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

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Here are some things I've found...

g4u (Ghost for Unix):  http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
    Has limited support for disks of different sizes (works best when going
from small image to larger disk)

CluClo (Cluster Cloner): http://cluclo.sourceforge.net/
    Seems to be intended for use with Linux filesystems only (?)

PartImage:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/partimage/7631/url_homepage/www.partimage.org
    Only works when cloning disks of identical sizes.

GNU Parted: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
    Can create, destroy, resize, check, and copy partitions.  Not sure how
extensive the "copy" feature is... it may not really act like ghost.

ZPart: http://www.bela2.sulinet.hu/blum/rgazda/zpart/Zpart850.htm
    Looks pretty worthless... looks like it only works with old/small DOS
partitions.

Links to many disk utilities: http://sac-ftp.externet.hu/utildisk9.html
    Look specifically for image134.zip, a DOS disk image backup/restore
utility

Still, none of these are the one I was thinking of... I've e-mailed James
Violette, as I think he told me about it originally.  If he's reading this,
perhaps he'll do us all a favor and post the link to the list for us :)

-- Jonathan




----- 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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