Ignite for Linux

[B S_1]

Hello,

is there a similar product for Linux?

Best regards.
Dietmar

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

No. But maybe someday HP will "port" it?

live free or die
harry

[Cheryl Griffin]

Ignite won't be released on Linux because Ignite relies heavily on SD-UX which does not exist in Linux.

There are Linux opensource backup solutions at http://www.linux.org/apps/ Backburner looks like a good possibility.
Cheryl

[Steven E. Protter]

The open source will work.

I actually boot the system once a month with a boot disk and Norton Ghost 7. Ghost lets you write an image to cd or a network drive,(you will need the right dos nic drivers on the boot disk).

I have successfully restored full Linux systems this way.

I also tar all /etc data to a file called /backups/net.tar

An ftp script on a windows server makes sure the file gets backed up. I'm eventually openning up samba so the drive can be mapped for backup.

[Kellogg Unix Team]

Dietmar,

Red Hat Linux has "kickstart" on the lines of "jumpstart" (on solaris) and "ignite" on hp-ux.

Rgds
...Manjeet

[Steven Mertens]

hi

maybe you can have a look
at the following tools

http://www.systemimager.org/
or
mondo rescue :
http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/

rgds.

Steven

[B S_1]

Thank you for the replies.

I will test the
suggestions and come back
with some feedback.

Best Regards. Dietmar.

[Schelstraete Bart_1]

You can check mkcdRec.
http://mkcdrec.ota.be/project/

This tool can make a bootable CD (or tape, or ISO) from your current Linux environment which you can use a recovery/rescue CD.
You can also excludes files, etc..And it's opensource , so you can modify it...

Great tool.


rgrds,

Bart