Are there any EPOC backup solutions that don require the desktop software?
My backup approach is to copy the contents of the entire C:\ drive, including the System directory, to a subdirectory on the compactfash D:\ drive before booting linux (select everything, then ^C to copy, ^V to paste). To restore the system on reboot, I first delete the entire contents of the C:\ drive (including the System directory – C:\ is completely empty; select everything, then ^D to delete), then copy the original contents of C:\ saved on compactflash back to the empty C:\ drive (^C to copy, ^V to paste). This has worked quite well for some time. The copy-paste between C: and D: drives puts things back exactly as they were, and doesn’t take but a few minutes. The annoyances are that one has to stop (^E) all the applications that start at reboot (or you can’t delete everything) and reset all the time, home city, sound, show hidden system directory, etc. preferences. I’ve started using Sysback recently which helped some. (And from time-to-time I’ll burn a CD of all the EPOC conten
My backup approach is to copy the contents of the entire C:\ drive, including the System directory, to a subdirectory on the compactfash D:\ drive before booting linux (select everything, then ^C to copy, ^V to paste). To restore the system on reboot, I first delete the entire contents of the C:\ drive (including the System directory – C:\ is completely empty; select everything, then ^D to delete), then copy the original contents of C:\ saved on compactflash back to the empty C:\ drive (^C to copy, ^V to paste). This has worked quite well for some time. The copy-paste between C: and D: drives puts things back exactly as they were, and doesn’t take but a few minutes. The annoyances are that one has to stop (^E) all the applications that start at reboot (or you can’t delete everything) and reset all the time, home city, sound, show hidden system directory, etc. preferences. I’ve started using Sysback recently which helped some.
