Create backup of all packages using APTonCD in Ubuntu

APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you’ve downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.One thing you need to remember this will create backup all the packages installed using apt-get,synaptic because these package arcives are stored in /var/cache/apt/archives

APTonCD will also allow you to automatically create media with all of your .deb packages located in one especific repository, so that you can install them into your computers without the need for an internet conection.

APTonCD Features

Create media with all your downloaded packages;

Create media with all packages from an especific repository

Download all official Ubuntu repositories (main,restricted,universe and multiverse) into removable media (CD/DVD);

Perform backup/restore all packages installed via apt;

Install, with the same CD/DVD, the same programs into several different machines;

http://www.debianadmin.com/create-backup-of-all-packages-using-aptoncd-in-ubuntu.html

See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remastersys

Remastersys is a free and open source script for Linux distributions that can:

• Create a customized Live CD/DVD (a remaster) of Ubuntu and derivatives.
• Backup all the system, including user data to an installable Live CD/DVD.

• History

  It was initially created to be able to easily backup or create a distributable copy of an Ubuntu or derivative installation. Inspiration for this tool came from the mklivecd script that Mandriva uses and the remasterme script that is in PCLinuxOS. Since those scripts are not very easy to port to Ubuntu, it was written from scratch.

  Uses
  

  It is a very useful and easy way to create a customized Live CD/DVD version of Ubuntu, once the system is installed and configured with programs, updates, etc... the user just has to:

• Download and install the latest version of Remastersys from: http://remastersys.klikit-linux.com/repository/remastersys/
• Open the program (a shortcut is created on the desktop) and then choose the dist or backup option, and then the iso of the Live CD will be automatically created.

The resulting iso can also be installed on a USB pendrive, creating a Live USB distro, using either a command-line approach^[2] or a graphical tool such as UNetbootin.

It has a command line version and a GUI version. It currently works with Ubuntu, and possibly more Ubuntu-based distributions.
The latest version of Ubuntu (8.04) is already supported ^[3]

Known problems

• A Live CD/DVD created from a system with installed proprietary ATI or Nvidia drivers, when booted, will not load these drivers because casper (the ubuntu Live CD boot routine) disables ati and nvidia proprietary drivers. ^[4]
• When running from a Wubi installation, Remastersys requires that the working directory have sufficient space. This may require the user to have a large virtual disk size or to change their working directory.^[

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