I'll have to give G4L a shot, but I've been using a similar free tool that has worked extremely well for me. I use a custom ISO created containing WinPE (from WDS I believe) and ImageX. You can use ImageX to then mount the Wim file as if it were local to your machine so you can modify the files contained within then commit the changes. I then use BDD to push the WIM out via PXE boot. Thanks, Jake Gardner TTC Network Administrator Ext. 246
________________________________ From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Machine cloning app I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before or after cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning app, and it's completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that you download, burn to a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to create an image on a server (via FTP, by the way - no proprietary transport, but no multicast, either) or copy disk-to-disk. It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to create a whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a new machine quickly, this is a darn nice tool. It'll clone virtually any O/S or file system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It can also image up just a partition. The ISOs can always be found on SourceForge, but here's a link to the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l ***Teletronics Technology Corporation*** This e-mail is confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the addressee or authorized by the addressee to receive this e-mail, you may not disclose, copy, distribute, or use this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail or by telephone at 267-352-2020 and destroy this message and any copies. Thank you. ******************************************************************* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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