Stephen, <br><br>I know of a couple of school technicians near us that are using this. I hope to get them together for a meeting. Our version of ghost is getting quite old in the tooth and doesnt always work. I am keen to see if a move to using Clonezilla will be sufficient for our needs. Might organise a demonstration workshop one Monday evening soon.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/13 Stephen Bloomer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sbloomer@stpeters.vic.edu.au">sbloomer@stpeters.vic.edu.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Just wondering, is anyone using Clonezilla to image Windows computers in a school? I was about to spend big money on a ghost style solution and would prefer to spend the money on hardware.<br>
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Stephen Bloomer<br>
<a href="mailto:sbloomer@stpeters.vic.edu.au">sbloomer@stpeters.vic.edu.au</a><br>
Network Manager<br>
St. Peter's College<br>
Cranbourne-Frankston Road<br>
Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3977<br>
Phone +61 3 5996 6733<br>
Fax +61 3 5996 8277<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:opensource-bounces@edulists.com.au">opensource-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen<br>
Sent: Sat 13/06/2009 5:25 PM<br>
To: Open Source Software Mailing List<br>
Subject: [Opensource] Cloning from a PC to a Virtual Box VM<br>
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My technician Luke and I made several updates to the Windows XP image that we deploy on our iMac computers. This included the following software tweaks:<br>
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* Updated Sun Open Office and installed an addon that removes the registration nag screen for new users.<br>
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* Installed Sun Virtual Box<br>
* Still need to add Sun patch to Office2003 to enable it to read Open Document files<br>
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Luke reflected that it would be great if we could just clone this partition and somehow copy it to Virtual Box to save us having to rebuild it from scratch for the Macbook laptop users who are using Virtual Box to access Windows XP (such as me) .. not everybody is running a dual boot. I just did some research on the web and discovered this page that describes how it could be done between Virtual box VMs using Clonezilla. I think it could be adapted to help copy from a physical dive to a VM.<br>
<a href="http://marcosaruj.com/archives/116" target="_blank">http://marcosaruj.com/archives/116</a><br>
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I would like to revisit this again and welcome your ideas and suggestions how we could best achieve this.<br>
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Regards Roland<br>
</div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>