Does Linux (edubuntu) have a system restore function?

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... the same as Windows??

using the CD to restore is not really something I look forward to, since none of about 50 PCs have optical drives installed.
 
Not an expert

I do not consider myself a Linux expert but I know about the dump and restore utilities. If your PC's are networked you can use the SystemRescueCD (installed on a flash drive) to mount the backup files on your fileserver and restore them that way. Never used it myself but I have will give it a shot and test in my small lab.

Personally I like to use PartImage to simply create a backup image of the entire system.

The Windows Restore utility does not backup data only system and program files, I hope you are aware of this.
 
Interesting Idea

An intriguing idea I came across is to use revision control system, such as subversion for backup purposes! Makes a lot of sense because is this not exactly what such a system was designed for? This is something I must really try out!
 
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Picard said:
... the same as Windows??

using the CD to restore is not really something I look forward to, since none of about 50 PCs have optical drives installed.
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Don't know about ubuntu I know Mandriva has a "sanpshots" facility in its control center
 
What could have gone wrong that you need to restore all those PC's?

The only one who is supposed to have root access is the administrator, so he is the only one who can hose a system.

I think you need to give us a more detailed explanation on what exactly you need or want restore and why.
 
I'm with MyWorld on this one.

What do you need a system restore for. Your users can't really do anything to the system without root access! And users, even under exceptional circumstances, do not need root access. Kernel updates have a rollback ability on bootup, to choose which kernel to use, in the very rare case that the newer kernel breaks something. Otherwise, I cannot see a need for it.

If a program breaks, use Synaptic to completely remove it, and then re-install from scratch. Problem solved.

If you want it to return all machines to a given state, a Hard Drive image works really well. And 50 machines, on a network are really easy to sort out using PING on a TFTP server. 1 hour and I've restored 30 machines (One LAN) to a clean state. (Our Exams image). 1 more hour, and they are back in the normal class state. (Original image)

More details as to the need would be required.
 
yeah i'd also like to find out what it is exactly you want to do and what your thinking behind that is?

for instance I've once backed up my whole system by just compressing it into a tar.gz file. I was then able to extract that tar.gz to the root directory and viola the whole system was as good as new. but that was just me experimenting. if users have no root access then they can't mess up the system. only you could do that.
 
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