(OT) DOS <shudder> networking

[Sean]

wont dd only write a disk the exact size of the image? he might have
different sized drives on his various machines. 

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Benjamin Minshall wrote:

> 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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