[nzlug] GParted for recovery CD?

[David Hawke]

Nick Rout wrote:
> You could try g4u (ghost for unix)
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> It tars an entire disk or partition and ftp's it to another machine.
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> http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
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The other alternative is partimage - its already on the SystemRescue CD

DavidH

> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:48:59 +1200
> Sid Bachtiar wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I was looking for an equivalent of Norton Ghost for
>> Ubuntu/Debian/Linux when someone told me about GParted
>> (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php). I've been searching and
>> reading about it but still not sure if it is really what I'm looking
>> for. I'm hoping someone here might be able to guide me a little bit
>> more on this.
>>
>> I have Ubuntu installed and running well on one of my old machines.
>> I'm looking for a way to create a snapshot of the system in ISO
>> file(s), burn it to a CD (or several CDs), then incase of my system
>> turns to mess, I want to be able to use these CDs to restore the
>> system.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Sid
>>
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