It originally came up @ ACUC 2010; bare metal restores, and we have had to do this for clients a few times recently for a variety of reasons.
Because the tools are of various level of arcane geekness required, we have actually been filming various aspects of the process, the better to share with folks.
No promises for when the finished video packages will be complete, but there are some awesome F/OSS tools out there for bringing machines back from the dead.
