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Date:      Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:16:43 +0100
From:      Alex <FreeBSD@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
To:        Erin Fortenberry <efortenb@sdccd.cc.ca.us>
Cc:        "'Lord Raiden'" <raiden23@netzero.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: Ghosting FreeBSD.
Message-ID:  <6815969492.20020222141643@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
In-Reply-To: <BBDEEDD2EB67D311A0240008C74B93453A9047@ntxmidcity.sdccd.cc.ca.us>
References:  <BBDEEDD2EB67D311A0240008C74B93453A9047@ntxmidcity.sdccd.cc.ca.us>

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Hello Erin,

Thursday, February 21, 2002, 6:51:37 PM, you wrote:

Messe reformated due to top-posting

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lord Raiden [mailto:raiden23@netzero.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:55 AM
>> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>> Subject: Ghosting FreeBSD.
>> 
>> 
>>       Ok, short question.  Is it possible to use Norton Ghost 
>> to Ghost a Freebsd 
>> install A) from one machine to another of similar or 
>> identical hardware, or 
>> B) to a machine of entirely different hardware with few if any 
>> complications or corrections?
>> 
>>       Not needing to do this right now, but curious if this 
>> is possible as a 
>> mental note for the future in case I want to do it.

EF> I have found that the hard drives need to be the same size because ghost
EF> does a binary copy of the entire. I went from one 40G to another and it took
EF> about an hour.

I beleave this rumor is false, Ghost doesn't need to write to a same sized
partion. (At least for windows partitions.)


-- 
Best regards,
 Alex


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