From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.13-win4lin i686) Description of problem: It could be nice, if the installation CD had a "restore" option, next to workstation/server/ custom install. In this way, one could use disk druid to do the partitioning before starting the restore. The boot kernel should contain the necessary modules (e.g. today, mt.o is missing, making it impossible to do a restore from tape). Also, a backup system that looks in the RPM database and skips the files that were unchanged from the original install. The "anaconda restore" could then obtain these files directly from the installation cd. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Not relevant Additional info:
This request goes outside the forseeable roadmap for the installer. I would recommend looking on freshmeat.net for a solution for restoring systems from tape.