golden server

[Mickey Moore]

I have found for cloning an install or backing one up, pmagic bootable CD is quite useful. It allows partition editing and allows use of clonezilla without rebooting. http://partedmagic.com/ . The only problem I have had with clonezilla is that you cannot restore to a smaller partition. 

--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Ben Francis <wirelessben at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ben Francis <wirelessben at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: golden server
> To: "Edubuntu Users Group" <edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 4:13 PM
> This modestly named thread is a great
> down and dirty tutorial on dd:
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/How_To_Do_Eveything_With_DD
> 
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:43 PM,
> wayne <plettpc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> David Groos wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Wayne, I'll check it out.  Do you have
> personal experience with
> 
> > using dd and LTSP servers?
> 
> >
> 
> > David
> 
> >
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, wayne <plettpc at gmail.com
> 
> > <mailto:plettpc at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> 
> >     David Groos wrote:
> 
> >
> 
> >         Hi All,
> 
> >
> 
> >         I need to be able to make an image of a
> Jaunty Edubuntu LTSP
> 
> >         server which I can then burn onto others,
> at the same school and
> 
> >         at a different school.  I saw Asmo use
> the term 'golden server'
> 
> >         so did a search for it + Ubuntu but only
> came up with hits for
> 
> >         working with golden client.
> 
> >
> 
> >         Thanks!
> 
> >
> 
> >         David
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >     use dd to clone the drive.
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> 
> 
> dd will work to clone any drive! No matter whats on
> it!
> 
> 
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