g4u

[Vu Pham]

On 01/21/2010 09:36 AM, Andrew Gould wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Vu Pham<vu at sivell.com>  wrote:
>> I am trying to copy images of several notebooks ( Windows and Linux ) as
>> their backups. g4u allows me to transfer the images to a remote ftp server
>> but I need to copy these images to a local drive ( usb external hard drive
>> ). If I understand correctly, g4u does not have this option: it will not
>> copy images to local disks as files.
>>
>> Am I wrong ? If not, any alternative to g4u to allow me to clone hard drives
>> onto local devices ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vu
>
> If I recall correctly, you are correct.  g4u will allow you to clone
> partitions or hard drives locally, but does not have the option to
> save an image to a local file.  The advantage of using ftp for saving
> image files is that g4u doesn't have to worry about filesystem
> compatibility.
>
> That being said, isn't g4u's backup application simply a front-end for
> dd?  If your filesystems can be read by g4u, you may be able to
> achieve your goal with a manual script.  If your filesystems cannot be
> read by g4u, you may be able to recreate g4u's functionality using a
> live Linux CD that has dd.
>

Andrew, dd is what I use at this moment. I thought g4u only copies files 
and file structure, not the whole disk ( owned and free nodes ) like dd 
so g4u will take less time to copy. I may be wrong.

Thanks,
Vu