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

[Mick]

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.

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Regards,
Mick