RE: [Full-Disclosure] Imaging Operating Systems
From: Williams Jon (WilliamsJonathan_at_JohnDeere.com)
Date: 05/27/04
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To: Maarten <fulldisc@ultratux.org>, Full-Disclosure <full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com> Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 13:16:21 -0500
While not specifically designed for backups, you could use the Helix cd
(http://www.e-fense.com/helix/), which has netcat and dd, which make a
great combination for grabbing the contents of a file (or partition, or
drive) and dumping them across the network to another computer. Since
Helix is Knoppix-based, this might do what I think you're looking for.
Jon
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On Thursday 27 May 2004 18:30, Kevin Connolly wrote:
> Maarten wrote:
> > This is an interesting thread... But out of curiosity, is it also
> > possible to do backup / restores using readily available linux
tools?
> > I'd like to be able to do something like running dd over a network
> > connection, or tar, or whatever other tool. In that case, a
> > bootable CD is all you need. But I'm unsure how to do that...
> >
> > Maarten
>
> one suggestion
> make the PC dual boot: Windows and Linux with the Linux partition
> larger.
Yes, I know. I did that at the time when I still needed dual-boot.
No, what I want is more generic (and it is slightly offtopic since it is
not specifically meant to tryout malware).
Suppose I visit a friend who has a botched system, and I carry with me
my linux laptop and a knoppix CD. Now if there would be a way to backup
his entire HDD with just the tools on the CD (and the laptop as
receiving host) that would be fantastic.
I was thinking of something like using {tar | dd | cpio} and netcat but
I'm unsure if it can be done, much less how to proceed.
> boot Linux and dd the raw Windows partition to a Linux file boot
> Windows and play with malware boot Linux and dd the file back out to
> the Windows partition rince and repeat...
This works just fine for one or two drawbacks: You need to plan this in
advance, and malicious code that randomly overwrites disks will kill
linux + imagefile then, too.
Maarten
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