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

From: Alexander Dalloz (alexander.dalloz_at_uni-bielefeld.de)
Date: 07/31/04

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    Am Sa, den 31.07.2004 schrieb Dexter Ang um 20:25:

    > 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.

    Just because of interest: what does g4u do different than dd?

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

    mkisofs if you want to save mountable system content on a CD / DVD,
    rather than doing a dd clone copy independent from what's on the source
    media.

    > dex

    Alexander 

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