system restore disk ?

708crane · 12-20-2010, 10:04 AM

is there a way to create a system restore disk or recovery partition ?

somewhat like windows has. I do back up my files regularly but a back up of entire os system and settings would be handy.

running ubuntu 10.10

Thank you

pljvaldez · 12-20-2010, 10:38 AM

I typically use Clonezilla or Norton Ghost (at work we have a license). The one downside of Clonezilla is that you can't browse the complete backup and select only one file to restore. You can only restore the entire image (well, you can create a separate partition to restore it to and then select the one file you want, but that's a bit tedious).

smeaton · 12-22-2010, 01:01 AM

I use remastersys -http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/ - it creates a directoy in
/home with a burnable iso image. It's limited to 4 GB, so it's not great for backing up alot
of data. But if you want a copy of your system it works well. It gives you the option of
a full sys backup or a distributable copy without your personal data.
- smeaton