[Novalug] g4l - Ghost for Linux

[KHALID NAMEZ]

I have not used G4L, but you can probably accomplish the same using dd and
optionaly bzip.


examples:

to create an image:

dd if=/dev/hda bs=1024 | bzip2 > /some/path/backup.bz2


to restore an image:

bzip2 -cd /some/path/backup.bz2 | dd of=/dev/hda bs=1024


to clone one hd to the other directly:

dd if=/dev/hda bs=1024k | dd of=/dev/sda bs=1024k



dd can also be used with netcat to store or retrieve the images.



good luck.




--- Ben Creitz <creitz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anybody used g4l for ghosting important drives containing NTFS
> partitions?  Can anybody comment on its reliability, success/failure
> stories re: restoring partition images, etc.?
> 
> -Ben
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