ubuntu restore

[NoobieOCer]

can i create some thing like a restore point? because i keep messing things up and i cant be bothered to reinstall every time..

 

[GarethDW]

Well, you could create a backup and restore that if you needed to. You can do this using the dd command.

Alternatively, if you create a different partition for /home then you won't lose stuff when you need to re-install.

 

[|Thomas|]

You can use partimage to create an image of your root partition. It should be slightly more user friendly than dd, plus it doesn't copy over free blocks.

 

[GarethDW]

cool - didn't know about that... will look into it. Nice one, Thomas