Ubuntu :: Backup - Make A Bootable USB Matching Current System?
Aug 12, 2010
Here is what I would like to pursue: I would aim to create a USB drive which a system can boot from if needed. However, this system would not be the generic Lucid 10.04 iso, it would have specific packages that my current system has. Also, it would start up and run with my current system settings if possible.
I did look into Reconstructor, but it doesn't appear that that would have the capibility of changing the default settings to match my current system's settings. Also, it looked like there wasn't a way to upload a list of current packages of my system (I would have to manually select each package, taking quite a while). So is there any way to make a bootable USB matching my current system? Or is reconstructor the closest thing to that kind of customiz-ability?
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Feb 7, 2011
I would like to copy my system into a DVD that I can later use as a bootable disk. Having such a disk could be handy, as it would contain current software upgrades.
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Aug 10, 2010
Running Squeeze here. I added a new SSD to my system. Root is /dev/sda3 and I want to clone that system to the new SSD on /dev/sdb1 and make it bootable. I tried:
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ssd_root
cp -dpRx / /mnt/ssd_root
then
update-grub
or
grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt/ssd_root /dev/sdb
but to no avail. I cannot get the new system to be bootable and available through Grub. Part of the problem is that I do not know my way around Grub v2 so well, I could probably manage quite well with legacy grub. So, whats the easiest way to clone a system and make it bootable on another partition? Should I be using debootstrap, and importing/exporting the package list to install the same packages on the new system as the old? or is using cp -dpRx to copy the old ok? How do I make the new system boot?
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Nov 14, 2010
I am new in Linux ,i don't know how to make a boot able Linux with a auto run able Java apps...
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Aug 4, 2010
I am fairly new to Linux. My machine is running Debian 5.0.5 with gcc version 4.3. When I try to install the Nvidia QuadroFX 3450 driver I got from the Nvidia web site I get an error saying:
"The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc 4.1) does not exactly match the current compiler (gcc 4.3)....."
Does this mean my gcc version is too new for the driver? if so, how do I roll back to a older version?
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Aug 7, 2010
i tried searching on google but found it difficult to say exactly what I was looking for.Task - Capitalise x number of letters at the start of words.eg. Original line - one.two.three.fourRevised line - One.Two.three.four (here only requiring 2 changes)Test data:
Code:
wire.in.the.blood.s04e01.ws.pdtv.xvid-river.avi
wire.in.the.blood.s04e02.ws.pdtv.xvid-river.avi
[code]...
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Dec 25, 2010
I'm really chuffed with the first bootable USB stick I created so easily with 10.04 desktop. I've added applications that I want, codecs etc and got the configuration just how I like it. Now I'd like to back up the entire stick, as I use it a lot and the stick will die eventually. I've not used Clonezilla, but I wondered if that would make a copy? It's a 4G stick, with all the remaining space allocated to the casper persistence file.
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Jan 13, 2011
I would like to back up my current system to a bootable memory stick. (I do not want to create an image of the ubuntu installation disk.)
such a backup should not be a big problem---even after updating 350MB of ubuntu 10.04 LTS, I still have only about 3GB used. so, it should all fit easily onto a 4GB stick.
is there a GUI or script solution that will make a full bootable backup of a running ubuntu system (incl root, etc.)?
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Jun 16, 2010
I'd like to do a complete backup of my laptop, convert it to ISO, and then create a bootable flash drive with it. I'd like to be able to totally restore, or run (like in Live mode) the image.
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Feb 10, 2010
I have Fedora 12 installed on an external harddrive (USB) and have it configured the way I want. Inside my laptop I'm working on I have a Win 7 installation. My plan is to slowly migrate to Fedora and only use Win 7 when needed, so far so good..
I shrinked the partition on the internal drive holding using Win 7's built in tools and would like to clone my USB installation to the new partition I can now create, I work a lot with Macs in my line of work and there I always use Carbon Copy Cloner to make bootable backups, works like a charm..
As far as I know CCC uses rsync which is available for Linux as well so I guess I could use that? I plan on editting the Win7 bootloader later on to make it possible to boot from the new Fedora partition.
How would I go about it? The internal drive is GUID (or is it GPT?) formatted and loosing the Win 7 installation isn't an option of course.. All I could find were commandlines to backup certain folders or entire drives but I only want to backup my partition onto a different partition..
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May 4, 2011
I am going to dist-upgrade my 10.10 installation to 11.04, but as precaution, I would like to replicate my existing installation onto another hard disk and perform the dist-upgrade there. When I am in booted into my current 10.10 installation, the hard disk (MBR, 4GB) is partitioned as such:
/dev/sda1 - /boot
/dev/sda2 - swap
/dev/sda3 - /I have an empty hard disk (MBR, 10GB) connected to the PC, and I partitioned to have a similar layout.
/dev/sdb1 - /boot
/dev/sdb2 - swap
/dev/sdb3 - /Since the 2 HDDs are of different sizes, I made /dev/sdb3 larger.
