Can you just keep a backup of your personal files on an external drive and down load an extra ISO? I always have a few copies of Mint lying around. If there is ever a serious problem I'll just wipe the drive, install a new ISO, and restore. I use Linux Mint Cinnamon and have for 3-4 years.
Blessings, Paul W. On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 10:22 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > FOUND IT. I replied too soon. > > Remastersys is what you would have wanted in the past, but it has been > discontinued/abandoned/<IDontWantToInvestigateFurther> > > It does however give you a place to start looking. If you want to wrap up > your current installation as an installable ISO (retaining personal files/, > configuration, and font caches that take forever to install) then you want > to look for whatever has become the replacement for Remastersys. Maybe some > Ubuntu/Mint users would be kind enough to offer some assistance in area, > since apparently a lot has changed since 2014.... > > The concept is pretty straightforward and this is a problem that was > brought up (and solved) many years ago. > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 10:06 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 9:34 PM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Oh damn, I think I just rekindled the war between the 'fresh install' > >> people and the 'just keep upgrading' folks. > >> > > > > There are pros and cons to everything, and slow package installation is a > > tradeoff all debian-based distros accept. > > > > As for the actual question, there is a way to create a "backup image". It > > doesn't function in the way that was originally stated but it is > something > > that is possible on ubuntu systems. When I remember the name of the > program > > that does this, I'll post here. It's been a long time since I touched > > apt/dpkg package management, so it might take a while before the name > comes > > back to me. > > > > The program I used would be installed (and run) from an actively used > > ubuntu install. It would create a list of all installed packages, and > wrap > > up your home directory as a custom ubuntu install. This allows you to go > > through the normal installation steps for ubuntu, but the resulting OS is > > neither a fresh install or a rolling installation. > > > > If someone else remembers the name of the program that wraps up a running > > Ubuntu install into a "custom iso" feel free to remind me. I think it > > starts with an R, but for some reason unetbootin keeps popping into my > head > > which is something else... > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
