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#1 2012-10-14 05:04:28
- Pranavg1890
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[SOLVED]possible to make live image of a current running arch system?
Hi Friends!!!. Is it possible to make live iso image of a current running arch system? are there any tools available for that?(I want to do this cause When i install a new arch system, I want to remain my own customizations intact)
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#2 2012-10-14 05:14:36
- WonderWoofy
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Re: [SOLVED]possible to make live image of a current running arch system?
You know that when you install you are pulling from an online repo, right? So I am not sure how you plan on achieving that. Maybe scripting your install procedure, but all the configs and whatnot are not going to be how you like them.
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#3 2012-10-14 05:18:47
- jasonwryan
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Re: [SOLVED]possible to make live image of a current running arch system?
Have you searched at all? This has been covered frequently, eg:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=140153
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=131036
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=107812
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#4 2012-10-14 07:27:19
- Pranavg1890
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Re: [SOLVED]possible to make live image of a current running arch system?
OK, so after reading the posts, I think that this is not possible.but i think this sould be feature which should be researched upon cause everytime I install arch on a new machine(arch reinstalls on same machine are very rare cause it's a rolling release and has excellent recovery tools) I have to spend a 5-6 hours of time configuring the system.so, i think it should be a feauture that should be worked upon.for eg. like you could chroot into the iso created and then replace the deafult configs by the one on your system or a system scanner which scans the changes on the system with respect to default arch installation and make the necessary changes to the live image.Thanks friends for your replies. I mark this thread as solved.
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#5 2012-10-14 07:32:40
- x33a
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Re: [SOLVED]possible to make live image of a current running arch system?
You can simply reuse your existing home and etc on the new systems, if you want to have similar setups.
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