Possibly create live-iso, installed ARCH system ? (to FULL backup)

id98350 · 2022-11-16 18:04:09

i now have full installed ARCH linux.
now i want SAVE all files, configs, settigs, to live usb iso.

later , if i want , i can install that < BACKUP live iso > to install on my Hard disk

this is possibly?

I know, < NO NEED CREATE LIVE ISO, just use little backupers > !
but! I WANT iso ! Me need iso.
like... like LIKE UBUNTU ! ( want save installed archlinux as iso, to after install IT backu from live usb, with GUI )

how i can do it?

give help

cfr · 2022-11-17 00:44:33

Are you looking for Archiso?

id98350 · 2022-11-17 04:04:52

cfr wrote:

Are you looking for Archiso?

i want create full backup iso..
any methods..

want asve INSTALLED system as .iso file, to write thus system for USB, to later install is on HDD
how do it?

how create << snapshot >> installed system, to later recovery?

cfr · 2022-11-17 13:39:09

Archiso allows you to choose what packages and files etc. to install, so you can configure it to include the packages you've installed and the configuration files you've created/customised. If you needed to reinstall the system, you could install the same packages and re-install the configuration files. It's straightforward to create a list of all packages installed, for example, to pass as a list back to pacman or pacstrap.

However, some files will need special treatment and your boot loader/manager would need to be configured differently (usually) to boot from the USB versus your HDD.

I'm not sure there's much advantage in having the packages installed on the USB, as opposed to simply having a list of packages to install, unless you want the USB to act as a bootable backup which allows you to get work done, say, as opposed to simply recovering the system.

You can also e.g. rsync stuff, but that won't automatically create a backup you can boot.

Last edited by cfr (2022-11-17 13:40:00)

growler · 2022-11-17 14:27:14

id98350 wrote:

cfr wrote:
Are you looking for Archiso?
i want create full backup iso..
any methods..
want asve INSTALLED system as .iso file, to write thus system for USB, to later install is on HDD
how do it?
how create << snapshot >> installed system, to later recovery?

Not .iso, - but ...

https://www.makeuseof.com/use-timeshift … snapshots/
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=256665

id98350 · 2022-11-17 16:51:45

cfr wrote:

Archiso allows you to choose what packages and files etc. to install, so you can configure it to include the packages you've installed and the configuration files you've created/customised. If you needed to reinstall the system, you could install the same packages and re-install the configuration files. It's straightforward to create a list of all packages installed, for example, to pass as a list back to pacman or pacstrap.
However, some files will need special treatment and your boot loader/manager would need to be configured differently (usually) to boot from the USB versus your HDD.
I'm not sure there's much advantage in having the packages installed on the USB, as opposed to simply having a list of packages to install, unless you want the USB to act as a bootable backup which allows you to get work done, say, as opposed to simply recovering the system.
You can also e.g. rsync stuff, but that won't automatically create a backup you can boot.

Yes, i want use live on usb !
want save all packages for Offline save !
want after, recovery its without enthernet.

if my OS is dead, and not have enthernet.. i just boot on my iso backup
and, if need, i can install it on hdd.
that - possibly?

no need backup like rsync or other..
want save installed arch as .iso file, to boot in this iso on usb + if need install it on hdd

cfr · 2022-11-17 16:58:04

id98350 wrote:

Yes, i want use live on usb !
want save all packages for Offline save !
want after, recovery its without enthernet.

If you want to install offline, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Offline_installation. That's a different thing from wanting to restore the system offline, which you could use something like rsync for.

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#1 2022-11-16 18:04:09

Possibly create live-iso, installed ARCH system ? (to FULL backup)

#2 2022-11-17 00:44:33

Re: Possibly create live-iso, installed ARCH system ? (to FULL backup)

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Re: Possibly create live-iso, installed ARCH system ? (to FULL backup)

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Re: Possibly create live-iso, installed ARCH system ? (to FULL backup)

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Re: Possibly create live-iso, installed ARCH system ? (to FULL backup)

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Re: Possibly create live-iso, installed ARCH system ? (to FULL backup)

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