(OT) DOS <shudder> networking

[Stephen Weber]

The plan is to have a standard image for each computer type, all of a type 
being identical.

dd would not work right now, as the images are compressed in ghost's 
personal file type. I probably could not convince the powers that be to 
change it.

Steve

----Original Message Follows----
From: Sean <picasso@madflower.com>
To: Benjamin Minshall <minshal1@pilot.msu.edu>
CC: Stephen Weber <grego_weber@hotmail.com>, linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: (OT) DOS <shudder> networking
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:48:20 -0400 (EDT)

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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