[ubuntu] Help Backup os [Archive]

rreyes1316

April 27th, 2009, 01:32 AM

Thats it! Going full Ubuntu! I am removing my dual boot set up and will reinstall Ubuntu. The question is, how can I back up all my packages and ubuntu settings such as themes and color and hardware settings to reinstall painlessly?

Thanks

pytheas22

April 27th, 2009, 01:51 AM

There are several ways to do this. The easiest might be to use remastersys to create a custom live CD (http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-linux-mint-livecd-with-remastersys) of your system (including both system-wide and user-specific settings), and use that to reinstall.

rreyes1316

April 27th, 2009, 03:31 AM

Great, thanks! But the title in the instructions read "Creating Your Own Custom Ubuntu 7.10 . . .". I am running 9.04. Will this work also?

Plus, I am running virtualbox. How do I work around that?

rreyes1316

April 27th, 2009, 03:40 AM

No. Did not work. What other ways are there?

pytheas22

April 27th, 2009, 05:34 AM

It should work with Ubuntu 9.04 as well as 7.10, and VirtualBox should not be a problem (although if you want to burn the .iso created by remastersys to a CD, you may have to move it to the host operating system to do so, because if you're running Ubuntu in a virtual environment it may not have direct access to your CD burner). What went wrong that prevented it from working?

There are several other approaches to backing up that you can find if you google something like 'back up ubuntu'. The only one that I have extensive experience with, however, is remastersys, which I recommend because it's always been quite easy for me. It's also cool to have a live CD of your customized system that you can run on any computer, with your personalized settings already in place.

Of course, if you have Ubuntu installed inside VirtualBox, you could just back up the virtual disk image. I think the extension for the file is .vdi, and it would probably be located in a hidden directory inside your /home folder named '.VirtualBox'. This would allow you to load your customized Ubuntu system into VirtualBox virtual machine, but it wouldn't allow you to install Ubuntu directly onto any computer (at least not easily).

rreyes1316

April 27th, 2009, 05:47 AM

My main pc--the one in question--is currently busy copying files onto a new TB hard drive from a raid 5 array. Once those tasks are done I will try again and post the exact error output on here. Thanks for your help. From what i recall it was something in regards to "BASH: command not allowed or recognized" or something like that. Will follow up Monday evening.

Thanks again.

kelscmi

April 27th, 2009, 07:16 AM

Let me know if you get remastersys to create a customized CD / DVD of Jaunty. I have tried and can't get it to work with 9.04; I have been able to get it to work on earlier releases.

rreyes1316

April 27th, 2009, 09:00 PM

OK. This is what I did.

on step apt-get install remastersys I get the following. Not sure if this is a good thing or just normal.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
remastersys: Depends: mkisofs (>= 0.0-0)
E: Broken packages

Then, on sudo remastersys I get the following.

sudo: remastersys: command not found

On this step sudo remastersys dist I also get the following:

sudo: remastersys: command not found
Well . . .thats where I am at.

kelscmi

April 27th, 2009, 09:31 PM

What link did you use for the 3p software source? I used the following:
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository ubuntu/
I found the source site at
http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/ubuntu.html

rreyes1316

April 27th, 2009, 09:51 PM

I followed the steps from the link provided by pytheas22.

kelscmi

April 27th, 2009, 10:13 PM

I'm having a video issue with the remastersys iso that is created. However, I did not have a problem loading remastersys. All I did was:
system > administration > software sources
selected third-party software and clicked add. Then pasted
deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository ubuntu/
Then I opened up the terminal and entered:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install remastersys

From what I have been able to find there is a problem with compiz and proprietary video drivers if they are installed on 9.04. A remastersys developer is looking into according the sites forum.

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 01:14 AM

Thanks, Seems to be working so far, but what is this APTonCD app I found? Does it only do packages? And does this remastersys also save my files in the home directory? If not, how do I back those up?

pytheas22

April 28th, 2009, 01:19 AM

rreyes1316: I'm not sure why you received that error trying to install remastersys, but it looks like some kind of problem with the repositories. Please go to System>Administration>Software Sources and make sure that all of the boxes under the 'Ubuntu Software' are checked, then run:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install remastersys

I don't have access to any Jaunty system right now because I'm traveling, which makes it difficult for me to figure out for sure what's wrong, but hopefully the steps above will solve the problem.

You can also try following the steps in kelscmi's post above; they might work better than the ones in the link I gave you.

kelscmi: I'm not sure I understand what's wrong in your situation. Is it that you created a customized live CD using remastersys and tried to make the proprietary video drivers enabled by default, but they're not enabled when you load the CD onto another computer? If so, that could have to do with there being different kinds of video cards in the different computers (unless there's only one computer involved)--the proprietary graphics drivers for one video card may not work for another one.