My question is: what is the easiest way to create a backup of my current working Ubuntu onto my secondary hard disk? I hope to perform the backup while booted into my existing 10.10 system; or I have no other choices but to boot from a LiveCD (e.g. Clonezilla) for backup?
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Mar 2, 2011
I have two table files with x (1st column) ,y (2nd column) coordinates and intensity (3rd column). I need to match these two tables and divide the intensities at the consecutive coordinates on the 3rd column. The problem is the size of the tables are not same and I want to ignore the lines if they are not in one of the other file.
Here is Table 1:
Code:
-7.500-30.00013.006
-7.500-22.50037.952
-7.500-15.00060.962
-7.500-7.50040.922
-7.5000.00014.348
code....
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Dec 8, 2009
I have installed Fedora 12 and am running it successfully. I have made a few stupid mistakes a couple of times and have had to start from scratch with a complete OS reinstall on a few occassions. I am happy with my current setup and am wondering is it possible for me to create a Live CD that has my exact configuration so that If I make a mess again, I can just stick in my backup DVD/CD's and roll back to my happy (Known to ne Working) sate. Something like System restore on Windows...... Is this possible?
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Apr 4, 2010
How can I make a bootable dvd with a image that has a .ndf extension?
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Jun 13, 2010
I am on XP and just bought myself a eeePC but the USB installer method at [URL] site doesn't work for me. Any other alternate image writing utility that will transfer .iso image to my 4GB USB drive?
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Aug 6, 2010
I know how to make a bootable Ubuntu disk on a USB but I want to know how can I make a windows cd bootable on a usb using Ubuntu. I only have Ubuntu installed on my computer but I want to make a small partition with Windows XP in it and I have the Windows XP CD and ISO but I dont know how to make a bootable USB in Ubuntu...
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Apr 9, 2011
I need to boot the ultimate boot cd from an usb stick. Do I just copy the iso image to the usb key? How do I make the usb stick bootable?
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Jun 10, 2011
I am trying to make Ubuntu 11.04 USB using Arh linux I downloaded the CD iso and dd'ed it to the USB, it does not work How to make it using the 'normal' liunx tools (dd etc) and not the GUI USB maker ?
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Jan 4, 2010
I just downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 while using the 8.10 live cd. I was planning to burn it to a disc, but I forgot all about the live cd issue. So is there anyway I can burn Ubuntu 9.04 without having to download it to a real os. Or can I make a bootable usb with the live cd of 8.10.
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Mar 11, 2010
How do I make a bootable USB from a Xp iso file with Ubuntu ?
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Mar 11, 2010
Anyone know a good program which can make floppies bootable? I have looked in Synapitc with no luck, I only found floppy formaters.
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May 30, 2010
I would like to know if there is some way to do a bootable usb to can install windows from ubuntu.
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Jul 19, 2010
I need to install windows on my netbook in order to run some programs I need for school. I currently have Ubuntu 9.10 installed on here and am trying to make a bootable windows 7 usb. How I can do this?
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Oct 13, 2010
I am trying to make a bootable usb with ubuntu 10.10. I want to wipe my hddn and install ubuntu 10.10 and win7 (dual boot). I cant use cds cause my cd drive is broken so usb is my only way. When I have created the usb it doesn't work properly. This is what happens when I start the comp. with the usb:
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I have tried to make the usb in both ubuntu and win7 with the same results. I have created a working usb boot before but with an older version. I have come across this problem sometime ago when I tried to burn kubunt on a cd. Think it was the 10.04 version.
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Jan 23, 2011
Does anyone know how I can obtain a DVD ISO or how to convert the CD ISO to DVD to make it bootable?
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Feb 7, 2011
I'd like to make a bootable usb that can save more than 4gb of changes, but I don't see a way to use anything other than FAT format when using the disk creator. I can format the hard drive in ext, but creator always reformats in FAT.
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Feb 8, 2011
i want to copy an ubuntu system from one computer to another using netcat / tar. What directories should i exclude? also how do i make the new copy bootable?
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Jul 23, 2011
I recently found myself in need of an installation of windows xp on my eee 901. I know I once did it long time ago (half year before I permanently moved over to ubuntu. How to make bootable usbstick for Ubuntu in XP.
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Mar 23, 2010
I have a laptop that I need to update the BIOS but I cant get into Windows. Here is what I want to do.I know I need a DOS boot able disk. I figured I would download the FreeDOS disk and just add a file to the iso and burn the ISO. So far I cannot do that and I don't know how or even if there is a way to do this. So the long of the short of it is I need a bootable cd that is dos based and has my BIOS update file on it.
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Mar 29, 2010
I am on Ubuntu 9.04. I have a Vista disc which I have slipstreamed some drivers onto. (Basically, you copy them into the "upgrades" or "updates" folder)
I have copied all the files from the Vista disc onto my local Ubuntu drive. I have copied in the new files.
Then, I used Brasero to burn from the local Ubuntu drive to a blank DVD.
So, I checked, and all the files are there.
But when I start up the computer, it does not boot. It boots straight into GRUB, then Ubuntu. Wheras, when I stick in the original Vista disc, it does boot.
How do I get the new disc to boot? It has, surely, exactly the same files as the original....
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