Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:19:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: JoeB <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: PartImage (was RE: Block Zeroing Tool) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210061115470.30589-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEDJCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, JoeB wrote: > I also have tried to use ghost to make image backups of FBSD, > but the image is the same size as the FBSD slice. > Have you tested the solution posted above to zero out the unused > disk space in the FBSD slice so ghost will only image bkup real data? > Did it work like you hoped? Ghost is terrible. Not the software, but the ridiculous license. Partimage has beta support for UFS, so it should skip unused blocks: http://www.partimage.org Please, please someone port it. For a bootable Linux CD image with partimage and other stuff, see: http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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