From: Stefan Holzwarth [mailto:stefan.holzwarth AT ADAC DOT DE] 
> Is it possible to do a restore of an imagebackup from an alternative
> plattform - e.g. Linux or from a WINPE (windows 
> preinstallation environment)
> ?
> Since the backup consists of blocks and not of 
> filesysteminformation it should be possible.

Questions like this have come up again and again.

It's no more possible to restore an image to a "foreign" filesystem than
it is to restore files backed up from a "foreign" filesystem. The b/a
client converts the image's blocks into files; those files contain
structure based on the filesystem they originated from, and those
structures are not compatible with other filesystems (with a very few
exceptions).

It's just not going to happen.

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