Read up on dd. That is included in Knoppix and combining dd with ssh and rsync gets you a pretty powerful remote backup utility. It has been a while since I've done this, but I have successfully migrated a laptop from one hard drive to another by dding an image of the drive and then rsynching it over to another drive via the network. I was then able to restore the data to the new drive by reversing the process. If you have questions about the process, I can find some resources and bounce them your direction. Take care. Rob -----Original Message----- So...anyone know how to get G4U booting, or even better, if there's a "ghost" like utility in knoppix (which boots fine!).