Backup ENTIRE server for distribution

[rhofmeyr]

Hi.

I have a production server running locally that I wish to distribute. Is there a way of backing up the entire server (with all applications/settings included) to an image for redistribution? Could anyone perhaps point me in the right direction? I was looking at SystemImager, but this seems to be more usefull in a network system whereas I would rather like to be able to log-in to a machine via SSH, and install the image.

Thanks for any help,

Regards,

Robert Hofmeyr

[iwanabeguru]

use dd to create the iamge of the vhole system or tar with gzip
if you ant save the image to a remote machine mix the tar or dd with ssh