[aclug-L] Re: Off Topic - OEM "XP" to new harddrive?

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

partimage doesn't allow unpacking the image onto a disk of a different size.
There is some other program that does, tho.  But like I said... I don't
remember the name of it :)


----- Original Message -----
From: "James O. Harms" <joharms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Off Topic - OEM "XP" to new harddrive?


> Patrick Klee wrote:
> >
> > Actually Jon, it's called GNUGhost, http://freshmeat.net or
> > http://www.google.com/Linux/ will have it.
>
> Better check your information, because neither google/linux or freshmeat
> list anything called GNUGhost.  Freshmeat does list this:
>
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/partimage/?topic_id=142%2C253
>
> Partition Image
>
> About:
> Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility similar to Symantec's Ghost.
> This uility saves partitions in the EXT2, Reiserfs, NTFS, HPFS, FAT16,
> and FAT32 file system formats to an image file. The image file can be
> compressed with gzip or bzip2 in order to save disk space, and it can be
> split in order to fit onto a series of  floppy disks. This program can
> be useful for backup purposes. A boot/root disk is  also provided,
> allowing you to run Partition Image without Linux installed on the
> hard disk.
>
> Author:
> François Dupoux
>
> Homepage:  http://www.partimage.org/
>
> Comments:  [»] Fantastic
> by scribbler - Jul 10th 2003 11:23:59
>
> Partition Image is a fantastic free alternative to the commercial Norton
> Ghost. Using the KNOPPIX live ISO, I was able to fully back up my
> Windows hard drive (FAT32), purposely destroy it using deltree, and
> fully restore it, without a single hitch  from the program itself...
>
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