[plug] Restoring an entire linux filesystem from backup and making it bootable

[Kai]

Haydon Knight wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having quite a lot of difficulty with backups and would greatly
> appreciate it if some kind plugger could offer some help or
> suggestions.  I offer my apologies if this sort of thing has been
> covered before or my email is inappropriate for this forum in any way.
> 
> I am trying to set up a system to backup a linux filesystem to an
> external hard drive and then am somehow able to restore it back into
> something that boots and works.  My system is about 15GB so can't fit
> on a DVD.  I do not want to just backup my home directory as I do not
> want to go through installing all the add-ons I have in places like
> /usr.  I am trialling this on my desktop but hope to reuse the system
> on a laptop and loungeroom media machine.  Unfortunately I cannot seem
> to restore the filesystem and get it to boot.  Perhaps I am doing
> something wrong.....

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Did you have any luck with this ?

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