SliTaz Forum

johnyp

Member

Registered: 2015-04-26

Posts: 3

installation transfer

Hi to all, Yesterday i found slitaz. Very nice...

Can i ask if there is any way to transfer my installation from hdd to usb stick or to an iso for installing it to another pc.

I want to keep all configurations i made to it and also to find a good way to backup the entire system.

Thank you.

bellard

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-28

Posts: 657

Re: installation transfer

Hi johnyp,

On your installation as root enter:

# tazpkg repack-config

You will get the file config-1.0.tazpkg

On another PC, install SliTaz, copy config-1.0.tazpkg and launch as root:

# tazpkg install config-1.0.tazpkg

This method depends on the CONFIG_FILES variable in the package receipts.

Let's hope there are up to date...

johnyp

Member

Registered: 2015-04-26

Posts: 3

Re: installation transfer

Thank you Bellard, but please is this a way of having an exact copy, clone?

Di ia have to reinstall packages before importing or will this be done automatically?

Thank you.

bellard

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-28

Posts: 657

Re: installation transfer

> Thank you Bellard, but please is this a way of having an exact copy, clone?

Not really: /home is not saved

> Di ia have to reinstall packages before importing or will this be done automatically?

No. They will be installed as dependancies.

johnyp

Member

Registered: 2015-04-26

Posts: 3

Re: installation transfer

Good morning, after playing some days i now am ready to use my server!

What i did not yet found is a way to make a clone backup from hdd, as ghost image file for example, in order to restore in case of hdd change or hdd corruption.

Is this even possible?

Thank you.

sixofeight

Member

Registered: 2013-07-02

Posts: 234

Re: installation transfer

Hi johnyp

Have a look at

www.clonezilla.org

and / or make yourself familiar with the dd command