[CLUE-Tech] Linux laptop

[jimintriglia at americanisp.net]

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JimI.

> I use Libranet on a full sized computer, but I'm interested in the same
> thing in a sense.  I want to make a complete backup of my system that I
> can use to restore it.  I have a Plextor CD-burner on the machine.
> 
> 
> 
> Roger Frank wrote:
> 
> > Haven't had a laptop since I had a real job.  But I saw one surplus
> > for $100 with 2G drive, 40 MB memory, Ethernet/modem card.  No CD ROM,
> > and a 75 MHz 486 for a CPU.  I thought it might be a good time to
> > learn about Linux on laptops.
> >
> > I'm surprised at how well Linux runs on this little NEC Versa M/75.
> > I did a floppy install just to get to where it could use the
> > Ethernet card, and then did the rest of the (Debian) install
> > over the network.  I'm using Blackbox as a window manager
> > and it's quite zippy.  The screen is 800x600 color, but for my
> > needs that's just fine.  I've already done some editing with
> > nedit and I've compiled some Java programs.
> >
> > Now that it works - and it did take some work to get it going -
> > I wish there were a way to do a partition dump thru the serial port.
> > I know partimage is excellent, but there is no second drive or
> > second partition.  I'd like to be able to get the exact image of
> > what's on the disk onto another machine as an image, and I'd
> > like to be able to restore it easily.  I guess it's the Linux
> > equivalent of Ghost that I'm looking for.  Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Roger Frank
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Jim Intriglia
IT Systems and Software Developer
www.JimIntriglia.com