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 9BE061381F3 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:07:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 58B2CE09F6; Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:07:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-f43.google.com (mail-yh0-f43.google.com [209.85.213.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55BB9E09AA for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:07:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f43.google.com with SMTP id b6so1992682yha.2 for ; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:07:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=/ZSSMdJyu7EAT6MBJCU8JIFrnQPi6/t+1FeDnE1KqSU=; b=dBZ3kDrfE96+k6qtlrTldcV8bERwGWdVlFIR4VVUhSNFyPjrl+WhHhRKGbFW5pgITb 01R2UWudH/bMZBGNHKBnQytxdlODNJ49PZAgOivSUMR0cepPQVYbkiC5pLMOA4ye6zyZ djI8gcXaPMHFWo/7SMDqDdlSuNyhpnlsfLlrzXVyopwFjedZ5MeRWQFkf5p9FcjdFPYT 4hwi1tJFGgNZmRTAnOG1ixjuZJEHqIMPMqCFnk0TeH2MqeZKZXYjehmG55XNlKBTHoAn H3LEMGhfvTjhopC7jMjVMlJPHCKY/9u57TfZJzZZrT/pyYzVZxC5ZlsRv+CdIG0HfDOY 0zZw== X-Received: by 10.236.4.162 with SMTP id 22mr2825064yhj.36.1378678055500; Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:07:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-115-2.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.115.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id s67sm4019880yhs.26.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:07:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <522CF525.5070400@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 17:07:33 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0 SeaMonkey/2.20 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] creating an image of the system References: <20130908185125.GA18762@zlug.org> <201309082020.13179.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201309082020.13179.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.2 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------060304000905020900010309" X-Archives-Salt: ac20135e-104d-4642-9a3d-7d10876e9638 X-Archives-Hash: 31ab8d48d9c8ae1842573d2f9a0baaa7 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060304000905020900010309 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! --------------060304000905020900010309 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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.

Dale

:-)  :-)

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