Grzegorz Stelmaszek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hi, > > I was thinking about an application for Debian, that would allow to rescue > system if it crashes. This should collect information about packages > installed, store config files for them, and some user-definable > directories/files. If system crashed, we would be able to 'replicate' old > system in just few minutes without many hours of boring configuration. > > My question is: is there any program doing it ? Where can i find it ? If > not i would write it, so send suggestion to me. > > Reagards, > Greg
My proposal about a better way to configure the debian system includes mechanisms to extract the system configuration from a running box and clone it onto another (or after a crash). Apart from the generated information you will only need all user data. Should be a 3 liner together with cruft. MfG, Goswin