On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Igor Stoppa <igor.sto...@nokia.com> wrote:
> On 11/25/2010 10:57 AM, ext Gary Birkett wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> A few days ago at the conf, we used a USB key to boot and flash the >> entire system replacing the OS on the ideapad. >> I have a need to test alternative images but I would like to maintain >> the changes I have made in my current system. >> >> Is it possible to prepare a flash drive capable of a complete image >> backup onto a new memory stick? >> ie, boot from a USB stick and fill the stick with the contents of my >> hard drive. >> >> It would allow us to store the system state right up until that point >> and whilst may have issues space wise would be a practical simple way to >> allow testing. >> >> Gary >> > > At least on ubuntu 10.10 you can use any bootable image to create a USB > stick and assign a certain amount of the remaining free space to be used for > storing settings/documents. > > The tool is "Startup disk creator". > Igor, this is slightly different, the "Startup image creator" tool you mention combines an ISO file stored on my disk with some magic to make a USB stick. But I do not have an ISO image of the system, I have an actual real bootable live system on the meego ideapad. I have been running it and made changes and installed things and now want to push all that back onto a usb stick as a super complete image. Once I have done that, I can keep that USB disk with image and know that whatever other changes I make to the system I have a complete binary image on the usb stick that is capable of reflashing as required and get my system right back to exact point it is now. > > cheers, igor > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > MeeGo-dev@meego.com > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev >
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