[Discussion] Backup & restore of bootable partitions

[John Moore]

XCOPY /boot_drive/_/letter/:/*.*  /copy_drive_letter/:  /h /o /t /s /e
/r /v  will give you an exact copy of your bootbale drive which will
also be bootable (assuming you had set up the partition properly with LVM).

John Moore


Dave Yeo wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:53:31 -0600 (CST), Don Hawkinson wrote:
>
>   
>> I don't know just what files are installed with SYSINSTX and
>> if running it from an eCS boot would result in a bootable
>> Warp3 partition.
>>     
>
> As far as I know sysinstx just updates a pointer to point to the
> location of the kernel. Not sure if the pointer is in the MBR or where.
> The warp v4 one should work though I have never tested.
> You could always use something like DFSee and make an image of the
> drive to avoid needing sysinstx
> Dave
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