Hello list, I am wondering about using g4u to perform backups of a bunch of PCs. These backups would be performed by the users themselves, so I am looking after a solution that could be as much automated as possible..
I have read about g4u, and it looks like an astonishing piece of open-source software - however, it seems targeted to IT admins. For a user, entering the address of a FTP server, providing the name of his disk device etc is often black magic (*even* for users that are supposed to be professional programmers..). Anyway, g4u looks really promising, but I'd need to find a way to automatize it (for eg. via some kind of custom script). The final goal for me would be to have such thing: - the user boots g4u from a CD - g4u boots, gets an IP over DHCP, and gets a script or config file from the DHCP server - a simple menu appears, asking to select either "1. backup" or "2. restore". then, for the "backup" option: - performs a dump of the PC's drive (configured in the script), but only up to X GB (let's say, first 128G) - pushes the dump to the FTP server (configured in config file), into a file that is named after the mac address of the PC - once done, halts the PC Now, I don't see any scripting feature integrated into g4u, but maybe I'm missing something. Where should I look? Where would I need to start? Have anyone already done similar things? cheers, Mateusz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ g4u-help mailing list g4u-help@feyrer.de https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/g4u-help
