12 Nov
2015
12 Nov
'15
3:52 p.m.
On 11/12/2015 01:54 PM, Jules Richardson wrote:
As per subject line, does anyone know of any util that
will back up
an x86 PC running some variant of DOS (MS, Compaq etc.) via rs232 to
a remote system? (Linux preferable on the remote, but other options
exist)
I'm not finding anything via Google, but it seems like the sort of
thing that some of the folks here may have done for their systems in
the past.
I'm thinking something that will do a sector-by-sector transfer from
a given partition (maybe only in-use sectors, implying some minor
intelligence on the remote end to covert into a raw image, but "send
everything" mentality is better than nothing) - extra points for
retrying bad sectors.
Any particular reason that RS232C has to be the linkup? There are
plenty of external drives that can use the parallel port with regular
software. For example, hook up a ZIP drive.
Alternatively, you could boot DOS from floppy with INTERLINK/INTERSVR
installed and use another DOS/WIN machine to do your backup.
I'm certain that options abound.
--Chuck