[NTLUG:Discuss] Full system backup-restore for Desktop PC

[brian@pongonova.net]

dd if=/dev/hda of=backup.image bs=1024

We use this method to "ghost" our lab drives across NFS with various
flavors and builds  of Linux.  We create a "master" image, and then
boot our machines into a single-user command line and fire up dd.

Low-brow, but it works faultlessly.

  --Brian

On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 09:25:49PM -0500, Bradley's List Address wrote:
> I thought you guys might have a suggestion.
> I have an install of Ubuntu that I have gotten just where I want it before
> passing it off to my 8 yr old daughter.
> I would like to make an image that I can use to restore to a blank hard
> drive in case it gets hosed.
> I tried Mondo but couldn't make it work.
> I was looking for something "Norton Ghostish"
> What do you think is the simplest way to accomplish this?
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Bradley
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