In article , Jim Fisher wrote:
"Sylvain" wrote in message
info about knoppix can be found here (it is a very neat Debian based
distribution of Linux that boots from the CD, i.e., neat for those
who'd like to try what a real OS looks like without having to
install anything on their PC): http://www.knoppix.org/

That is just too cool. Thanks.

Knoppix IS cool.

I've had to duplicate a number of hard disk images. With Knoppix, I can
sysprep the Windows machine, boot with Knoppix, then "dd if=/dev/hda
bs=1K | gzip | nc some-remote-machine" and on the remote machine, netcat
the incoming data to a file. Made my own custom Knoppix boot disks to
write hard disk images to new machines - stick 30 of the buggers on the
network, boot them with Knoppix and they automatically run the script
that images the new machine from the file on the server. Great way to
deploy new machines - an inexpensive disk duplicating factory for your
organization.

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