Re: [gentoo-user] creating an image of the system

[Benjamin Block]

On 17:07 Sun 08 Sep     , Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 Sep 2013 19:51:25 Benjamin Block wrote:
> >> Hej folks,
> >>
> >> I wonder what is a good way to create an image of a gentoo-system, so
> >> that one can apply it later to the same or other computers.
> >>
> >> In my case it is a rather simple setup: one partition, no encryption or
> >> lvm. Its a debug-setup, so its only used for certain programming-tasks
> >> and not for daily work, so no need for something fancy. The time I setup
> >> that system I also used only conservative compilation-flags and
> >> optimisation, so that it can be used on other CPUs (well, they have to
> >> be x86_64 and have to have mmx/sse[23] - but I think every setup that I
> >> intend to use this on will have these properties).
> >>
> >> So I reckon that one could just use tar with permission-preservation and
> >> some excludes like dev/sys/proc/tmp. But is this a good idea or is there
> >> a better way to do this? I never cloned a gentoo-system, so thats why I
> >> would like to be at least somewhat sure about it, so that I don't have
> >> to reconfigure it later again, because I messed it up :D
> >>
> >> best regards,
> >> - Ben
> >
> > You're referring to a 'stage 4' iso.  Have a look at this M/L perhaps
> 5 years
> > back when I recall someone posting a thread about it.
> >
> > There may also be a thread in the forums and potentially the (old) wiki.
> >
>
> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Custom_Stage4
>
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Backup
>
> One of those should help.  If not, Google for "Gentoo starge4" without
> the quotes of course.
>

ok, thank you both for pointing out how this is called and the links.
Could have thought of "stage 4" myself, it's somewhat logic ;)


- Ben