--- William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see that Partimage is a Piece Of Crap(tm).
Is it? Oh. Why? I like it. > > I can't live without partimage or partimage-like > functionality. I gave up trying to use the partimage server/client model as it kept corrupting images across (our) network (perhaps this is why your description is a fitting one...). Couldn't get it to work once, after much trying. So I now partition the client harddrive (e.g. /dev/hda1 30gb, /dev/hda5 5gb) and use sysrescue (with partimage on it) live cd to boot the client and image /dev/hda1 to /dev/hda5. Incidently I use run_qtparted on the sysrescue live cd to partition. Step 2 is to scp the image to our server for central storage. It's actually *quicker* than the server/client model too (5 mins to transfer a typical image, then 5 mins to restore it). I thought it would take longer, but it turns out to be a handy way round it for us. Just used this method to clone 20 laptops. Very successful. Next stage, I plan to just use an NFS export from our server, boot sysrescue on the client and mount the NFS export locally on the client. Then use partimage to image the client hard drive straight to the server's NFS export mount. Foresee any issues with that plan? Ta -- Matt ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]