disk copy

[Mike Rambo]

Marcel wrote:
>I got two virutally the same PCs. I tried reinstalling one with Windows but
its
>being stubborn. Can somebody explain in detail how do I copy the stuff from
one
>functioning PC to the others harddrive?

We use a utility that came with ImageCast called 'drive copy'.  The doc's
with the package indicated that it was a freebe they included but it is
copyrighted software.  You might try looking for a web site to see how much
of a freebe it really is.

Drive copy allows you to do direct partition to partition or drive to drive
images.  We use it to do mass upgrades by setting up one machine the way we
want it and then drive copy from the one master to 40 or 50 other hard
drives (one at a time unfortunately).  Works like a charm.

Now for a question -

Recently we've begun to use ImageCast to do a similar thing over the
network.  You get one machine set right, ImageCast makes an image, boot all
the clients you want to image with a network boot disk ImageCast makes, and
then send the image to them all.  I mention this because ImageCast (sadly)
is a windows solution.  Is there a way to do something similar with a Linux
solution?

Mike Rambo
mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us