[H-GEN] Bootable Linux distro, partition backup/restore

[Sandra Milne]

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At 15:35 20/03/2003 +1000, you wrote:

>I've seen something like this in Novell ZenWorks Imaging - which relies
>on a Linux kernel.  As far as where to get it, you could have a look on
>Novell's website, but I think it's actually distributed as part of the
>ZenWorks package - even though it can be used with local images.
>I know of this package because we had to use it at St. James College to
>set up the machines when they made the move from using WinNT on the
>server to Novell.

Speaking of this, just yesterday I used my linux knowledge to get the 
Network Admin guys out of a bit of a bind in making images of our laptop 
SOE. Seems the kernel was binding the network interface to the WaveLan/IEEE 
interface instead of the built-in eepro100 interface. Two simple commands 
later, they were away with imaging both up to the server and back down from it.

modprobe -a eepro100
pump -i eth1

They were thrilled!!! I've never had somebody so grateful for my linux 
knowledge :-) I knew it would come in useful eventually in my work environment.

I just had to brag about it (and pass it on in case somebody else runs into 
the same problem. We have Acer Travelmate laptops.)

Sandra.
silne at optusnet.com.au 


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