Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.questions
Date: 2003-06-08 19:40:41 PST

> > I do have a copy of 'Drive Image 4.0' from PowerQuest which claims that it
> > copies Linux partitions but the documentation doesn't lend any more hints
> > than that simple statement.  I *might* be able to convince the
> > powers-that-be to purchase an updated version or some other tool if there
> > wasn't any other straightforward way to accomplish what I am looking to do.
>
>Norton Ghost will supposedly work with Linux drive images as well.
>
>The Linux equivelant might be to just install a second drive, preferrably
>on a second IDE channel, and do something like this:
>
> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc bs=4k
>
>I've no experience using this, but it seems the correct way to go.  Of
>course, if you don't want to install any hardware into the box, the
>PowerQuest or Norton options might be better.
>
>Scott

I have used Norton Ghost on my linux machine. I have Ghosted it to an image on a Windows 98 PC on my network, and have also restored it from the Ghost image. I always Ghost an image of an installation once I get it working just right. I then put the Ghost images on CD Rom for safe keeping. With the images on CD rom, I can restore a hard disk from the computers CD drive after booting with the Ghost boot disk. It works really well and I would recommend it. There are other programs that also do this, but I am so satisfied with what I bought that I haven't tried the others.

hudson smith