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PING
Divelopen bai EFFITEK(Natan/Curtis[1]
Steibol rīlīs 4.00 / 2016n 6m 27d; 7 nin jiqín (2016-06-27)
Opèreitiŋ sistèm Linux from Scratch
Taip Disk cloning software
Laisèns GNU GPL
Websàit ping.windowsdream.com
PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) is a free software Linux-based live CD ISO image built upon the Partimage and Linux From Scratch (LFS) projects for disk cloning or backup purposes. The software supports most hardware platforms using Parallel ATA, Serial ATA, or SCSI systems for desktop computers, workstations, and servers. It can access file systems using FAT16, FAT32, NTFS or ext3 format. Disk partition images can be stored on other partitions on the same drive, other drives on a network, or written to one or more CDs or DVDs (CD/DVD spanning). Images can be written without compression or using a choice of several compression schemes, thus reducing storage requirements.
PING got its fame in the Asia market during the late 2000s as an "open-sourced alternative to Symantec Ghost" in local educational magazines. It was the first of the kinds integrating disk tools from Linux on a boot device. It is also considered the software alternative to hardware partition cloning cards. The drawback is it provide only English and French interface. Therefore when later a competitor Clonzilla from Taiwan appeared, local schools switched to Clonzilla for the following 3 reasons:
  1. It provide interface in several languages, including Traditional Chinese, their major language,
  2. It gives a higher compression ratio, and
  3. Clonzilla allows cloning to DVD, but PING restricted to only CD-R.
Although the user interface is keyboard-based, it is easy to navigate with the cursor keys. Option selections are checked or unchecked with the space bar, and minimal typing is required when specifying file names for backup or restoration.

Editions / Ediçions / 版本[]

PING has got two different versions:
  • Community Edition is the free version, while
  • Business Edition is the pay version for commercial organizations with each license for 30 Euro.
PING-wa 2-gè vörçions aru:
  • Kommyuniti Ediçion wa minfai-na vörçion, en
  • Bisnes Ediçion wa peiy vörçion für kommörsol organaiseiçions with 1-gè laisens 30 Euro.
PING 現時分為兩個版本:
  • 社群版是免費版本,但建議捐贈5歐羅;而
  • 商業版則是在商業機構使用的版本,每個使用權售30歐羅。

Features / Käraktèristiks / 特色[]

Since PING is built upon LFS, it is very small in size. Even if a user decided to expand the content and install it permanently on hard drive, it would still take only 20 megabytes. Normally, the software is burnt on a CD-ROM or installed into a USB flash drive for booting. There is also a special version that allow users to load plug-in programs, for example, Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) for virus scanning.
Downloading PING requires registration with an email address. Older versions are still available for download.

Known Problems / Wagari problèms / 已知問題[]

  • 軟件已知會與DELL為其伺服器編寫的系統分割軟件相衝,唯一的解決辦法是把DELL的分割刪除,又或採用其他軟件代替。
  • 另外,系統現時只有英語及法語版本,早期版本並不能顯示含有統一碼字元的檔案名稱,到第16版開始才支援,但會以兩個冒號包含有關文字的統一碼,例如:「一」--> ":4E00:"

See also / Si osou / 參看[]

  • List of disk cloning software

External links / Ikstörnol liŋks / 外部連結[]

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