What is remastersys?
Remastersys is an excellent tool for making an installable or live CD/DVD ISO image of your Ubuntu Linux installation. It's what was used to make my MyWikidot ISO installable image.
From the developer's web site:
Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Klikit or Ubuntu or derivative installation.
- It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install.
- It can make a distributable copy you can share with friends. This will not have any of your personal user data in it.
Home page for this project:
To install Remastersys in Ubuntu:
The Remastersys repository needs to be added to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. Open a terminal window and type:
sudo nautilus
to launch the file browser with root privileges. Navigate to the /etc/apt/ folder and right click the sources.list file and choose "Open with text editor".
Paste the following into the sources.list file and save it.
# Remastersys
deb http://www.remastersys.klikit-linux.com/repository remastersys/
Open a terminal window and type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install remastersys
You will find Remastersys Backup installed in the System » Administration menu in the Ubuntu Desktop.
See the developer's web site for complete documentation.
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