Partimage Is Not Ghost
Partimage Is Not Ghost (PING) is a live Linux ISO based on LFS (Linux From Scratch). It can be burnt on a CD and booted, or integrated in a PXE/RIS environment. Several tools that make it the perfect choice for easily backing up and restoring whole partitions are included. It supports backups to and from SMB shares, backup of BIOS data, the ability to blank the local admin's password, creation of bootable restoration DVDs, the ability to partition and format a disk before installing Windows, and more.
| Tags | Archiving backup Operating Systems Linux Distributions CD-Based Recovery Tools Mirroring |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
Recent releases
- 15 Jan 2009 15:51
Changes: Many components were updated. Many new features were added, such as dynamic partition table changes.
- 17 Sep 2008 18:19
Changes: Little code fixes. The addition of dmraid, hdparm, and fuse-zip to the live OS. The kernel has been recompiled with different options (which might improve speed a lot for certain controllers and SATA devices).
- 10 Sep 2008 17:22
Changes: This release fixes some small bugs, updates the kernel to 2.6.26.5, and adds some tools to the OS (S-Tar and 7-Zip).
- 08 Sep 2008 02:08
Changes: This release supports NFS, FTP, and SSHFS. Samba, the Linux kernel, and e1000 drivers have been upgraded. Zip archives can now complete or update partimage-made binaries (sda1.zip). Dirty NTFS filesystems are now supported in R/W.
- 03 Aug 2008 09:59
Changes: The Linux kernel was upgraded to 2.6.26. It is now possible to have restorations of locally-stored images automatically. Several minor fixes were done.
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Recent commentsRe: I would agree
That is precisely what PING does :)
I would agree
Partimage is not Ghost. I tried to use Partimage to replace the licensing costs of Ghost, but you have to perform too many steps and various tools to get the same outcome. Ghost resizes, makes the correct file system and partition all in one. Someone should modify partimage to include scripts that would resize partitions, format file systems and drop images in the same time Ghost can accomplish this task.