Thanks for notifying us of this program. I like to get my hands on as
many backup and restore programs as I can. This is definitely worth a
look.
Istimsak Abdulbasir
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:02 PM, John Hupp <[email protected]>
wrote:
Two thumbs up for Systemback!
See http://sourceforge.net/projects/systemback/ and
https://launchpad.net/systemback for simple instructions to install
it from a PPA.
Systemback is designed for several purposes (system restore points
and backup) but I have tested it and like it as a deployment tool.
Set up a one-user model system just the way you want it, create a
Live System from that, then write that to USB flash drive or DVD. Now
boot that on another machine that you want to deploy to, run
Systemback again and it will automatically prompt to install the
system on that machine with user credentials and host name that you
enter.
It will install with all of your custom settings and added programs.
There is an option to capture the user files in the Live image.
The developer Kendek is very active and responsive.
In my case I set up a Lubuntu 14.04.1 32-bit desktop and then used a
Live DVD to install on Intel and an AMD test machines.
Just a couple special notes to date:
1) If you have an older video card the program may not start
initially. Just run it again. See
https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemback/+bug/1413661
2) The program is QT5 and downloads a bunch of dependencies.
3) The Live DVD does not boot nearly as quickly as the Lubuntu Live
DVD. (I also created a Live USB flash drive, but my test targets did
not support USB boot.)
Apart from those quibbles, I have found nothing else like this
program!
Thanks to Eric Bradshaw for reporting on his own usage of the
program, which set me on this path.
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