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 01:26 AM

tried kels suggestion and it seems to be working. I did the clean command before burning iso--DOH! Once I am done I will try it out on an extra drive I have.

kelscmi

April 28th, 2009, 02:47 AM

pytheas22

I have a problem with the remastersys iso. Everything runs fine up to the load up status bar. After the progress bar disappears the screen becomes scrambled. I am attempting to get this issue resolved.
http://geekconnection.org/remastersys/forums/index.php?topic=107.0 If you have any input on this issue please I would be more then open.

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 03:16 AM

I have burned three unrelated dvd and in each case I get an error message. "Error while burning:Some files may be corrupted on the disc" Not sure why.

pytheas22

April 28th, 2009, 03:42 AM

rreyes1316: which program are you using to burn the .iso? Are you burning it at low speed? Are you sure the DVD media is sufficiently large to support the file?

kelscmi: it looks like your problem is caused by a bug in remastersys, which the developers will hopefully fix soon. For the time being, I think your best bet may be to create your custom .iso without the proprietary video driver enabled, and then manually install the driver on your systems.

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 03:50 AM

I am using Brasero. I checked the disk for errors and none were found, I had a movie I recorded that had the same problem yet played just fine. I am currently installing the OS on my desktop on one of my extra hard drives. Will let you knoe the outcome in a few

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 04:04 AM

I must have something wrong because ith did a complete reinstall of ubuntu default settings.

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 04:34 AM

after looking back at all I did, should I have chosen sudo remastersys backup instead of sudo remastersys dist?

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 02:43 PM

I have tried to make the backup copy this time and this is the error message I get:

The compressed filesystem is larger than the iso9660 specification allows for a single file. You must try to reduce the amount of data you are backing up and try again.

Should I copy my /home directory to another drive first?

pytheas22

April 28th, 2009, 03:40 PM

How big is the system you're trying to back up? If it's too large, you won't be able to create an .iso image of it--hence the error message about the compressed file system being too large. But a default Ubuntu installation with only a few things added to it should not be too large.

after looking back at all I did, should I have chosen sudo remastersys backup instead of sudo remastersys dist?

The 'backup' option creates a copy of your entire system, including personal files and settings. 'dist' copies only the system settings and installed applications, but not those in users' home folders. The 'dist' option should therefore produce a smaller .iso, especially if you have a lot of personal files on your Ubuntu system (e.g., videos and music files).

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 05:24 PM

This is pretty much a fresh install. I only had it on for about a week. It has been placed as a dual boot system. I had configured it to make sure I can do everything I was doing with windows. Now that I can I am ready to reinstall as the only OS.

I don't have any files in the /home directory anymore. The only thing I am concerned about is the packagesn ,configured settings, and custom desktop themes. So there is no way to save the Iso on a DL DVD? Or how about an external drive and setup ubuntu from the Cd then install the disk image from the backup image saved on the drive?

pytheas22

April 28th, 2009, 09:33 PM

hmmm, if this is basically a default Ubuntu installation, it should definitely be able to fit on a live DVD (or a live USB drive--you can use remastersys to create that as well).

Please run this command, which will tell remastersys to create just a backup of your file system, but not the whole .iso:

sudo remastersys dist cdfs

Then post the output of:

ls -lR /home/remastersys

rreyes1316

April 28th, 2009, 10:22 PM

Will try that next. I removed a few apps as well as delete the virtual box but had the same issue. Before i continue should I do the sudo remastersys clean command? And once I create the dist cdfs cd how do I install that on the new hard drive? Do I install the first dist cd I made then reboot and have the cdfs in the dvdrom and boot off that? I am not to sure on the steps for installing the filesystem cd.

Thanks

pytheas22

April 28th, 2009, 10:34 PM

Yes, running the remastersys clean command first should be good. You should also run this command to clean up any files left over from VirtualBox:

sudo rm -rf .VirtualBox

Burning the image onto a new machine is easy, but for now let's just create the cdfs and take it from there.

rreyes1316

April 29th, 2009, 01:38 AM

Here is the post from the command.

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rreyes1316

April 29th, 2009, 01:40 AM

Hmmm. That was odd?! It only posted part of it. Here goes again--atleast the remaining part.

