On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:00:08 -0500
Ray <ray.list@powerweb.net> wrote:
> was wondering if there is a package that is opitmized for backing up a
>
> debian system, like something that would compare the installed system
> to a set of cds (ie the install cd set) and then write out the
> configuration and additional packages to cd|iso|tape|whatever. so
> that the when the restore is run it only asks a very few or no
> configuation questions.
>
> i did try 'apt-cache search' and google with no success, probably just
> the wrong keywords.
>
> my motivation for this was i recently had a harddrive crash and it
> took a while (a day) to resetup most of the software, but a relatively
> short time (an hour) to restore the home folder. since nearly
> everything is off the debian cd's or debian security, it should be
> possible to use install cds to restore the bulk of the software with
> the config prefilled in from the backup.
>
>
I chose multicd for the same reason as you. thunder storm took out a
hard drive before I could get it shut down
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