I have a couple of things that I do. I generally have a minimum of 2
disks, one for the OS, one for Data. I have a stack of 10GB disks, came
from upgrades to Xboxes, they do this nicely. I either put a 3rd disk
in the system, or use an external USB to IDE case that I have, to put
another disk in and DD to it. This way I can boot Knoppix and DD things
back to the original disk when need arises, data all being on the
"middle" disk, I don't loose anything.
David McDowell wrote:
2GB won't cut it for most OS+applications anymore IMHO. On my desktop
at work, I have 7GB for just the OS and all the applications I use.
(No actual data is stored locally.) I personally wish someone would
mass produce FAST 10GB drives for workstations. Focus on quality and
speed instead of MASSIVE STORAGE. A 10GB drive would be perfect for
thousands and thousands of desktops out there in corporate
environments that have centralized, server based storage and server
side applications. As we speak I'm doing a brand new workstation
install for a user and I'm up to 4.77GB used on C: (ya winXP) and I
still have a few small apps to install. I've never seen a Linux
system with X come in under 2GB (within reason, I know it can be
done). :p
my $0.025
David McD
On 08 Dec 2005 13:05:09 -0500, jonc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I use the old "hidden" partition trick. Create a third partition at the
end of the drive and simply copy the primary partition into it.
Assumptions:
- First partition is a reasonably sized ~2Gb and contains the system
plus applications that are installed
- Second partition is the large one that contains all the user data.
It's pretty much blank when you start out.
- Third partition is used just for copying original state. I generally
don't mount it.
I do this on my linux systems as well. It's a nice resource to have when
you are fighting a root-kit or some upgrade nightmare that has hosed
your system.
Jon
On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 10:45, Brian Henning wrote:
Hi Guys,
I've hit upon an idea that I'm sure is probably popular and I'd just
never thought of it.. but now that I'm having to rebuild a badly
spyware-infected machine, I've realized it'd be awesome if I had a ghost
image of each machine in pristine state, so when something like this
happens again (invariable with these users...), I can simply back up
their data and restore the image instead of going through the day-long
task of a clean install..
So here's what I'm looking for: I'd like suggestions on an inexpensive
medium for storing each image, which will likely average between 5 and
10 GB. I'm thinking maybe one of the recordable DVD formats.
Other suggestions?
Thanks!
See y'all tonight.
~B
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