this might be a bit harder through ftp (would a get on /dev/hda3 be enough to be able to add it to an upgrade file for reapplication...?)




dd if=/dev/hda3 | gzip -c -9 > /tmp/hda3.gz

Takes about 20 seconds to do, results in a 166k image.

zcat /tmp/hda3.gz | dd of=/dev/hda3

Does the restore.

Now we just need a small script launched by displayserver that runs this, transfers the file and then transfers the fids. It ain't perfect, but it would (and does) do the job.