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On Tue, July 26, 2005 2:55 pm, Wayne Henley said: > Check out g4u at http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ > > Wayne > > John Gilbert wrote: > >>Hey Folks, >> >>I'm new to the LUG, but I had a request/question for those with more >>experience. I run a not-for-profit program called Teaming for >> Technology >>(part of the Triangle United Way) that refurbishes donated computers >> to >>be given to schools and other non-profit organizations in Durham, >>Orange, and Wake counties here in NC. Right now our process for >>refurbishing goes as follows: >>1.We remove the hard drives from the donated machines. >>2.We plug the HDDs into our "Killing Machine" where we run the open >>source "Darik's Boot and Nuke" disk wiping program. >>3.We plug the HDDs into our "Cloning Machine" where we run Norton >> Ghost >>to clone our master image onto our new HDD. >>4.We put the ghosted drive into a machine and load the drivers from >> the >>image. >>Now, as you can imagine, Norton Ghost isn't the cheapest license to >> buy >>in the world, especially for a non-profit and for the number of >>computers we go through annually. Basically we need to find an open >>source solution to replace our current cloning process. Our master >> image >>has Windows 2000 Professional (I know, I know, I wish we could put >> Linux >>on them, too, but we can't do that thanks to our agreement with >>Microsoft), all the drivers that we have needed to date (along with a >>program that wipes off the unneeded drives when run), the open source >>anti-virus program aVast!, the open source MS Office alternative >>OpenOffice, and a few other odds and ends. We would like to be able >> to >>have a piece of software that is bootable, able to clone at least >> hard >>drive to hard drive and hopefully over a network as well, and as >>reliable as Norton Ghost. We don't have much to offer in return other >>than gratitude and recognition. We would be willing to name the >> program >>after the maker(s) and even include his/her/their name(s) on our >>background image that goes on 1000+ computers every year. If you have >>any questions about the program feel free to email me at >>[EMAIL PROTECTED], call me at 919.463.5047, or check out >>our website at http://www.unitedwaytriangle.org/2004/t4t/t4t.htm. >> >>Thanks So Much! >> >> John Gilbert >> Technology Outreach Specialist >> Triangle United Way >> P.O. Box 110387 >> Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 >> 919.463.5047 Direct >> 919.460.8687 General >> 919.460.9019 Fax >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> www.unitedwaytriangle.org >> >> >> > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
