In Your Own Image

[H]

Hiya Folks,

So scouring the net there is info out there, but I find confusing. This of course is not hard to do, lol. So, looking for help if you can please?

Any ways, I have had trouble over the last couple months, with setting up my laptop free from Windows. I have had issues, with LL and tried a couple others, but still like LL so have settled on LL.

However, as I learn more and more about Linux, try things out, and so forth I have had to re install LL as it fell over and I could not get  access to the o/s anymore.

This of course in Linux is no big deal if you have a nice copy of a bootable usb etc. But once up and running again, you do need to install all your favourite software. You also have to spend hours if not days re configuring some of this software. E.G. Gimp. There are filters to install, presets to be re made, py to install scripts to be made and so the list can go on and on.

Question:
Is there a safe and quick or non complicated way of creating an ISO image of my system once it is set up, and running just like how I like it?

My personal data is backed up to external drive, but the system to return it to my working level takes days after a bout of problems.

If I could re insert a copy of my own image , and install with all your snaps, all your fav software and and downloads , would be amazing.

Am hoping to hear from folk that have successfully created a copy of their own running system and how to go about it.

Cheers
H

[Valtam]

Menu, System, System Restore Utility. It won't make you an ISO, think of it as System Restore from Windows, but for Linux. Same job, different approach in terms of what you want done. Use Menu, Accessories, Backups for home personal files.

[Şerban S.]

Hi!
I used what Jerry told you (TimeShift and Backup). It's a waste of time. For 15 GB of data you will waste 60 GB of storage and it goes endlessly unless you delete backups. And it takes 4 to 10 times more than CloneZilla, even worse.
Use a /home partition instead of a /home directory. Than you can install/reinstall without losing the configuration data of any App you installed or for the DE.
Use CloneZilla to backup both the Root partition (usually /dev/sda1) AND the /home partition. It is fast and the backup is compressed so it takes less than 50% of the backed up data.
Good luck!

[Valtam]

When describing software, please add that it is your opinion, not a universal fact. Timeshift and Backup does serve users well, but not in your experience. Cheers.

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[H]

Thank you for replies guys.
As mentioned home directory personal stuff is backed up using the dejabackup to external drive.
My intentions is to use Timeshift for system.
The issue with that is that you can only backup to a ext partition.
My external hard drive was fat, and Timeshift won't use it.

Since my op, I have just spent 14 hours resizing the external drive via gparted, and created a large partion ext4, so I could use Timeshift to external drive.
Bit of a marathon, and stress as it already had 250gb photos.
Anyways it finalised an hour ago and all is good..

So as Jerry suggests , it is my plan.

I just can not help thinking there has got to be  a way of creating an exact iso image of the current disk, which can be burnt to DVD.

Then when the poop hits the proverbial fan , insert DVD sit back with a coffee and poof all done.

Regards
H



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