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Re: Is there a Linux ghost?
- To: Daniel Feiglin <dilogsys(at-nospam)inter.net.il>
- Subject: Re: Is there a Linux ghost?
- From: Daniel Feiglin <dilogsys(at-nospam)inter.net.il>
- Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 12:26:09 +0300
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Topic Summary:
First thanks for all the suggestions. Here is the bottom line as I see it:
1. All the suggestions based on dd, PartitionImage and PowerQuest's DriveImage
suffer from the same problem: Either non existant network support, or
(PowerQuest) non intuitive support. Let me be clear: I don't mean "soft" network
support (e.g. across TCP/IP). Basically a workshop solution for technicians has
to "see" the target drive as being somehow "hooked up" to the server with the
drive/partition images.
2. The basic Ghost VAR package for example, allows me to (legally) have 10
technicians doing this simultaneously. So, the practical solution, for better or
for worse is the VAR edition of Ghost.
3. The Linux angle: AFAIK Ghost works off a Win/DOS based CDROM, since it needs
to play with absolute disk sectors. It would be nice to replace the DOS thing
with a stripped single user (root) Linux kernel + partition pull utility, for
all sorts of reasons apart from the obvious open source issue.
If anyone else is interested in this topic, please correspond with me privately.
Daniel Feiglin
Daniel Feiglin wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Does anyone know of a Linux programme (possibly commercial) with the
> same functionality as Norton/Symantech Ghost?
>
> Purpose: To hook up n computers to a server and copy to their hard disks
> a "canned" operating system from a pre-stored image per customer order.
> (Typically would be Win 98, Win 2000, Linux).
>
> Dan Feiglin
>
>
>
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