On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Jasper Hartline <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Frederick Grose <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Jasper Hartline < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Here is another one I've started work on: > >> http://autopsy.liveprojects.info/scripts/mkbackup.py > >> > >> It's purpose is to create a LiveDVD out of the running system. > >> This LiveDVD in conjunction with Anaconda's liveinst method of doing a > >> direct copy > >> of sr0 to sda or similar lays the basis for using this as a possible > >> installable, backup solution. > >> Also has LiveCD/DVD capability, which is ok. > > > See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448030 , in particular, > the > > edit-livecd and edit-liveos attachments. This posting has some more > > background, > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/livecd/2010-August/006098.html . > > It's good to see someone else working on this goal. > > > Well. These are similar but not the same. > mkbackup.py would create a LiveCD/LiveDVD out of a running system. > Yes, and as the running system may have been modified, it is much like an intentional customization (if the dump procedure does not exclude changes). I don't know what edit-liveos does or edit-livecd but to my knowledge > they are only for inserting packages into an already built LiveCD ISO. > edit-livecd is for inserting packages or files; edit-liveos is proposed as a new version to accommodate customization and branding. The mkbackup.py script does not do that, it simply would create a > LiveCD/DVD out of the current installed system as a means for a Live > bootable backup image, which with Anaconda, can be reinstalled to a > machine in case of disk failure or other problems. Not being familiar with dump, I found this thread interesting, http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2005-April/013361.html . --Fred
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