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total 12
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/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/update-manager:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/update-motd:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/update-notifier:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 12:43 dpkg-run-stamp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-23 15:14 user.d

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/update-notifier/user.d:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 456 2009-04-23 15:14 firefox-3.0-restart-required
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 578 2009-03-23 17:12 user-must-execute-asoundconf-set-default-card

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/urandom:
total 4
-rw------- 1 root root 4096 2009-04-27 21:33 random-seed

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/vim:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-19 08:56 addons

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/vim/addons:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/x11:
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 2009-04-16 18:34 xorg.conf.md5sum
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 2009-03-23 17:20 xorg.conf.roster
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 2009-03-23 17:20 X.roster
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59 2009-03-23 17:05 Xwrapper.config.md5sum
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11 2009-03-23 17:05 Xwrapper.config.roster

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/xkb:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lib/xml-core:
total 28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2964 2009-03-23 17:13 catalog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10100 2009-03-23 17:12 docbook-xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 157 2009-03-23 17:13 rarian-compat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1150 2009-03-23 17:12 sgml-data
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 304 2009-03-23 17:05 xml-core

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/local:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/lock:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log:
total 44
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-23 04:55 apparmor
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 apt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 auth.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 boot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 bootstrap.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 ConsoleKit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 cups
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 daemon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 debug
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-20 14:40 dist-upgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 dmesg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 dpkg.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 faillog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 fsck
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 gdm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 installer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 kern.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 lastlog
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 lpr.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 mail.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 mail.info
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 mail.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 mail.warn
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 messages
drwxr-sr-x 2 news news 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 news
drwxr-x--- 3 root adm 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 samba
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 syslog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-02 02:07 unattended-upgrades
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 user.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 15:24 wtmp

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/apparmor:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/apt:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/ConsoleKit:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/cups:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/dist-upgrade:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/fsck:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/gdm:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/installer:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/news:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/samba:
total 4
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 2009-04-21 17:20 cores
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/samba/cores: Permission denied

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/log/unattended-upgrades:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/mail:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/opt:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run:
total 60
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2009-04-27 21:33 acpid.socket
drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi avahi 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 avahi-daemon
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 console
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 ConsoleKit
drwxr-xr-x 3 root lp 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 cups
drwxr-xr-x 2 messagebus messagebus 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 dbus
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2009-04-27 21:33 gdm_socket
drwxr-xr-x 2 haldaemon haldaemon 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 hald
drwxr-xr-x 2 klog klog 4096 2009-04-27 21:33 klogd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 network
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-27 21:33 NetworkManager
drwxrwx--- 2 root polkituser 4096 2009-04-27 21:33 PolicyKit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-27 21:33 pppconfig
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 samba
drwxrwxr-x 2 root utmp 4096 2009-04-27 21:33 screen
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2009-04-27 21:33 sdp
drwx------ 3 root rreyes3000 4096 2009-04-27 21:34 sudo
srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 12:42 synaptic.socket
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 update-motd

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/avahi-daemon:
total 0
srwxrwxrwx 1 avahi avahi 0 2009-04-27 21:33 socket

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/console:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/ConsoleKit:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/cups:
total 4
dr-x--x--x 2 lp lpadmin 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 certs
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-04-28 07:48 cups.sock
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/cups/certs: Permission denied

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/dbus:
total 0
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-04-27 21:33 system_bus_socket

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/hald:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/klogd:
total 0
prwx------ 1 klog klog 0 2009-04-28 12:58 kmsg

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/network:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/NetworkManager:
total 0
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/PolicyKit: Permission denied

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/pppconfig:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/samba:
total 4
drwxr-x--- 2 root winbindd_priv 4096 2009-04-27 21:33 winbindd_privileged
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/samba/winbindd_privileged: Permission denied

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/screen:
total 0
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/sudo: Permission denied

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/run/update-motd:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 anacron
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:08 cron
drwx--x--- 3 root lp 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 cups
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-04-16 18:34 mail -> ../mail
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:06 openoffice

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/anacron:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/cron:
total 12
drwxrwx--T 2 daemon daemon 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 atjobs
drwxrwx--T 2 daemon daemon 4096 2008-11-25 05:53 atspool
drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 4096 2008-11-12 07:46 crontabs
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/cron/atjobs: Permission denied
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/cron/atspool: Permission denied
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/cron/crontabs: Permission denied
ls: cannot open directory /home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/cups: Permission denied

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:06 uno_packages

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 cache

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache:
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:14 registry
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 uno_packages

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry:
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.component.PackageRegi stryBackend
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:14 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.executable.PackageReg istryBackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:14 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:14 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.script.PackageRegistr yBackend
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:14 com.sun.star.comp.deployment.sfwk.PackageRegistryB ackend

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.component.PackageRegi stryBackend:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-03-23 17:14 registry

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.configuration.Package RegistryBackend/registry:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.executable.PackageReg istryBackend:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.help.PackageRegistryB ackend:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.script.PackageRegistr yBackend:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.sfwk.PackageRegistryB ackend:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 9SQRO2_

