the MBR and that's end of all other
> OSs. Say, if I had partitioned 3 partitions with 3.8G each and install
> three separate Operating Systems, can you please help me understand as
> to how it be possible for me to restore on OS, say for example XP.
>
> Appreciate your time and help.
>
> Regards
> Chandra
You could have fixed the MBR by reinstalling grub, you didn't need to
reinstall all the OSes.
To change the subject slightly, have you tried VMware? Instead of
multibooting you could have VMs for all of the different OSes that you
are using. VMware server is free. Version 1.0.4 only supports 3.6G per VM
but version 2 is in beta and it supports 8G per VM. |
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