installation snapshot and restore

[Joao Ferreira gmail]

Just for the record

I ended up using the 'partimage' application from the 'Gparted Live CD'.

It's pretty neat:

a) boot with Gparted live CD
b) mount some partition, other than the one to be backed up, to store
the backup file
c) open a root terminal
d) run 'partimage', fill in the blanks and go !!

cheers
joao



On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 10:25 +0000, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is there a recommended way to snapshot a fresh ubuntu (9.10 in my case)
> installation and restore it afterwards.
> 
> I'm thinking something like storing an image file on some alternate
> media, and when I want to restore, maybe I'dd boot from some live CD and
> restore the image to the partition.
> 
> (I have ubuntu installed on /dev/sda6 (with grub also on /dev/sda6). I
> have another linux on /dev/sda4 and another grub in the MBR that
> chainloads the ubuntu grub).
> 
> thanks a lot
> 
> Joao
>