James, Why don't you try g4u (Ghost For Unix) http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
I was looking into using this some months ago before I found Unattended and came to the conclusion "Imaging bad. Unattended good.", as well. I did test this out and it worked great. Michael -----Original Message----- From: James Barlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Unattended] Disk/Partition imaging tools to run alongside Unattended Can anyone recommend a good open source/freeware tool for imaging disks and partitions - and ideally something that fits into the unattended philosophy. Note this is for a disaster recovery scenario, not multiple installs (Repeat the mantra - Imaging Bad. Unattended Good) Currently I'm using a modification of the Unattended PXE boot to map to a network share containing a copy of the dos version of Norton Ghost, and make an image of the partition to a compressed file. Being a cheap skate however, I'd like to save the 50 quid and do it will free tools. One feature of Ghost that I can't seem to find in other products is that if you image a 10Gb partition containing only 2Gb of data, you can end up with a compressed file of around 1Gb, rather than a bit-for-bit copy of the whole 10Gb. Anyone got any ideas? JMB This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately by telephoning +44(1684) 278700. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
