[plug] System Restore CD

[Bernd Felsche]

Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au> writes:
>William Kenworthy wrote:

>>redhat/mandrage used to be able to save an install profile to a floppy
>>so you could use that for multiple installs/reinstall - does debian have
>>an equivalent?

>Well, I want to be able to rewrite the whole HDD image, so it's not so
>much a profile.

Sounds like you "just" need a minimal bootable Linux (e.g.
Insert/Feather) that dd's a disc image (or partition images) from a
compressed ones the same CD to the hard disc on bootup. Partition
images would be safer if user files are kept on a separate partition.

You probably want to put a GRUB menu in front with suitable warnings
about it "resetting" the hard disc; and the potential loss of data.
Make sure that the default is "harmless" in case the CD gets left in
the drive.
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