Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:14:56 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>, Len Conrad <LConrad@go2france.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ghosting a FreeBSD disk or partition Message-ID: <3B28C6E0.9960B00@centtech.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010614105357.02c19738@mail.Go2France.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20010614161201.0211ae40@mail.cz>
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Me too.. it needs to have nfs/smb support too if it'll fit, so you can throw the images to a server (maybe ftp too?? i know, i'm pushing it) and retrieve them later.. i can think of about 50 features (easy ones) to throw in to make it 100x better than ghost.. Bill, you wanna "spearhead" this thing? sounds like a great tool.. I think there is a linux one, but i'd like to see a more featureful and handier version with a bsd.. (of course, it could do all kinds of partition types, not just bsd). Eric Cynic wrote: > > sounds very nice. I'd love it. > > At 16:01 14.6. 2001, Bill Moran wrote the following: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >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)? > > > >-Bill > > > >-- > >If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, > >then what can I get for two hands in the bush? > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------end of quote------ > > cynic@mail.cz > ------------- > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com Centaur Technology (512) 418-5792 For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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