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venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 1,002

system state roll back

is there a program or something using which I can roll back to a sytemstate at a paticular date, for instance if i take a snapsot after install, then after few months I want to go back to that state thus removing all the stuff i installed uninstalled  config changes etc etc...
is there a way to do it?

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DonVla

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From: Bonn, Germany

Registered: 2007-06-07

Posts: 997

Re: system state roll back

is there a program or something using which I can roll back to a sytemstate at a paticular date, for instance if i take a snapsot after install, then after few months I want to go back to that state thus removing all the stuff i installed uninstalled  config changes etc etc...
is there a way to do it?

it's somehow adventurous, but you can give it a try:
gibak -> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18318
i use it for my home directory only. it bases on git and it does what you want.

vlad

ps: of course, there is "dd". you can "dd" your whole / partition (that's actually what "norton ghost" does - you know the very expensive backup program). but i think gibak is more versatile.

Last edited by DonVla (2008-07-12 16:58:53)

venky80

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 1,002

Re: system state roll back

ya i mean i can do dd or pattition magic but i want something more smoother and well integrated

Last edited by venky80 (2008-07-12 21:43:09)

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