From: no_reply@dipl-ing-kessler.de   
      
   Hi everyone!   
      
   I need to switch to a new, stable distro.   
      
   I used Mandrake-Mandriva-Mageia for around 20 years now, and as I am using   
   my machines more and more for remote work for my employer, I am used to   
   make full-backups of them, to be on the safe side.   
      
   Usually, I use one partition for data (/dev/sda1) and one swap partition.   
      
   For creating backups I boot from install DVD and select "rescue boot" to   
   get a rootshell, mount the data partition and make a tgz archive of all   
   the data, stored on an external storage.   
      
   Restoring goes similar, though only creating and formatting the partitions   
   and writing the MBR did not work properly and I never found out, why. But   
   this never was an issue:   
   For storing back the backup - or creating one more new machine from   
   backup, I just make a minimal-install, boot into rescue-mode from install   
   DVD, mount data patition of the disk as well as backup storage. Then  I   
   delete everything on the data partition and replace it with the data   
   coming from the backup tgz.   
      
   After that, of course, the newest updates have to be installed that came   
   out between creating the backup and restoring it.   
      
   So, my question is, if someone works similarly with Ubuntu, or, if this is   
   not possible or more complicated.   
      
   I'd highly appreciate to hear about your ideas and experiences!   
      
   Thanks,   
   best regards,   
      
   Markus   
      
      
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