Re: to clone or not to clone that is the question

From: Dexter Ang (thepoch_at_mydestiny.net)
Date: 07/31/04

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    john brennan-sardou wrote:
    > hello everybody,
    > here is my question for the day. Being sick and tired of windows but forced
    > every now and then to use it, I have always put my faith in Ghost and it does
    > seem to save those really awful moments in ones computor life. Is there a
    > program under linux with which I can do the same thing? In other words can I
    > clone linux onto a DVD or not?
    > Thanks for everything,
    > John Brennan-Sardou

    Clone or backup to a DVD? I've just cloned 20 harddrives using g4u
    (Ghost 4 Unix) this past few days. Dumped the entire harddrive data to
    an internal ftp server. Then restored the image to all 20 harddrives. Of
    course, you need a separate computer with g4u.

    If it's backing up your data that you want, look for other solutions
    that can backup your data incrementally and restore them as well. I
    think mondo rescue is recommended for this. I'm sure there are other
    solutions as well.

    Just wondering... is Ghost able to dump an image of the harddrive
    straight onto a DVD?

    dex 

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