Is it possible to take a snapshot of a running system rather in the way it's possible to do in things like VirtualBox?
I'm thinking of installing some software but am not sure that once installed, I will be able to back it out with leaving files everywhere. Hence the idea of a snapshot.
On 18 November 2010 19:24, Chris Walker cdw_alug@the-walker-household.co.uk wrote:
Is it possible to take a snapshot of a running system rather in the way it's possible to do in things like VirtualBox?
I'm thinking of installing some software but am not sure that once installed, I will be able to back it out with leaving files everywhere. Hence the idea of a snapshot.
This reminds me of when I used to use Stow to do something like this.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/GNU_Stow
Srdjan
On 18/11/10 19:24, Chris Walker wrote:
Is it possible to take a snapshot of a running system rather in the way it's possible to do in things like VirtualBox?
I'm thinking of installing some software but am not sure that once installed, I will be able to back it out with leaving files everywhere. Hence the idea of a snapshot.
This is why I have a virtual box running umbongo on my umbongo system.
On 18/11/10 23:27, nev young wrote:
On 18/11/10 19:24, Chris Walker wrote:
Is it possible to take a snapshot of a running system rather in the way it's possible to do in things like VirtualBox?
I'm thinking of installing some software but am not sure that once installed, I will be able to back it out with leaving files everywhere. Hence the idea of a snapshot.
This is why I have a virtual box running umbongo on my umbongo system.
I too have VirtualBox running with Windows XP and Debian on it but despite trying various systems, they don't all work to my satisfaction, hence I'm thinking of installing the software I need on the base system.
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