From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 14 7: 8:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D8F37B403 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:08:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f5EE8Cg62717; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:08:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:08:12 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: Bill Moran Cc: Len Conrad , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ghosting a FreeBSD disk or partition Message-ID: <20010614160812.E34251@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010614105357.02c19738@mail.Go2France.com> <3B28C3B0.2C470D11@iowna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B28C3B0.2C470D11@iowna.com>; from wmoran@iowna.com on Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:01:20AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:01:20AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Len Conrad wrote: > > > > With PowerQuest Drive Image or Norton Ghost (or equivalent), does anybody > > know whether these can be make to work with FBSD 165 partitions? > > > > I´ve 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?) > > > > 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)? Sounds nice, but dd/dump are rather simple. Ghost can resize partitions, restore them in broadcast mode, etc. etc. Also have a look at http://www.partimage.org/. I haven't tried it, I plan to, but something always gets in the way :( --Stijn -- The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella, But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message