Re: [Thinkpad] Grub vs IBM's Rapid Restore

IBM's been changing recovery/restore files so often it makes my head spin,
but this 3-24-04 "suite" of tools sounds interesting. Take a look at the
README file; maybe some of the new capabilities will help avoid the
inadvertent destruction you fear.

IBM Rescue and RecoveryT with Rapid Restore
http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK

Deanna
dberman@4dv.net

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From: "Jan" <janan@695online.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Cc: "Mat & June" <atlantic@695online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Grub vs IBM's Rapid Restore

> Hello all,
>
> I have an R50p with xp pro pre-installed, and Suse 9.
>
> IBM has a separate hidden partition for making a system backup.
>
> When I installed Suse, I shrunk the c: partition which has xp pro on it,
to
> make room for the SUSe partition.
>
> Both OS's run fine. I used Grub for a boot loader which put xp pro on its
> list. This works fine also.
>
> My problem is that I would like to back up the xp pro using IBM's Rapid
> Restore [RR] app. The trouble with THAT is RR default is to write a new
MBR
> and take over the boot process. I am afraid I might loose 'something' or
> worse, have to do a re-install of maybe both systems.
>
> I do not have a floppy drive, and I've found that the rescue and boot
disks
> never work using suse's YAST2 [tried it on two desktops, both resulting in
> failures].
>
> Appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Tiny Jan
>
>
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