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/spool/openoffice/uno_packages/cache/uno_packages/9SQRO2_:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/tmp:
total 4
drwx------ 4 rreyes3000 rreyes3000 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 kdecache-rreyes3000

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/tmp/kdecache-rreyes3000:
total 8
drwx------ 2 rreyes3000 rreyes3000 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 kpc
drwx------ 2 rreyes3000 rreyes3000 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 libphonon

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/tmp/kdecache-rreyes3000/kpc:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/dummysys/var/tmp/kdecache-rreyes3000/libphonon:
total 0

/home/remastersys/remastersys/ISOTMP:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:25 casper
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 isolinux
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-04-28 15:24 preseed
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197 2009-04-28 15:24 README.diskdefines

/home/remastersys/remastersys/ISOTMP/casper:
total 1054100
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40442 2009-04-28 15:24 filesystem.manifest
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40442 2009-04-28 15:24 filesystem.manifest-desktop
-rwx------ 1 root root 1066528768 2009-04-28 15:32 filesystem.squashfs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8193894 2009-04-28 15:25 initrd.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197 2009-04-28 15:24 README.diskdefines
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3522336 2009-04-28 15:24 vmlinuz

/home/remastersys/remastersys/ISOTMP/isolinux:
total 156
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14739 2009-04-28 15:24 isolinux.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 824 2009-04-28 15:24 isolinux.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308 2009-04-28 15:24 isolinux.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128796 2009-04-28 15:24 memtest

/home/remastersys/remastersys/ISOTMP/preseed:
total 4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212 2009-04-28 15:24 custom.seed

pytheas22

April 29th, 2009, 05:47 AM

It looks like your cdfs is only about 1000 megabytes, which is well within the range of what remastersys should support. Can you try creating the ISO now by typing:

sudo remastersys dist iso custom.iso

Please copy and paste all output here.

Also, I'm going to be traveling the next few days and may not be able to respond as rapidly as I have been, but I'll do my best.

rreyes1316

April 29th, 2009, 06:01 AM

There was a guide I followed to create a backup image into a tgz file in the root directory. That file is about 6.3 gb. How do I delete that file? For some reason I am unable to remove it. Here is the link for the steps I followed. I did not get a chance to try it out because I was not able to copy it into the root directory of the second install of the other hard drive I am trying out.

In any case, I tried the iso and this is what I got:

Creating the iso file only
Distribution Mode Selected
The compressed filesystem is larger than the iso9660 specification allows for a single file. You must try to reduce the amount of data you are backing up and try again.

rreyes1316

April 29th, 2009, 03:00 PM

I was up al night trying to recreate my setup on another hard drive--it took a lot longer with the 9.04 I downloaded from the ubuntu torrent site. Just was not as streamed line as the RC version. This time before installing any software--just the defaul aside from hardware settings--I used remastersys and it worked. I will next try to recreate the exact settingg and thems and create the backup iso to see if one of those may be the cause of one of original hangups. Question is, do I need to use the same ext3 to install the backup or can I use the ext4 once all done?

Also, my first setup is still up and running . So if you have any suggestions for creating the remastersys cd let me know.

BTW, installing the video drivers was the toughest part on the new install.

pytheas22

April 29th, 2009, 04:32 PM

You should be able to install the new cloned system using ext4, even if the machine from which it was taken was using ext3. Just select ext4 during the partitioning part of the installation.

There was a guide I followed to create a backup image into a tgz file in the root directory. That file is about 6.3 gb. How do I delete that file? For some reason I am unable to remove it. Here is the link for the steps I followed. I did not get a chance to try it out because I was not able to copy it into the root directory of the second install of the other hard drive I am trying out.

The easiest way is probably to open the file browser as root by typing:

sudo nautilus

Then just browse to the location of the file and delete it.

I'm not sure why you still get the error message about the file size being too large, because from what I can tell, it really shouldn't be. But maybe there's just something strange going on with that installation of Ubuntu, since you say it worked fine on a new system.

What trouble are you having installing video drivers? In most cases it should be as simple as going to System>Administration>Hardware Drivers, enabling the driver and rebooting--although in some cases it might be harder.

rreyes1316

April 30th, 2009, 02:55 PM

I have done the restore on one of my many drives and it worked! I still had to configure my screen settings and setup some themes, but it worked. i thought the cdfs iso would reinstall everything exactly the way it was. Mind you, this is just a new install with some basic configurations, however. But the original install that prompted all of this is still too large to create a ISO--not sure why. I am glad I have 4 extra hard drives to play with:)

After I setup everything on my main drive and add more software I will try remastersys again and let you know if can create the backup iso.

I, too, will be gone this week end. Talk soon.