Backup & Restore of an entire Ubuntu system

[Matthias Scheer]

Hi everybody,

I have some weired issue on my dual-boot laptop installation (with XP 
and Feisty) which I won't get into here; but since I don't need the XP 
installation anymore, I decided to wipe the HD and repartition it using 
a Live CD of Ubuntu.

Is the following procedure feasible in my case?

1) Backup the Ubuntu system to an usb drive using 'rsync -avz / /media/disk'

2) Boot the Live CD; delete the old partitions; create new ones

3) Now here I'm unsure: Does replacing the partitions remove the MBR of 
the HD? If yes, how do I create a new one?

4) Restoring the system from USB drive

5) Updating GRUB


Thanx in advance for your help,

Matthias Scheer
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