I've been modifying G4L (Ghost for Linux), which creates image files, and I've got it working well. I am now looking at adding the udpcast option to do the one to many option. The g4l currently makes an image file to an ftp server basically using dd -> compress (gzip, bzip, or lzop) -> ncftp - file. The reversion is basically used to restore the image. doing 1 restore takes about 50 minutes, and 2 takes a little over an hour. Doing 19 machines at the same time takes about 6 1/2 hours. The Udpcast can copy one machine to 19 machines in about 1 hour, but it basically requires resetting a machine using the g4l first before then coping that machine. I would like to be able to copy directly from the image file to the machines. Currently, I've been using lzop compression, since it gives the best speed/size ratio. I've been able to use the udp-sender and udp- receiver to copy the file from the one machine with the ftp server to the other. But in trying to process the file thru the pipe, it doesn't do what I expect. The ideal is to transfer the compressed lzop file thru the udp, and then have it be decompressed and run thru dd. udp-receiver --pipe 'lzop -d -c - | dd of=/dev/hda' Ideally, I'd like to have eight image files for the 8 labs in my building, so any lab could be restored. Thanks. Note: my modified versions of g4l are on my college ftp server ftp://202.128.73.29 +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@kuentos.guam.net mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu Number of Seti Units Returned: 15,758 Processing time: 30 years, 95 days, 14 hours, 11 minutes (Total Hours: 265,094)