On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:48:23 -0800, smith wrote: >On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:30:00 +1100, Rod.. Whitworth wrote > >> There is also G4U. It is based on NetBSD and will backup an entire >> drive with whatever OS to an ftp server or it can do partitions >> individually. >> > >I've used g4u and really liked it. But it was slow and inefficient for >Windows when compared to a combination of ghost + samba + netbootdisk.com. >g4u was a lot slower with 80 gig hard drives and used a lot of space even >after nulling the empty space. >
1>For me it was a one-off base install of OS+apps and lots of empty. 2>I don't have Ghost. It costs $ even if never needed. In fact more than the IBM recovery CD. 3>We don't expect to reinstall often. 4> I don't have a samba server. G4U used an OpenBSD ftpd. Easy. 5> With W2k+OO.o+PuTTY for doing the dial-up trigger to the OBSD f/w+ Opera browser+ a couple of kid's things = 700 MB or so including a C: and a D: I'd not use it for some other scenarios but for this one it's fine. Other b/ups do the added apps and data. You have seen those suggested in this thread. Frankly I don't want to waste my time doing an investigation to find better methods. The savings due to finding something that works twice as fast are a net loss. Whatever floats <your> boat is what you need. My note was simply another perspective. Windows sux. I have domestic needs to support it. End of story. No offense taken from your post, none intended in reply. Go well..... R/ >From the land "down under": Australia. Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over?
