<DIV>thanks a million for those links that looks exactly like what i want to do (except no USB HD's , thats a little to futuristic for me still ) i can make this work with the info you have provided and the hardware i do have , thanks again .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Frank Barknecht , was there development on a PD live OS ? , i thought i heard of this around a year ago . is that still being worked on ? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>if you have any info about that id love to hear . things just keep getting better with PD i like the idea of something dedicated to running PD and its massively interesting external software.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><B><I>Frank Barknecht <fbar@footils.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hallo,<BR>J_J_FUX hat gesagt: // J_J_FUX wrote:<BR><BR>> hello readers of Pd off topic list.<BR>> <BR>> i use older machines (1
to 2GHz)using debian to run PD , there<BR>> only purpose is puredata synthesis .the PD version and OS i have<BR>> will never change on those machines as they function perfectly and<BR>> are required to function that way for as long as the<BR>> chip's/board's last .<BR>> <BR>> however since PD and its OS are held on mechanical magnetic<BR>> storage devices they can meet death quite often .<BR>> <BR>> im looking for a way to preserve an image of the HD/OS's holding<BR>> PD onto DVD's?<BR>> <BR>> could this be done by using another HD with debian installed and<BR>> some sort of HD image software ?. this is something i know nothing<BR>> of but have heard rumors of ways to make HD images from people in<BR>> office IT who work with windows .<BR>> <BR>> any feed back would be greatly appreciated , apologies of this is<BR>> well off topic and thanks for any consideration of my off topic<BR>> problems .<BR><BR>This is very off-topic
and a such a perfect topic for this list. ;)<BR><BR>What you want to do is pretty common backup stuff. Some URLs to read<BR>for more info: <BR>http://gentoo-wiki.com/Simple_snapshot_style_backup<BR>http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Backup<BR>http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/<BR>http://gradha.sdf-eu.org/textos/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.en.html<BR><BR>$ (insert and mount USB media that is big enough to hold your disk)<BR>$ dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/media/yourdisk/backup.img<BR><BR>Ciao<BR>-- <BR>Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>PD-ot mailing list<BR>PD-ot@iem.at<BR>http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-ot<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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