OBI and the FLDT

[Israel]

On 01/26/2014 02:20 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> 2014-01-26 07:25, Israel skrev:
>> Hey OBI crew, I just came across this
>> https://github.com/pennmanor/FLDT
>> and wondered if you could use any of their code to help in your project.
>> It seems (on the surface) to be used for the same purpose, imaging lots
>> of computers quickly, though it may be entirely different.
>> Hopefully it can be of some use :)
>>
> Hi Israel,
>
> Thanks for the tip, it is quite interesting :-)
>
> FLDT uses Partclone, which is also used by Clonezilla for cloning /
> imaging. It is a good tool, but not as flexible as tar, that is used in
> the OBI. It is not possible to install into a smaller device or
> partition than the master, from which the image was made. But it is
> certainly a working method.
>
> Maybe I can have a closer look at it to find out if there are some
> methods that could be 'borrowed' to the OBI.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
No problem!
I hope there is something you can use!  It is licensed mostly in Apache, 
but it is also just a bunch of shell scripts, so you could just read it, 
and find new ways of doing something, and implement your own version of 
the same idea....  Keep us posted.

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Regards