[TriLUG] Converting an NT Server to Linux

[Michael Thompson]

You could boot with something like Knoppix and use tar to back your data
up to tape.  Then restore the tape(s) after your Linux install.  This
way your backup would originate in Linux and would probably be easier to
restore...

BTW:  Does Knoppix have read-only NTFS support compiled into the kernel?

Just a thought...

--mike

On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 10:37, Tom Boucher wrote:
> As part of my job I've inherited a file server that we have running.
> It's running NT 4.0 and seriously out of date.
> 
> To fix things, I'm going to wipe it out and put on Linux and use Samba
> to share the files out.
> 
> I've got a few volumes of data to worry about keeping, and a local
> tape drive.
> 
> Is there a way I could back it up inside windows that I could restore
> once Linux is up and running?   prefer something I don't have to spend
> money on because I don't have any money to spend.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom

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