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Ghost 8.x and Grub/EXT2,3?



On 12/19/06, Scott Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:
> As a bit of a followup/tangent to my previous post, next to using dd for
> imaging a Linux setup, what are people's experience with using Ghost 8.x
> that reportedly supports Grub?   How about preservation of EXT2, EXT3, and
> LVM partitions/volumes?
>

I've used partimage (included with Knoppix, among other distros) to
grab partition images and restore or transfer to new machines. It's a
simple single-liner to grab the MBR as well, links in the notes below.
Notes here:

http://www.tedroche.com/blog/?p=2404
http://www.tedroche.com/blog/?p=2545

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Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com

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