From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A8E1381F3 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2013 19:20:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 189E2E0A02; Sun, 8 Sep 2013 19:20:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f46.google.com (mail-wg0-f46.google.com [74.125.82.46]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6133E09B5 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2013 19:20:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id k14so4487875wgh.13 for ; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:20:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=j3QtbLotZV0//xX8njcHtECpbfkZm2fklQtaXXsPloo=; b=eO3Nnv6Sq/6RpLcVZ5NudqpSs7QTW9DFDJFIJtQdPiZKzUMaG/X31YcDuwTgLaQWVO lEco0lo2zdfvETV6psgDegqCOr8IydIRC4a7D6iQBPijOSIEIVGR72aKdShD8x6Uyw4M emtZ/191CWsVEjKnux9lKi3USA9kC0bN1J/yN9tRLwwEzHiyLDZz6VVaqjf73fokJEBO VZREBEuHmmjkGD8Iw3OF08QtA2JA0IROztQjOdihg53lSZOhOZWMkxcZPm1k4httR/92 9ydV16DdGQkufdJ/awQG1KLdS7UJlFXV8YDYE6Ff3RMgFVURKP26pSHe+Ahwk4+7Co2b 7qmg== X-Received: by 10.180.185.77 with SMTP id fa13mr5745356wic.58.1378668017595; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:20:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v7sm12434457wiy.11.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:20:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] creating an image of the system Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 20:19:54 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.10.7-gentoo; KDE/4.10.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <20130908185125.GA18762@zlug.org> In-Reply-To: <20130908185125.GA18762@zlug.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart9259258.IdDvGJpJi6"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201309082020.13179.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: b83cfaae-05a7-4779-bea9-a6ac35ab96ca X-Archives-Hash: 99097b418402aeb580e5a7a85761e13b --nextPart9259258.IdDvGJpJi6 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 08 Sep 2013 19:51:25 Benjamin Block wrote: > Hej folks, >=20 > I wonder what is a good way to create an image of a gentoo-system, so > that one can apply it later to the same or other computers. >=20 > In my case it is a rather simple setup: one partition, no encryption or > lvm. Its a debug-setup, so its only used for certain programming-tasks > and not for daily work, so no need for something fancy. The time I setup > that system I also used only conservative compilation-flags and > optimisation, so that it can be used on other CPUs (well, they have to > be x86_64 and have to have mmx/sse[23] - but I think every setup that I > intend to use this on will have these properties). >=20 > So I reckon that one could just use tar with permission-preservation and > some excludes like dev/sys/proc/tmp. But is this a good idea or is there > a better way to do this? I never cloned a gentoo-system, so thats why I > would like to be at least somewhat sure about it, so that I don't have > to reconfigure it later again, because I messed it up :D >=20 > best regards, > - Ben You're referring to a 'stage 4' iso. Have a look at this M/L perhaps 5 yea= rs=20 back when I recall someone posting a thread about it. There may also be a thread in the forums and potentially the (old) wiki. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart9259258.IdDvGJpJi6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJSLM3tAAoJELAdA+zwE4YeQXcH/AnzRKz9xWXq9gBOtDs/wvvh Vb+MLXtOocCHHQD60LIbvHDCYGta4UkK42w7dRBlxzt3Rde4TY55Vr8QrYFkPNxR FmUKlCxJF7QVwsUW4lSjDtthx3F4ztzK6cXdCwEbvmzRkCRldWwdUI+rmMPpXIws eRPx4dqjRnuXa5qRpyLgLZmGW25O/3x9zGOtTVaFprCi5cIub5NoMTIPrLVOUBOp 1DhsGanYnDMpVydkPTTfeYmzUkw2zB/HdTV+TF/t6Q4CutOmrZWVePcIUijqC4eG e1MPsJazOmaTHAgu29PSNs5tQ2dLAfIxrgUxefukiBkI4Cxm8HmO8HMKes8wFf8= =85ut -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart9259258.IdDvGJpJi6--