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[NMLUG] GENERAL HARDWARE ORIENTED SYSTEM TRANSFER 8.0
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
>"Ubi bene, ibi patria."
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IMHO, it's a collosal waste of money to purchase a proprietary piece of
software to duplicate the function of so many existing Free/Open
projects. For Linux file systems, anyway.
But nice to know, I guess.
I'd be curious to see how partimage stacks up with Ghost in this
scenario. It also does not copy blank space. Does Ghost do compression
of the image? Partimage can use bz2 to sacrifice a bit of time at a
good compression rate (a 4gb image ends up between 1.5 and 2.*gb
usually.) or gz, for faster compress times at a fatter compression rate.
Aside from that, I like using plain ol` dump, so that I can extract
individual or sets of files from the backup image without having to do
anything weird.
But like Peter said.... all this is pretty old by now.
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