How do I create a backup image of my server?

[Jay Stapleton]

Check out Mondo-rescue.  It makes a bootable rescue disc out of your 
existing filesystem.

-Jay

Az wrote:
> Hi, now that I have a "working version" of my server, I would like to back
> it up. I am long time user of Nortons Ghost 2003 for my laptop. I like Ghost
> so much that I am holding off upgrading to their new "Go Back " feature for
> as long as I can. It allows me to create a compressed image and I can
> generally have my laptop back up and running with everything on it, OS,
> patches, email, files, etc. in about 45 minutes. 
>
> Is there something similar that I can do with Ubuntu that will allow me to
> save a working "snapshot" of my server? I know that as I as start to play
> with it, I will blow it up and don't want to have to rebuild it from scratch
> again.  
>
> If someone can point me in the direction of a method, utility out there can
> accomplish this, that would be much appreciated.
>
> thanks
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