[NTLUG:Discuss] Full system backup-restore for Desktop PC

[Ralph Green, Jr.]

Howdy,
  By Norton Ghostish, do you mean you need a slick interface, or do you
mean you want something that will make a good image file?  If you mean
the latter, I would do a dd of the partition table, and any partitions
you created(leave out the swap partition) and the tar and bzip2 them.
Store that file on a DVD+R and you'll have a good backup.
  Depending on the disk sizes you are dealing with, this may have to be
adjusted.  I imaged a 40 gig drive this way and it easily fit.  The only
downside was that the compression took about 12 hours.  I went for
maximal compression, which it turned out I did not really need.
Good luck,
Ralph

On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 21:25 -0500, Bradley's List Address wrote:
> I would like to make an image that I can use to restore to a blank hard
> drive in case it gets hosed.
> I tried Mondo but couldn't make it work.
> I was looking for something "Norton Ghostish"