[sllug-members]: Network backup and cloning

[Jason R]

Hey John,
We resize down the partitions via qtparted and then use g4u (which seems 
to compress the image some).  Before we deploy the clone machine we use 
qtparted again to expand the partition.  It works well enough for our 
medium sized shop.  The biggest issue we have run into with g4u is it 
detecting newer NICs.
Cheers, Jason

John Anderson wrote:
> Hey, I was wondering what your guys recommendation for doing cloning 
> of pc's and deploying the image over a network is?  I've tried using 
> g4u ( http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ )  and dd but they both clone the 
> complete harddisk (80gb disk means 80gb image).
>
> Thanks for the tips =)
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