Ubuntu System Restore

[Gaurav Saxena]

Hello Michael Vogt,
Yes I have had a look at your blog post related to apt-clone, I am looking
at how to use that in this project.
Thanks for helping.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Michael Vogt <mvo at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 05:15:14PM -0600, Bear Giles wrote:
> > I've written a few prototypes and this comes down to four issues. Some of
> > the details below are debian/ubuntu-specific but the same concepts will
> > apply to redhat.
> [..]
> > 2. Packages should NOT be backed up. All you need is the package name and
> > version. Reinstall from .deb and .rpm if necessary since this way you're
> > sure that you never restore compromised files.
>
> You may want to look at the apt-clone package for this part of the
> work, it supports creating/restoring this meta-data.
>
> Cheers,
>  Michael
>
>
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Gaurav Saxena <grvsaxena419 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Aaron
> > > Thanks a lot for your quick reply.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Aaron C. de Bruyn <
> aaron at heyaaron.com>wrote:
> > >
> > >> In Windows, the ability to snapshot is built into the filesystem.
> > >> In Linux, you must be running a filesystem that supports snapshots.  I
> > >> know LVM supports snapshotting and I believe BRTFS has support, but
> > >> other than that I'm not sure.
> > >>
> > >> Yes I read the logic behind windows system restore. But I think we can
> > > take some other approach for this, that will be better as all users
> won't be
> > > able to spare an extra partition formatted brtfs.
> > >
> > >
> > >> Basically, your program would have to check the file system that is
> > >> used on the computer (remember Linux can have many types of file
> > >> systems mounted at the same time), then (in the case of LVM) make sure
> > >> there's enough free space to snapshot, and finally take the snapshot.
> > >>
> > >> Ok. Do I have to snapshot the whole system partition / important
> system
> > > files to the brtfs partition ?
> > >
> > >
> > >> When the snapshots start filling up, you would either need to delete
> > >> them or detect the low space and resize them.
> > >>
> > >> In my personal opinion, snapshotting in Linux is currently a pain in
> > >> the rear.  It sounds like BTRFS could change that, but it's still a
> > >> ways off.
> > >>
> > >> Ok.  I will try another approach that will be better as suggested by
> > > people here.
> > >
> > >
> > >> -A
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 21:00, Gaurav Saxena <grvsaxena419 at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > Hello all,
> > >> > I want to write a windows system restore like program for ubuntu ,
> which
> > >> > will have options for creating restore points for the system and
> then
> > >> > restoring it back to that point. Also I will as an extension provide
> > >> support
> > >> > for older version of a file as is in windows currently. I need your
> help
> > >> to
> > >> > find how to start with this in ubuntu. I know that I have to
> snapshot
> > >> the
> > >> > system when creating a restore point and then restore it. I need
> some
> > >> > starting pointers so that I can start doing this work. Also if this
> has
> > >> > already been done please inform me. I got this idea from
> > >> >  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemRestore.
> > >> > --
> > >> > Thanks and Regards ,
> > >> > Gaurav
> > >> >
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> > >
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> > > Thanks and Regards ,
> > > Gaurav
> > >
> > >
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Thanks and Regards ,
Gaurav
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