Norton Ghost for Linux

d_GeNeRiT · #1 27th January 2006, 05:31 AM

Hello Everyone,

I finally got linux updated and working the way i want. Fedora 4 that is. I would like to back up the hard drive image to DVD-r media and store them in case I blow up my system in the future.

Is there any program you can recommend in Linux similar to Norton Ghost that will allow me to accomplish this task?

robghealey · #2 27th January 2006, 05:59 AM

There is a program called ghost for unix, but it is different than Ghost8 per se. Go to this url:

http://www.feyrer.de/g4u

bend · #3 27th January 2006, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by d_GeNeRiT

Hello Everyone,

I finally got linux updated and working the way i want. Fedora 4 that is. I would like to back up the hard drive image to DVD-r media and store them in case I blow up my system in the future.

Is there any program you can recommend in Linux similar to Norton Ghost that will allow me to accomplish this task?

Hi!

I recommend you have a look at G4U . It is a bootable iso that handles dropping/retrieving partitions or disks from an ftp server, it also supportes compression. I am regularly using that tool for full disks and am quite happy with it.

Ben

farmorg · #4 27th January 2006, 09:06 AM

Or Ghost for Linux, i've used this myself with great success.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/

farmorg

sej7278 · #5 27th January 2006, 09:26 AM

acronis true image, i'd go for corporate workstation v8 as personal v9 is kinda unstable at the moment. it supports the new extensions to ext3 used in fc3+, reiserfs, plus of course fat32, ntfs etc.

the enterprise server v8 also supports jfs and reiser4.

bigfootnmd · #6 27th January 2006, 06:40 PM

Hi,
Ghost 4 linux or G4u do not support storing the image to DVD, CD. They support transfer to and FTP server. Are there any programs that will support imaging a drive and storing the image across multiple DVD or CD media. That is what I am looking for also.

sej7278 · #7 27th January 2006, 10:06 PM

acronis lets you put the images on any media you want, i usually tell it to split into 635mb chunks as then you can either use a bunch of cd's or fit 7 chunks onto a dvd-r.

i don't think acronis supports ftp, but it does support samba, and usb/firewire drives.

d_GeNeRiT · #8 28th January 2006, 02:47 AM

Thanks. I am using Acronis True Image for Linux but I have a couple questions about it. I will start a new thread named "How to backup image using Acronis?"