(OT) DOS <shudder> networking

[Benjamin Minshall]

Ahhh, a pure Linux solution - ditch GHOST all together.  Create a linux boot
disk with NFS support and mount a drive on your server.

To create the image run:  # dd if=/dev/hda of=/path/to/network/myimage.bin

Do the inverse to clone the machine back: # dd if=/path/to/network/myimage.bin
of=/dev/hda

I'm not sure if dd needs any more parameters than that..perhaps someone else
could add to my idea.

-Ben

Stephen Weber wrote:

> I guess my Linux question was "is there a way to ghost the drives off of a
> Linux boot disk?"
>
> sorry,
> Steve
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>
> Reply-To: pfaffben@msu.edu
> To: "Stephen Weber" <grego_weber@hotmail.com>
> CC: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: (OT) DOS <shudder> networking
> Date: 29 Jun 2000 12:05:15 -0400
>
> "Stephen Weber" <grego_weber@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>  > Over where I'm working right now we're in an all Windows98 area. The boss
>  > wants to be able to use ghost from any computer, just pop in a boot disk
> to
>  > the computer to have it done to, and get the image off the network.
> Problem
>  > is, ghost is dos-based, and we can't connect from DOS.
>  >
>  > any suggestions? I'm wrestling with MS Network Client for dos, but I'd
> like
>  > to hear from you guys. Is there a Linux solution here that I could use?
>
> Let me get this straight.  You're asking for a Linux solution for
> DOS networking?  I think the answer is no^Whell no.  If you're
> asking another question then maybe you should explain further.
>
> Ben
>
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Benjamin Minshall
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