https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/disk-imaging/ Recent content in Disk-Imaging on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-07-self-hosted-disk-imaging-cloning-clonezilla-partclone-g4l-guide/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-07-self-hosted-disk-imaging-cloning-clonezilla-partclone-g4l-guide/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>When managing a fleet of servers or workstations, re-installing operating systems one by one is a non-starter. Self-hosted disk imaging and cloning servers automate OS deployment by capturing a golden master image and multicasting it to dozens or hundreds of machines simultaneously over the network. This guide compares three battle-tested open-source tools: <strong>Clonezilla SE</strong> (Server Edition with DRBL), <strong>Partclone</strong> (the engine underneath many cloning tools), and <strong>G4L</strong> (Ghost for Linux).</p>