https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-an-open-source-alternative-to-ghost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-an-open-source-alternative-to-ghost David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 01 Oct 2010 03:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-an-open-source-alternative-to-ghost/#comment-3900 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:33:38 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=713#comment-3900 I have been using patimage for the past year to deploy linux, and windows systems. The only problem is that the partition size needs to match, and you have to defrag the ntfs drives proir to image creation.

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-an-open-source-alternative-to-ghost/#comment-3640 Sun, 10 Mar 2002 04:40:00 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=713#comment-3640 I really like PartImage as I am migrating to Linux and open source as much as possible. It actually has a pretty slick user interface and *seems* to work. (Desparately needs to be able to restore into different-sized partitions, though.) But I bought Powerquest Drive Image 5.0 because my hard disk backup is mission critical and, frankly, a beta tool with "experimental" NTFS support does not give me much peace of mind. But best wishes to the Partimage folks, and hopefully this is the last software I buy for a *long* time…

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/finding-an-open-source-alternative-to-ghost/#comment-3639 Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:15:57 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=713#comment-3639 Well, I seem to be searching for the same "Holy Grail" you are, and speed is about the only issue I can’t figure out. I don’t want to use PartImage as of yet — it just doesn’t seem straightforward enough for a non-Unix type (others I work with). So far, I’m looking at just making some scripts that quickly mimic most of what Ghost does, without the bit-for-bit copying of the partitions. I’m curious how you’ve fared at this so far.

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