From: Gary Pigott (gary at domain garypigott.net)
Date: Tue 19 Jun 2001 - 12:01:49 IST
Nope....with filesystems it recognises (FAT, NTFS, ext2..), it does image
distinct files as opposed to a disk image.
Image a drive and then ghost it back...no matter how fragmented it was
before, after the restore it is fully defragged.
There is a command line parameter, '-ia' that will do a traditional
sector-by-sector image, but the image will still be arsed because of the
file locks.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Walsh" <jerry at domain aardvark.ie>
To: "Gary Pigott" <gary at domain garypigott.net>; "Keith Clancy"
<Keith.Clancy at domain Berlitz.ie>; "'James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - Solaris SW -
Development Engineer'" <James.McBoyle at domain Sun.COM>; <ilug at domain linux.ie>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ILUG] networking a laptop
> Ghost shouldn't be dealing with "files" at all - it copies
> a raw disk image not individual files.
>
> if it's an image you're creating you can do it from windows
> or dos it doesn't matter aslong as you're not saving the image
> onto the partition you're creating the image from.
>
> Jerry.
>
>
>
> At 11:44 19/06/01 +0100, Gary Pigott wrote:
> >Ghost can't image open files. You'll need to do it from a DOS bootdisk.
> >Ghost has a boot disk wizard that includes some popular NIC drivers.
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >Scully : "Mulder, toads are falling from the sky!"
> >Mulder : " 'Guess their parachutes didn't open then."
> >http://www.garypigott.net
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Keith Clancy" <Keith.Clancy at domain Berlitz.ie>
> >To: "'James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - Solaris SW - Development Engineer'"
> ><James.McBoyle at domain Sun.COM>; <ilug at domain linux.ie>
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:06 AM
> >Subject: RE: [ILUG] networking a laptop
> >
> >
> > > Get some Cross-Over cable, this will provide a direct connection
between
> >the
> > > 2 NIC's (hubs and switch's twist the centre pair) hence the name.
> > >
> > > Machine A
> > > Ip Config
> > > 192.168.1.1
> > > 255.255.255.0
> > >
> > > Machine B
> > > Ip Config
> > > 192.168.1.2
> > > 255.255.255.0
> > >
> > > Enable File and Printer Sharing, Make a Ghost image of the ME install
or
> > > whatever and wh00r it across to the second windows box.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ilug-admin at domain linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at domain linux.ie]On Behalf Of
James
> > > McBoyle - Sun Ireland - Solaris SW - Development Engineer
> > > Sent: 19 June 2001 11:11
> > > To: ilug at domain linux.ie
> > > Subject: Re: [ILUG] networking a laptop
> > >
> > >
> > > > OK, I have the beast on my desk, (Inspiron 4000 that is) and the
> > > > first thing I want to do is backup the WinMe installation.
> > > >
> > > > I was hoping to just plug it NIC to NIC to a spare winNT machine
> > > > and somehow establish communication but I haven't a clue how: I
> > > > naievely thought just plugging them together would allow me to at
> > > > least ping from one to the other.
> > > >
> > > > Any pointers about linking two MS machines like this?
> > > >
> > > > Alternatively, if I boot it on the RH 6.2 install CD, can I connect
> > > > it to my main Linux machine NIC to NIC and copy stuff on and off
> > > > that way?
> > > >
> > > The first places to look are probably the silly ones . . .
> > > Firstly, are you using a cross-over cable, or just a length of normal
> > > ethernet...
> > > Next check the hosts file in c:\windows on both to see if they 'know'
> >about
> > > each other
> > > Then work out if networking is actually set-up on both in such a way
that
> > > they are able to talk to each other...
> > >
> > > yeah, I know these are the obvious 'but of course I have' questions,
but
> > > I've tripped on these myself...
> > >
> > > Have Fun,
> > > Jim.
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