[LUAU] Open Source Ghosting

[bmusson at hawaii.rr.com]

Hi,

Just a FYI for everyone in HOSEF. I spoke with Scott last week
about donating a free copy of Ghost (9.0) to HOSEF and have ordered it through
my corporation (Symantec). I should be able to deliver it next week.

Bill Musson

----- Original Message -----
From: MonMotha <monmotha at indy.rr.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:30 pm
Subject: Re: [LUAU] Open Source Ghosting

> 
> > 
> > there are OSS utilities that can do ftp and http install of 
> system image for 
> > Windows and *nix, but still can't re-partition during restore. 
> So, OSS 
> > utilities can do the same except resizing the partition on the fly.
> > 
> 
> Almost all filesystems commonly used on linux have a tool for 
> resizing, at least 
> growing (to my knowledge only ext2 and ReiserFS can be shrunk).  
> This could be 
> done after an initial image is written.
> 
> I guess I'm used to using Ghost to install on systems with 
> completely identical 
> hardware.  It's just been my experience that windows doesn't like 
> getting put on 
> a completely different system than it was installed on.  I guess 
> maybe MS has 
> addressed this, but I know Windows98 thinks it just had a brain 
> transplant and 
> goes completely nuts, often breaking itself in the frenzy of 
> trying to 
> "reinstall" all it's drivers.
> 
> --MonMotha
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