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

[Tony Nugent]

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On Wed Jun 18 2003 at 17:43, 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?

Besides the other tools and methods already mentioned, partimage and
parted are also available, which are more like ghost in their
functionality (saving and restoring partitions as images).  They
work very well (even for ntfs), and partimage can work across a
network.  Most rescue or cdrom-based distros come with them, and
more recently I have been using Knoppix[1] for these purposes on
many occasions.

  [1] strangely, the 2003-06-06 version seems to be missing parted,
  which is essential for resizing filesystems once they have been
  re-imaged from a source that came from a partition of a different
  size.

Another tool that you may find "most excellent" is mondo (and
mindi): http://www.mondorescue.org/  Among other things, it will
backup your system onto bootable cdroms so that you can restore it
that way.

> Cheers
> 
> Johannes

Cheers
Tony

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