NT Workstation duplication

[Schlomo Schapiro]

You see,

all these hacks don't compete with complete programs like ghost since they
don't integrate all the functions under one roof. In the LAB routine work
I of course look much more for stability and clear things than a big
collection of hacks. Also every dopey can use ghost while you need a unix
pro to maintain the hack-collection.

What could be more interesting is the PEXE package for Linux that allows
you to make intelligent per-need installations of clients.

Schlomo

PS: 

Dear Samba-NTDOM list !

I don't know wether such talk is interesting for you (it could be since
most people who look at samba & NT also have to fight the installation
problem). If this topic is out of place and annoying, let's move it to
private mailings.

Luke ?

 On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Seth Vidal wrote:

> > But I did not yet find a program that does the following:
> >
> > - Multicasting
> > - Adapt partition tables & sizes on the fly (since not all disks are
> > 1000% identical)
> try this out:
> sfdisk - scriptable fdisk - useful tool - lets you do all sorts of crazy
> sizings.
> 
> or gnu parted - lets you edit and resize parititions
> 
> > - change NT name & SID (from within Linux, and don't mention dosemu,
> > since then I could already use real DOS)
> still a hassle - I'm using newsid after the fact - not very automated yet.
> 
> > - copy only USED sectors (and not all the empty space)
> yeah. I know.
> my workaround
> small C: on the NT machines (~500mb) (NTFS)
> large d: on the NT machines - VFAT
> the vfat drives will copy cleanly from nfs->vfat dirs w/o a problem -then
> its only used space.
> copy the whole NTFS drive from an image - (compressed only about 150-200mb
> transfer)
> 
> > - comression (fast/high)
> gzip -9 - nothing but the best. :) (actually its pretty quick on a
> slow-ass network.
> 
> > Please, please point me to such a program (ghost for linux ?) and I will
> > immediately use it.
> 
> sorry - no program just some hacks.
> 
> -sv
> 
> 

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Schlomo Schapiro
Computation Authority
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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