[TriLUG] Linux Backup and Restore to totally wiped partition

[Matt Pusateri]

What about running a live cd that writes changes to a USB flash drive. Unplug the flash drive, reboot, wipe flash drive for new changes. Wash, rinse, repeat 

Matt P

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On Feb 26, 2013, at 12:26 PM, "Joseph S. Tate" <dragonstrider at gmail.com> wrote:

> Two things come to mind, neither is fully explored and only marginally
> baked.  The DD or ghost type method described by others is probably
> simpler, and less error prone, but these would be faster if you could get
> them to work.
> 
> Use FUSE to mount a UnionFS filesystem in copy-on-write mode as an overlay
> on top of a read only root file system.  All writes go to the CoW
> partition.  When done training, reinitialize that CoW partition to get back
> to pristine.  To update, mount without FUSE in RW mode, update, then
> restart back into UnionFS CoW mode.
> 
> Set up an LVM snapshot at the beginning of your training sessions.  When
> done, delete the snapshot without syncing it back.
> 
> I imagine that RedHat just creates a custom Kickstart and TFTP to netboot
> and install all their training equipment.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 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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