On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:00:08 -0500 Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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