[ale] Backing up Win 95 on Linux

[Curt Smith]

On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Dave Kennedy wrote:

> How can I backup a Win 95 system connected to a Linux box via
> TCP/IP?  I've got a nice big tape on the Linux box that I would
> like to use with '95, but '95 doesn't support NFS.  Any ideas?

- Run Samba on your linux box.
- Get gtar for dos.  The last time I fooled with gtar for DOS it had 
  a built in tcp stack to a pktdrv->NIC which then spoke TCP to the Unix 
  host rshd, which ran dd to the local tape device.   Hopefully Win95
  supports adding pktdrv INT to it's network config stuff.  Else run
  pktmux + ndis shim to fool Win95??

  Or the newest gtar speeks winsock 1.1 and runs in a DOS box under
  win 95 via Winsock and not built in Wattcp stack??  

You'll have to get gtar and have a look.

Also check out; alt.winsock, those folks may know of a free/shareware
winsock windows app that does tar + winsock + dd to a remote Unix device?

Good luck.

Curt Smith
curts at compgen.com