[wplug] Kyocera KPC650/verizon - with linux

[Mike]

I used to:  dd if=/dev/hda | gzip > /backups/backup.gz  for just about all
my backups..  dumping straight to a file is as fast as the drive/interface
it.  Things really get slow with gzip..

One other thing I liked to do to cut down on image size was:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/junk

Once the disk is full, rm /tmp/junk..

Although as of recent Partimage is my preferred backup..  It lets you backup
to file, with and without compression, locally or over network, and even
supports NTFS..

-Mike

On 12/20/05, Matthew J. Hughes <mhues at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I actually know nothing about the card however I was wondering if
> anybody else had enough experience flesh out the suggestion I am about
> to make. At one point I had imaged a partition of windows by dd
> if=/dev/windows_partition of=windows_backup_image. It is also my
> understanding that you can pipe it to bzip2 in the same process so the
> whole thing is done in memory and shrinking the files size considerably.
> Thus I would imagine the reverse is also true that you can jam you Linux
> partition into a file, install windows and flash the phone, jam windows
> into a file, and then unjam the the original Linux back to where it was.
> It has been so long since I did it I don't remember the exact details
> but there are howto's out there. I think that it is closely linked to
> setting up loopback devices for not having to change cds. Depending on
> processor speed you may have to do most of it overnite, I don't recall
> how long it actually took and I do tend to run a slower processor on my
> breakit boxes.
> Caveat: windows does not play nice with others so you may have to
> finesse the booting.(thou I think grub will solve that issue)
> Caveat: dd is incredible powerful so you better make sure you get it
> right, or you could blow out your drive contents.
>
> my 2 cents
> -matt
>
> Ryan Moszynski wrote:
>
> >I've noticed we have some verizon people on the board.  I'm going to
> >get the Kyocera KPC650 - evdo card
> >
> ><
> http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=planFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=1600
> >
> >
> >with the intention of setting it up to work with Mepis on my laptop.
> >I know that this card can be made to work with linux, however
> >
> ><http://kenkinder.com/evdo-pc5740/>
> >
> >says that you must:
> >""""Install with Windows
> >
> >Boot up to Windows and get the card activated and working in Windows.
> >It will ask you to download the latest coverage maps. I'm not sure,
> >but I think when you do that it actually reflashes the card with some
> >information about signals to broadcast. The coverage map update is
> >superstition on my part, but I think you do need to activate the card
> >in Windows before it will even work in Linux. Correct me if I'm wrong
> >(or not).""""
> >
> >Now, i used to have a dual boot machine, with mepis and windows, but i
> >wiped out my windows partition so i could build a /linux from scratch/
> >system (which was great fun by the way and i highly recommend the
> >experience.)
> >
> >So, I would be greatly pleased to learn that the above website is
> >wrong, and that i am not going to have to replace mepis with windows,
> >initialize the card, reinstall mepis after reformating the windows
> >partition and then configure the card to work with mepis.  Now that i
> >think about it, if i need windows to initialize, i'll probably need to
> >boot into it every once in a while to update the card which would mean
> >i would have to find some room for a permanent xp install(can windows
> >live on 7gigs?)
> >
> >So, if anyone knows anything about this card or verizon evdo w/ linux
> >cards in general, i'd appreciate the help.
> >
> >ryan
> >
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