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alekcacko

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Registered: 2015-05-13

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Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

Well, I don't want to make a new modified arch iso where I should download packages I want. I just want to make an iso from the EXISTING arch installation. Is there a way?

PootisBird

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Registered: 2014-04-16

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso
Partition image would be faster.

Last edited by PootisBird (2015-05-14 14:39:28)

alekcacko

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso
Partition image would be faster.

Oh, thank you but this creates a new iso and is not related to the instelled os as i read, so I HAVE to download packages again.
If this is the only solution, I will try but why there aren't available apps such as remastersys or Systemback? Why?

Last edited by alekcacko (2015-05-14 14:50:10)

osendott

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

Have you tried using http://www.clonezilla.org I've used it a few times to backup/restore to the same computer as well as move an install to a new computer. Works fine. I know you want an actual ISO (I'm assuming you're wanting to roll your own distro?) and in that case, this won't help, but it does keep you from having to redownload packages.

Last edited by osendott (2015-05-14 17:34:15)

alekcacko

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

Have you tried using http://www.clonezilla.org I've used it a few times to backup/restore to the same computer as well as move an install to a new computer. Works fine. I know you want an actual ISO (I'm assuming you're wanting to roll your own distro?) and in that case, this won't help, but it does keep you from having to redownload packages.

Yes I want to roll my own distro, but I will try clonezilla
Thank you

Last edited by alekcacko (2015-05-14 20:19:23)

runical

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso
Partition image would be faster.

Oh, thank you but this creates a new iso and is not related to the instelled os as i read, so I HAVE to download packages again.
If this is the only solution, I will try but why there aren't available apps such as remastersys or Systemback? Why?

No, you don't HAVE to download every package again. You can just add a local repo with packages you already have.

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alekcacko

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Registered: 2015-05-13

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

I made a backup with CloneZilla. I've made a backup only to my partition where is Arch installed(sda4,ext4). I have a question to ask about this:

If I want to restore:

1. Is it good to first format my sda4 to same filesystem as before(ext4) and then make a restore to it?

PootisBird

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Registered: 2014-04-16

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

It depends, if it was block to block dd style then you don't have to. If it was files only then format is recommended.

alekcacko

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Registered: 2015-05-13

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Re: Any way to make iso from INSTALLED arch?

It depends, if it was block to block dd style then you don't have to. If it was files only then format is recommended.

Ok, thank you