[TriLUG] Linux Backup and Restore to totally wiped partition

[Matt Pusateri]

Ghost4Linux and PXE boot, but that's really not the roll back snapshot solution you're looking for. What about running them in a VM and then rolling back to snapshots?

Matt P

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On Feb 25, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Tarus Balog <tarus at opennms.org> wrote:

> Gang:
> 
> Having moved off of Apple products about 18 months ago, one thing I miss
> is Time Machine. Time Machine let's me boot using the O/S install disk,
> select "Restore from Backup" and two hours later I'm back to where I
> started.
> 
> I use the built-in Ubuntu backup solution for my personal information,
> but I would like to use something else for my training room machines.
> I'd like to be able to install a clean build, back it up, then after
> class restore it to the exact state it was when the backup was taken.
> 
> Any suggetions?
> 
> -T
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