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Linux equivalent of Installboot
Name: kamelia Date: December 22, 2002 at 03:40:57 Pacific OS: Linux 7.2 CPU/Ram: x86/512mb
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Hi I am not very familiar with linux and PCs. But I am good with Sun and sparc stations. Question: Instead of using Ghost, I would like to mirror a disk on my intel running linux 7.2 and use an equivalent command like Sun's installboot to make the mirror disk bootable. What command should I use in linux to make this new system disk bootable? Thank you Kamelia
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