[plug] Backup of drives for installfest??

[Craig Ringer]

On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 09:27, Cameron Patrick wrote:

> Partimage over NFS is my plan.  (Alternatively, if someone can compile
> a partimage server that isn't broken, i.e. not the Debian packaged
> version, we could use the native partimage server which should achieve
> next to wire speed.)

Yep, my experience at CA is that it's really damnn fast, especially if
you make sure to gzip the install images (much faster than uncompressed
for any computer you're likely to encounter now). I only wish partimage
had one of the super fast compression schemes as an option too.

A static partimage server and client shouldn't be too difficult
(well-behaved libraries permitting). I was able to built Partimage as a
a local app for LTSP, so I figure a fairly portable static build
shouldn't be too bad. When would you need them by - I'll see what I can
do, but no promises because I'm very busy ATM.

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Craig Ringer