[nzlug] GParted for recovery CD?

[Michael J. Knox]

Sid Bachtiar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was looking for an equivalent of Norton Ghost for
> Ubuntu/Debian/Linux when someone told me about GParted
> (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php). I've been searching and
> reading about it but still not sure if it is really what I'm looking
> for. I'm hoping someone here might be able to guide me a little bit
> more on this.
> 
> I have Ubuntu installed and running well on one of my old machines.
> I'm looking for a way to create a snapshot of the system in ISO
> file(s), burn it to a CD (or several CDs), then incase of my system
> turns to mess, I want to be able to use these CDs to restore the
> system.


I use g4u for most things:

http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

But have also used systemrescuecd from time to time. Mainly if I want 
just to copy a specific partition. Comes with QTparted as well.

http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

Michael