Thanks James, That's very good info.
-Georgi -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 11:07 To: cobbler mailing list Subject: RE: More details on system imaging -- livecd based proposal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/01/2008 11:45:36 AM: > "Hristov, Georgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 08/01/2008 11:45 AM > > > Subject > > RE: More details on system imaging -- livecd based proposal > > The problem with doing a clone on the file-system level is that it takes > way too much space. You might have a system that has 300G file system > and has only 5G of useful data. Even compressing the file system image > will not save you that much space (unless you write zeros to the unused > space on the file system before you archive and compress it). > -snip Perhaps you need to read about partimage, which is the proposed tool do the the cloning. From partimage.org: "Partimage will only copy data from the used portions of the partition. For speed and efficiency, free blocks are not written to the image file. This is unlike the 'dd' command, which also copies empty blocks. Partimage also works for large, very full partitions. For example, a full 1 GB partition can be compressed with gzip down to 400MB. " James S. Martin, RHCE Contractor Administrative Office of the United States Courts Washington, DC (202) 502-2394 _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. _____________ _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
