Re: [LUG] Norton Ghost

[Kelly Jones <kellyjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only the later versions of Ghost support Linux partitions.  Try partimage (available on Knoppix) as a free and in someways superior alternative to Ghost.



On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 00:43 +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Something I should have realised a long time ago I thought I would pass 
> on to those who may not know - or are criminally slow on the uptake like 
> me ;)
>
> I always thought of Norton Ghost as a Windows program so developed a 
> blind spot to it.  Tonight I discovered much to my joy it will back up 
> Linux partitions too.  Basically I made a Win98 boot CD and put Ghost on 
> another.  Then, booting into DOS, swap CD and bingo! Ghost sees all my 
> partitions regardless of their type of format! :)  All I have to do now 
> is boot back into Windows, and pass the backed up images to the desktop 
> via the network :)
>
> It's quite educational watching the backup (sad that I am :) )  I can 
> watch the paths for all the bits and pieces and learn where things 
> should go :)
>
> BTW it's the laptop, with no floppy drive.. hence the requirement to 
> waste a CD on about 1Mb of data.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian