[H-GEN] Ghost for Linux or *nix for that matter

[Robert Brockway]

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Jay wrote:

> I am going to have to load several new machines with Linux, StarOffice
> etc. :)
>
> The idea of course is to set up one machine as required and "ghost" it
> over to the other machines and keep that image for emergency reloads.
>
> Is anyone aware of anything that can do the job under Linux, or does it
> have to be Ghost from Symantec?

Hi.  Unix has many utilities that are useful for this purpose (and had
them long long before ms-dos/windows :)

I like using dump for this sort of job, but even tools like tar will do
a good job of it.  Some people may suggest dd also but I don't think it
adapts as well to this sort of task.

This is a bit of a quick overview - late here, gotta get to sleep :)
I'm sure others will expand out on this.

Rob

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