[ale] hardware to back up a Dell laptop

[Bob Toxen]

1. If it supports Ethernet, back up over your LAN.  You could use tar to
   stdout piped to ssh to cp stdin over the network.

2. Get a laptop IDE disk to normal IDE cable (about $5 at Frys).  Then
   remove the disk and connect to a desktop and back up.

Bob

On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:17:07AM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> I have an old Dell Latitude laptop which has only a ROM player and want to
> be able to backup this machine [18 GB].
> 
> What hardware would be the least expensive and reliable ?
> 
> Is there an inexpensive ROM burner available from a 3rd party that I could
> substitute for the player ?
> 
> I looked at Fry's zip drives yesterday but it would cost a good % of the
> machine's worth for one that would back up the HD.
> 
> Suggestions appreciated,
> 
> Courtney
> 
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