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Date:      Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:19:49 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        JoeB <barbish@a1poweruser.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   PartImage (was RE: Block Zeroing Tool)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210061115470.30589-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEDJCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>

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On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, JoeB wrote:

> I also have tried to use ghost to make image backups of FBSD,
> but the image is the same size as the FBSD slice.
> Have you tested the solution posted above to zero out the unused
> disk space in the FBSD slice so ghost will only image bkup real data?
> Did it work like you hoped?

Ghost is terrible.  Not the software, but the ridiculous license.  
Partimage has beta support for UFS, so it should skip unused blocks:

http://www.partimage.org

Please, please someone port it.  For a bootable Linux CD image with
partimage and other stuff, see:

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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