Re: Replicating a system... sort of

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

Paul M Foster wrote:
> I'm attempting to set up a replacement system for the one on my desk.
> (When done, I'll swap them out.) This gets awfully tedious when I have
> to pick every package in dselect. My current desktop is a Woody, but the
> system I'm setting up is testing.
>
> I have a list of packages that I put on every system I run, for example:
> lynx, hextype, units, remind, links, nosql3, sqlite, etc. I'd like to be
> able to install a base system, put these package names in some text
> file, point dselect/apt (or something else) at it, and have them
> downloaded and configed as usual. Is there a package that does this?
>
> Paul


I just cloned my HDD with a small script to copy everything
relevant. I then booted the new pc with the debian install-floppy
and made the HDD bootable by running lilo. It's a good way of
making backups on spare HDDs.