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Isn't that more or less what mondo does? |
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"the wheel has been invented' |
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:-) |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:52:31 -0400 |
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Charles Marcus <CMarcus@×××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I am sending this to both the User and Dev lists because I think it |
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> requires consideration from both the developers and users. I hope no one |
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> minds... |
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> I want to see how anyone/everyone else feels about such an enhancement |
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> request before I submit it formally... |
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> Something that I have always wished for, whether on a Windows system or |
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> Linux distro, is the native ability to *easily* (think 'brain-dead |
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> simple') make an emergency bootable Recovery CD/DVD. |
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> I think this should be simple for a good programmer, since all of the |
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> parts are available under the GPL. If I were a programmer, this message |
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> would be an announcement of an ebuild for just this purpose, but alas, I |
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> am not. |
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> So, here is my suggestion: |
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> Create an ebuild - call it 'SysRecover' or whatever - that simply allows |
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> one to create an emergency, bootable CD/DVD of their system. It should |
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> be flexible enough to allow selection of any or all partitions. |
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> I know that one who is capable can already set this up themselves, but |
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> what I am talking about is something that requires ZERO configuration by |
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> the one doing the install. Just 'emerge sysrecover', then issue the |
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> appropriate command: |
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> mksysrec -all |
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> mksysrec -mycustom (where 'mycustom' is simply a text file with a list |
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> of the partitions to be included) |
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> mksysrec -/boot |
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> mksysrec -/boot -/etc |
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> you get the idea |
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> Ultimately, I think this should be made a part of the core |
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> functionality, but an ebuild would work just as well for my purposes. |
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> Yhink of it... someone spend hours, days, or even weeks getting their |
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> system(s) just the way they want it(them). This would enable them to |
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> make a bootable snapshot any time they wanted to a CD/DVD, ultimately |
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> doing so once they have it just the way they want it. Then they could |
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> simply make updates whenever they make major changes, as well as make a |
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> recovery CD before they do anything major to a production system. |
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> Comments? Flames? |
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> Charles |
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