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Norton Ghost Replacement

  • 13-06-2004 3:35pm
    #1
    BenH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Does anyone remeber the name of the GNU project to create a Ghost alternative? IIRC it was something like spectre or geist.

    Or does anyone have any recommendations on doing a mass roll out of dual boot systems?

    I've had a look at G4U, and although looks like it will do the job, isnt really ideal.

    Cheers,

    Ben


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  • #2
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    http://www.systemimager.org might be it,
    though g4u works really well.

    NiallB


  • #3
    BenH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭BenH


    Cheers Niall, it looks ideal.

    And I agree that G4U works very well (maily because it doesnt try to do anything clever). But I'm looking at at least 120 machines going dual boot with multiple images.

    Still it might give me a case for the 4 terabyte NAS I've had my eye on :)


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    partimage - but you need to setup the partitions first

    you'd probably want to look at PXE booting


  • #5
    BenH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭BenH


    Originally posted by Capt'n Midnight
    partimage - but you need to setup the partitions first

    Interesting, but I need one that can handle NTFS without a hitch. Although most of the clients will be NTFS and their directories will be mounted via NFS (possibly AFS) theres still a few 2k machines around.
    you'd probably want to look at PXE booting

    I have for thin client style sessions, but without a decent network filing system such as lustre it really isnt suitable for when you have to gurantee data.

    Cheers,

    Ben


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