Re: creating complete OS image

[Andrew Miehs <andrew@2sheds.de>]

This depends very much on your install process for your machines...

you may want to have a look at

dpkg --get-selections > /tmp/packages.dpkg
dpkg --set-selections < /tmp/packages.dpkg

apt-get update
apt-get dselect-upgrade

You will also want to save the contents of /etc and whatever else you
have 'custom' installed on the machine (including data)

Regards

Andrew



On Oct 18, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Rich Puhek wrote:

> R. W. Rodolico wrote:
>
> > As far as the operating system is concerned, there is a way to save
> > your package selection (ie, what packages are installed on a
> > particular machine) on one floppy.
> > Using this, I have recovered a dead machine in a few hours before.
> > Don't know if this is "best practise" but it works for my small
> > operation.
> > Rod
>
> Could you let us know the procedure you've used to save your  
> package selection? I know it's possible, but haven't done it before.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Rich
>
>
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