Fog alternatives and similar tools
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Clonezilla
Clonezilla is a partition or disk clone tool similar to Norton Ghost®. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition).
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README
FOGProject starting point
Introduction
FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. FOG can be used to image Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Window 8, and Windows 10 PCs using PXE, PartClone, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes features like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan, task scheduling, inventory management, and remote installation of software packages. Features can be triggered remotely from the web GUI, once the machine has been registered.
Install stable version
Install and update your chosen linux server
Download the file(s)
All that is needed to start installation is to download the files to perform the install. Choose one of the following methods you prefer;
- ZIP archive
wget https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/archive/master.zip; unzip master.zip - TAR/GZ archive
wget https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/archive/master.tar.gz; tar xzf master.tar.gz - git
git clone https://github.com/fogproject/fogproject.git fogproject-master
- ZIP archive
- Run the install script as root and follow all prompts accordingly
sudo -i
cd /path/to/fogproject-master/bin
./installfog.sh
- Enjoy
Install latest development version
Install and update your chosen linux server
Download the file(s)
All that is needed to start the installation is to download the files to perform the install. Choose one of the following methods you prefer;
- git
git clone https://github.com/fogproject/fogproject.git fogproject-dev-branch; cd fogproject-dev-branch; git checkout dev-branch(recommended if you want to keep up with current developments! - ZIP archive
wget https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/archive/dev-branch.zip; unzip dev-branch.zip - TAR/GZ archive
wget https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/archive/dev-branch.tar.gz; tar xzf dev-branch.tar.gz
- git
- Run the install script as root and follow all prompts accordingly
sudo -i
cd /path/to/fogproject-dev-branch/bin
./installfog.sh
- Enjoy
All should now be installed and you can start configuring and registering systems. Please see: http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Managing_FOG to assist you in setting up further.
There are many resources for assistance.
- Wiki: http://fogproject.org/wiki for any information.
- Forum: http://fogproject.org/forum.
- Email: A Developer directly. If a dev permit it they have added themselves on the wiki/Credits page.
Development
Download the source with git and checkout the branch dev-branch for the latest code or a more specific feature branch you would like to help work on.
As you are running a development branch, please post bugs to either:
- A new issue on https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject/issues
- https://forums.fogproject.org/category/17/bug-reports
If you would like to create a pull request, please make the pull request into the dev-branch branch.