[NMLUG] GENERAL HARDWARE ORIENTED SYSTEM TRANSFER 8.0

[peter at espen.net (Peter Espen)]

I'm so pleased for you.  Perhaps you'll be so pleased with GHOST
8.0 that we'll never have to hear another word about it.

I would note that if time is money and it's time and money you're
concerned about, then you should consider not using your money and
time on GHOST and use the existing tools and utilities that come with
linux and are capable of doing everything one needs for cloning and
backup:

   dump, restore, cpio, dd, tar, rsync, etc.

Of course, the NMLUG list has been through this all before.  You're
correct, with some people old habits die hard.

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Steve Browne wrote:

> Yes, that spells GHOST 8.0!
>
> I've upgraded to the current Symantec Ghost 8.0 for DOS. 8.0 has no
> problem cloning ext3 partitions without invoking any switches.
>
> Why bother with it? Look at it this way: my Linux HDD is 120Gb. It
> takes <dd> about 1hr30min to clone the drive, because it is copying
> all the empty spaces. However there is presently only 4.33Gb of data
> on the drive. GHOST copies the partition structure and data in 15min.
> Time is money.
>
> I haven't tried the tar pipe yet. Old habits die hard.
>
> Binary Research International, the original authors of GHOST, still
> exists (owned by Symantec). You can read about the new features at
> http://www.binaryresearch.net/symantecghost.html
> Something might catch your eye.
>
> Steve
> Stephen B. Browne
> sbrowne@ix.netcom.com