Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:12:15 +0200 From: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>, Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ghosting a FreeBSD disk or partition Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010614161201.0211ae40@mail.cz> In-Reply-To: <3B28C3B0.2C470D11@iowna.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010614105357.02c19738@mail.Go2France.com>
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sounds very nice. I'd love it.
At 16:01 14.6. 2001, Bill Moran wrote the following:
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>Len Conrad wrote:
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>> With PowerQuest Drive Image or Norton Ghost (or equivalent), does anybody
>> know whether these can be make to work with FBSD 165 partitions?
>>=20
>> I=B4ve seen the various threads on dump + restore, dd, tar, etc. Just
>> looking for other approaches to saving a FreeBSD partitions with least
>> hassle, most speed, best reliability (is one of the "you only can 2 out=
3"
>> situations?)
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>> The goal is have canned procedures of minimum steps that can be run by
>> semi-tech person, vs by a full +nix BOFH sys admin.
>
>I just had an idea for a project. If I could make a single boot disk
>that would start a minimal FreeBSD kernel, and a simple menu system that
>would provide a step by step front end to dd, that would be able to
>replace Norton Ghost, right?
>Anybody think this is good idea/bad idea/great/waste of time? Whatever?
>Just thinking aloud, mostly, but it may be a worthwhile project.
>
>How about calling it "FreeBanshee" (kind of a play off FreeBSD + Banshee
>is a special kind of ghost)?
>
>-Bill
>
>--=20
>If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
>then what can I get for two hands in the bush?
>
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And the eyes of them both were opened and they saw that their files
were world readable and writable, so they chmoded 600 their files.
- Book of Installation chapt 3 sec 7=20
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