[Gllug] Bootable USB backup like OS X dmg?

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On 27 May 2011 11:41, James Hawtin <oolon at ankh.org> wrote:

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>> Yes, you can boot into the external USB system and clone it back to a
>> clean HD on the host. It's very flexible. Just wondered, since it's a UNIX
>> system, why it's that difficult on Linux but point taken.
>>
> I have cloned many a unix box, by just taring up all the files and
> extracting them on a new harddrive, of course with lvm, I can just PVmove
> partitions arround, the tricky part in cloning however is if you need custom
> drivers in the initrd, and rembering what the commands are to install grub.
>
>
be thankful you're using grub and not grub2. I'm on day two of a
install-hell trying to set up grub2 for a client on a
partition ( not MBR ) and can't believe I ever cursed grub1 for being
unfriendly.

Tid.
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