8.10 USB stick install image/backup tool?

[sentofuno]

i've tried several times to create a bootable USB stick install and it goes wrong (in different ways) every time. it appears to be fine until i run software update, i'm not sure it can cope with the 200+ updates in one go. it often fails at the latest linux kernel update..


can anyone suggest a good tool to create and restore a bootable backup of my USB stick? it'd be nice to have something to go back to instead of starting from scratch every time.


cheers

[blueridgedog]

These folks wrote the book on it:

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

Perhaps you can get some pointers from their site.

[sentofuno]

yeah that site is fantastic. sadly any search i make comes up with the disclaimer to backup any data on a USB stick prior to formatting etc, and they don't appear to have a forum of their own.


i have just found http://www.mondorescue.org/ which i don't have the time to look through until tonight, i'll see how i get on.