Ubuntu Redistribution/Deployment

[mattmill30]

Hi,

I currently have a Ubuntu 8.04LTS server

I am looking for some software that will allow me to create my own distribution of ubuntu, not for re-distribution, but as a backup incase the webserver were to fail, so i could re-install it easily.

I remember seeing a peice of software in the 7.10 desktop repositories, but since i've upgraded it doesn't appear to be available anymore.

Does anyone know of any system redistribution software?

A similar scenario could be a network administrator wishing to deploy a pre-configured system to all the clients on his network.

Thanks for any feedback in advanced

[Pumalite]

I don't know if this is the right answer, but you might want to take a look anyway:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p13.htm#overall_plan
http://restore.holonyx.com/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=564836
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p13.htm
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partimage
http://web2linux.blogspot.com/2007/11/apples-time-machine-now-for-linux.html
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/disk-archive-backup-and-restore-using-dar-and-kdardar-frontend.html
http://dar.linux.free.fr/doc/Features.html

[mattmill30]

Thanks for the links, the 3rd one, the ubuntuforums post, looks very useful.

I'll look into breaking down one of the bootable installation iso's and see if i can somehow intergrate that into it.

If i can then an emergency recovery disk could be easily made with just a few extra lines added to boot sequence.

[Pumalite]

Good luck.