On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 17:19 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > cd /path/to/debian_stable > > tar czf backup_name.tar.gz * > > will clonezilla live CD work in this case? as i am using it very often > and a bit useto with it.
AFAIK yes, Clonezilla should be ok. > now this snapshots point raising one more question in my mind. > did you means snapshots like XP and Other windows OS supports. for > example. i can make a snapshot before installing any service like > apache , samba or anything. and after installing , at the end i > realize that i messed up the whole box then i can revert my system > back to that particular snapshot and i will be at the old stage. can i > use snapshot in this context ( sorry for the newbie Questions but i am > confused with Microsoft and Linux as there are same services in both > OS and working entirely in different way) If you don't sync, than yes, at least for Linux you'll restore exactly what you had before, at a explicit date. I suspect XP does a kind of sync and I suspect it will be possible for Linux too, but if you tar your Debian or use Clonezilla to do a complete image, nothing could go wrong. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1337948846.2251.94.camel@precise
