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Re: Imaging Operating Systems


From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 21:38:47 +1200

"Volker Tanger" <volker.tanger () detewe de> wrote:

Ghost won't work (IIRC) on unknown OS types as it ony copies used data
blocks. Netcat does a binary copy and does not care what OS or data...

That just might be a limitation if you are GUI-bound, but I'm sure 
there are (or, at least were on the most recent version of Ghost I've 
looked at and used, which may not be quite the newest) switches for 
commandline use for creating "raw" image backups.


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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