Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-21 Thread Andrew George
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 04:09, Rob wrote: > was after. > An a slightly different but similar note > Anyone got any ideas about making a disk image suitable > for then putting onto new machines, a bit like norton Ghost, > I thining of OEM linux or corprate situations here where > you might have a lot o

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-21 Thread Nick Thompson
'dd' is probably you best bet for OEM situations. Here (in a corporation) we use KickStart to install Linux. This basically allows you to boot from a floppy and then load Linux over the network using the standard install program. You can even store machine configs on the network so that indivi

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-21 Thread Rob
essage- > From: Belkie, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:50 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [expert] Mirror / backup > > > Hi guys, > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to mirror or make a exact copy of a cur

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread James
Dan, This might help, or it might frustrate. The site seems to be down but the fresmeat link is, http://freshmeat.net/projects/partimage/ It is supposed to work a lot like ghost and can do reiserfs ext2fs NTFS, HPFS, FAT16, and FAT32 backs up and or copy DD's. ( I found it yesterday while

RE: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread Smith, Albert C
e, PA 19426 -Original Message- From: Belkie, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:50 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [expert] Mirror / backup Hi guys, Can anyone suggest a simple way to mirror or make a exact copy of a current Linux drive?

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread Sven Heinicke
I think rsync would be a better choise. Belkie, Dan wrote: > Hi guys, > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to mirror or make a exact copy of a current > Linux drive? > > For example if you had two hard drives, make one a backup them remove it and > put it in a safe place. > > Can this be don

[expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-20 Thread Belkie, Dan
Hi guys, Can anyone suggest a simple way to mirror or make a exact copy of a current Linux drive? For example if you had two hard drives, make one a backup them remove it and put it in a safe place. Can this be done with the dd command? = Dan Belkie Forzani Group L