One of a million ways to ghost the linux way...
To make an image:
load a bootable Linux CD such as Knoppix (www.knoppix.net)
then on a command prompt type:
dd if=/dev/hda |gzip | ssh user@image.machine.com cat >/path/to/image.gz

To put an image into a machine:
load a bootable Linux CD such as Knoppix (www.knoppix.net)
then on a command prompt type
ssh user@image.machine.com cat /path/to/image.gz |dd of=/dev/hda

There, you just saved yourself a boatload of money on buying ghost.

I believe there are graphical tools on the CD as well...

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek

(Sorry, couldn't resist... feeling ornary today)

Atherton, Bill (AZ15) wrote:
> Being on the hardware side I do not follow everything you say below but do
> have enough understanding to appreciate the complexity and frustration you
> are facing.  Just a couple of hours ago here at work they were going to
> ghost a machine but it started beeping before they got to it, very annoying.
> Guess what, we lost the hard drive in it!  Anyway keep up the great work
> which we greatly appreciate.