Ubuntu Switch Disk

[Pete Brown]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:50:37 pm Peter Schwenke wrote:
> Paul Schulz wrote:
> > Another suggestion.. set it up as a 'backup/restore' disk..which can
> > query the running
> > Vista/XP system and build a profile for the user(s) and with their
> > data burn it onto CD/DVD's if they want.  Set it up to reimport their
> > settings into Vista/XP if they want, but since we now have collected
> > the information, it can be used to build a Ubuntu box with the same
> > information.
>
> Maybe a first cut at doing this could use the Live CD Persistence
> feature with a USB stick.  Build up the casper-rw image with a switch
> CD, then boot up the live CD...
>
>                                                       ...Peter

I thought about that too.
It could work for installations with not much data.
But most people are likely to have more than 2 gig of files.

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