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Hi all, i've been thinking if it would be possible to after i have setup my system as i like, i'd tar the entire system and when i want i'd delete all files from my disk and then using arch install cd i could untar my previously tar'd system, avoiding this way to install again and having to format my partitions. maybe my engrish sounds a bit confusing
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Should be possible... Best way to do it would be from a live-cd, without dev, proc and sys mounted...
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I've already moved arch between partitions with cp, using tar would be the same as long as you make sure that file permissions are maintained. I'd use a live cd to do the untar'ing (knoppix is my favorite for stuff like this).
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http://inferno.slug.org/cgi-bin/wiki?Dr … nd_Cloning
I've used the above guide a number of times - you shouldn't really need it, the whole procedure is pretty self explanatory, but it's nice to have something like that as reference.
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On of my favorite reasons that arch uses the file system for it's package management. There is no "magic", it's just files.
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Great, i'm thinking in installing what seems to be a perfect system to me and then making a backup of it. When o mess my setup i'll just have to delete the old files and copy the backup, for updates i'll do pacman -Suy. Much messier than formating and installing the whole system all over again.
Just another question, if i understand correctly ftp based installs don't work as repositories have changed. Is this correct? I have a 8.0 install disc and i install from ftp to get an up-to-date system.
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