Justin P. Mattock wrote: > alright, > (didn't see that while doing a quick google). > There has to be something simple to do this. > I myself would like to create an .iso of what I created. > So If I blow up my system it a simple insert the livecd and > re-install, rather than starting from the beginning.
Sorry to reply so late. I've been busy with other things. What you are describing is not making an ISO image of what you have built. What you are describing is a bare metal recovery backup, which is distinctly a different thing. There are several ways to do this. A very simple way is to boot using some LiveCD (I like Knoppix) and mount your file system(s) RW. Then you can fill them from /dev/zero until they are maxed out, and dd (or whatever you use) aborts with the disc full. Then you delete the huge file. This fills your partition with all zeroes, so things compress better. After that, you can simply use gzip (or you favorite compression algorithm) to compress the entire file system, and using any of several techniques, break it up into multiple CDROM or DVDROMs. Yakup shows one way to do this. There are several others. A somewhat more sophisticated technique is detailed in http://www.charlescurley.com/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO.html This allows you to bypass re installation and restoral of a backup, but doesn't absolutely tie you down to bare partition images. This may be the easiest thing for you to use. However, it also pretty much presumes very little actual hardware change. There are other packages out there, some free, some not so free, which promise to do it for you. However, if you want to understand what happens and be in control of how the backup and restore take place, then try designing your own, or follow the HOWTO I gave the link to above. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
