> Curt Raymond wrote: > Most of my customers have all the same machines and do > something similar. We advise making an image of the specific > machine with software installed so when something goes wrong > you're back up fast. Most of our storage networking is static > IPs so it saves having to look up the address and then set it, > finding serial numbers for software etc... > > I've heard theres a version of Linux which is pretty hotshot > for making images, I should look into it...
_Version_ of Linux? Maybe you mean a distribution? All it takes is the "partimage" for fancy work or "dd" for simple stuff. Partimage understands sparse file systems and can use gzip or bzip (maybe more) compression so the image of the partition is smaller than the original. I think both of those are very common. I know grml, SystemRescue (my two current favorite service live CDs) and Knoppix have them. Most likely any live CD distribution will. -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
