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 E23F01381F3 for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2013 18:51:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0BE5E0BDC; Mon, 9 Sep 2013 18:51:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mxhost.fh-zwickau.de (mxhost.fh-zwickau.de [141.32.72.200]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE28E0BCE for ; Mon, 9 Sep 2013 18:51:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from linux.hrz.fh-zwickau.de ([141.32.208.202]) by ironport-c350.fh-zwickau.de with ESMTP; 09 Sep 2013 20:50:58 +0200 Received: by linux.hrz.fh-zwickau.de (Postfix, from userid 8012) id A5D70C068B; Mon, 9 Sep 2013 20:50:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 20:50:59 +0200 From: Benjamin Block To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] creating an image of the system Message-ID: <20130909185059.GB18762@zlug.org> References: <20130908185125.GA18762@zlug.org> <201309082020.13179.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <522CF525.5070400@gmail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <522CF525.5070400@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: f36bb2e6-8cc4-4fb7-bdbd-bdcfdb85b0fa X-Archives-Hash: 327963cbd1c304f5ecca07036e284ca0 On 17:07 Sun 08 Sep , Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 08 Sep 2013 19:51:25 Benjamin Block wrote: > >> Hej folks, > >> > >> 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. > >> > >> 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). > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> best regards, > >> - Ben > > > > You're referring to a 'stage 4' iso. Have a look at this M/L perhaps > 5 years > > back when I recall someone posting a thread about it. > > > > There may also be a thread in the forums and potentially the (old) wiki. > > > > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Custom_Stage4 > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Backup > > One of those should help. If not, Google for "Gentoo starge4" without > the quotes of course. > ok, thank you both for pointing out how this is called and the links. Could have thought of "stage 4" myself, it's somewhat logic ;) - Ben