Ghosting with Linux

[Garrett Goebel]

Brian Kelsay wrote:
> Jason Clinton wrote:
> > Jason Clinton wrote:
> >
> > Here is what I did. Thanks for listening to me talk to
> > myself. :)
> >
> > # dd bs=900K if=/dev/hda1 | bzip2 --best | ssh -2 -l root
> > 134.193.43.211 "dd of=/var/server-backup.bz2"
> >
> > To restore the backup:
> >
> > # ssh -2 -l root 134.193.43.211 "bunzip2 /var/server-backup.bz2" |
> >  dd bs=900K of=/dev/hda1
> >
> > I'll let everyone know how the 10 GB NTFS partition with 7
> > GB of data on it compresses down to and how long it took to
> > make a backup accross a 100 Mbit connection.
> >
> So now are you going to script this to a file like "backup_hda1_now"?
> How about putting the restore script on in a file on a bootable Linux
> floppy or CD?  There is your restore solution.

I was just mentioning to a co-worker that a bootable backup cd|dvd which
burns bootable restore media would be a great project. And for those willing
to go that route a product waiting to happen.

There are however lots of issues with hardware detection, idiot-proof user
interface, and media resizing which could be really tedious. Can anyone
recommend a good single-image livecd linux distribution?

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Garrett Goebel
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