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Re: boot image for restores

2008-01-02 01:30:20
Subject: Re: boot image for restores
From: Charles Curley <charlescurley AT charlescurley DOT com>
To: Jeremy Mordkoff <jlm AT zazzletech DOT com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 23:24:09 -0700
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 10:08:45PM -0500, Jeremy Mordkoff wrote:
> Does anyone have any suggestions for an OS to put on a boot disk for doing
> restores? I am thinking of using flash drives, but CD is an option also.
> 
>  
> 
> The boot image needs to be able to access a restore image that is on the
> network or a flash drive.

I've had good results with Finnix. ~100MB. You can have it load into
RAM, then use the CD drive for data, or get the data over the net.

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