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Re: [PLUG] Rapid Rollout of linux boxes?
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My Ghost2000 Personal Edition says "Other file systems such as those used by
Linux and OS/2 can be cloned on a sector-by-sector basis".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael W. Ryan" <mryan@netaxs.com>
> It has to do with the file systems. With a FAT filesystem, you only need
> to transfer the FAT and the actual data on the drive. You don't need to
> transfer the unused portion of the drive. Unfortunately, with a
> file system like ext2fs, you need to transfer the whole drive, both the
> data and unused portions. IB has a utility that lets you zero-out the
> unused part of the drive, allowing for very efficient compression. Check
> to see if Ghost has a similar utility.
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