[clug] Binary system images... (for recovery)
steve jenkin
sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au
Thu Dec 16 14:26:16 MST 2010
For $Work, I want to make a system recovery image which isn't a 'dump'
or 'dd' of a partition. (For various reasons, we created a single
whole-disk partition).
It's an rpm/yast system.
My 'success criteria' are:
- a reasonable sized recovery image (10Gb?)
[Data backups done differently]
- standalone restore. May not have network up at this time.
- perhaps using common recovery options of Linux CD's
[eg Ubuntu server has a recovery mode, but it's not Ubuntu]
- Files, not filesytem, image.
Lets me partition disk and select filesystem type.
Any ideas? Any suggestions for tools?
BTW, I've heard of people making /usr read-only.
Is that right, possible, useful?
Any other directory trees this is good for?
cheers
steve
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