Creating a "clone" disc of current install

toasty_ghosty · 2010-05-19 14:23:40

Hello Everyone,

I recently installed a new copy of Arch with the new install media. Have everything working great. Almost too good...

But I want to create an "install disc" that, if I need to, will install an exact copy of my current system.
Almost like a livecd..

How is this done?

Thanks

Ghosty

hokasch · 2010-05-19 14:45:16

Have a look at larch:
http://larch.berlios.de/index.html

scio · 2010-05-19 15:06:20

If you have a spare disk, a nice way is to just rsync or dd it to make a perfect copy of the disk.

If you really want an install disk, try Archiso: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso

Just remember you need to copy all your config files, /etc, and others to really get it back to exactly the same state you are in now.

toasty_ghosty · 2010-05-19 17:42:22

scio wrote:

If you have a spare disk, a nice way is to just rsync or dd it to make a perfect copy of the disk.
If you really want an install disk, try Archiso: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso
Just remember you need to copy all your config files, /etc, and others to really get it back to exactly the same state you are in now.

Thanks. I'll look at dd. Never thought about using that..

Ghosty

anti-destin · 2010-05-19 18:00:51

you can also use clonezilla to create an image of your system.

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Creating a "clone" disc of current install

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Re: Creating a "clone" disc of current install

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Re: Creating a "clone" disc of current install

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Re: Creating a "clone" disc of current install

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Re: Creating a "clone" disc of current install

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