Backup System
Okay, I have two hard drives mounted in my system, a 40GB drive and a 200GB drive. The 40GB has Ubuntu 10.04 LTS for the entire drive (ext3, I believe). The 200GB drive is purely a data drive (reiserfs).
I have made a lot of customizations to my environment, user/home directories, and to the installed software. Basically, I want to be able to easily re-load (from the 200GB data drive) exactly the system I have right now (on my 40GB Ubunutu drive) if I crash or screw up some config file somewhere. In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, how do I: 1) (a) Make a copy/list of all the currently installed software such that I could easily re-install. OR (b) Actually download all of the package files that are installed for easy re-installation? 2) Re-install from my as per #1 if I crash in the future? (I want to print this in case I lose internet connectivity through such a crash.) 3) Backup my user/home directories? 4) Re-load such user/home directories? 5) Make a user's environment the default for future/added users on this system. Assume "wmeler" is the current user who I want to clone. 6) Backup application settings/configurations for user "wmeler" 7) What am I forgetting or not considering? :) Thanks in advance. Have used Linux for years, but have never done a backup. Scary, I know. |
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Excellent/helpful response. Follow up questions:
1) Which of these utilities do people recommend using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? 2) Also, how do I put such an ISO on a clean USB stick/thumb drive? |
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In the single best article I've seen in over eight years of using Linux, I found two relevent notes:
1) backintime-gnome is apparently a decent choice for backups 2) UNetbootin allows you to create bootable USB sticks Sweetness. |
Okay, my new favorite backup tool is deja dup which works awesome in linux mint.
After installing... Just rick click on your Desktop background, "Change Desktop background", switch to All Settings, then scroll down to the bottom and "Backup." It's very easy and works well and intuitively. |
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