Help Remastersys and Ultimate Edition 2.5 "backup"

[specialist125]

I been trying to backup my full system using Remastersys. The problem is every thing says it goes fine and the .iso is created in the folder I tried burning the .iso to disk and running it in another system but it seem to hang some how. I also tried it in Virtualbox and that seem a bit better It booted to the login screen but would never log into the account. Now, I was think it was because I run my system off my portable hd, but I dont know. I tried burning the discs at low speed like 2x once in K3b, once in Brasero, and then I copied the .iso and use my windows system with imgburn. Well I dont know why this is happening an I guess I will try the other copy features and see if it will work to try and pinpoint my problem. I would like to use this program cause I like what it does this way i can take my system without taking my hd if i choose to and make copies for my frineds if need be.

[Cell]

Whats your grub version#?

it (the newest remastersys) only works with version 2.0.13-1 and up.

[specialist125]

Well I have Grub 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1 installed and I thought it was the latest version of grub

[Cell]

Sorry my mistake...thats the version of remastersys you need.Not grub.

version 2.0.13-1

[specialist125]

I using the version 2.0.15-1

[Cell]

You can check the log files in the remastersys folder.Or start the process over again in a terminal and see what the output is when it errors out.

[specialist125]

well when you say check the log file I'm assuming that you mean the log for the burnt disc. Well the disc seem to be good well to a certain point. I ran the disc in my virtualbox on my other pc and the disc that contain the distribution version loaded up well. The full back up disc that I ran loaded to the login screen but when I entered my password I started to load then something must have went wrong and It went back to that login screen.

update : but those same disc will not load when i restart and run from disc

[DarkChild]

well when you say check the log file I'm assuming that you mean the log for the burnt disc. Well the disc seem to be good well to a certain point. I ran the disc in my virtualbox on my other pc and the disc that contain the distribution version loaded up well. The full back up disc that I ran loaded to the login screen but when I entered my password I started to load then something must have went wrong and It went back to that login screen.

update : but those same disc will not load when i restart and run from disc

Sounds to me like there are major issues going on with your remastered version of the os. I will suggest that you remove the temp files/clean the files from your remaster directory, restart an try again. If not, you better do a reinstallation of Ultimate Edition and try again because you maybe have broken packages/errors in your file system ect that is causing your remastered iso to be giving problems because the remastering process copied the errors from your installed system!!

[specialist125]

Well I just updated my system and completely removed and reinstall Remastersys and I checked synaptic to see if anything was broken and I didnt have anything broken. Oh I do however have this mesg during boot about ( vga= 7 something , put gfx something in front on ) Well I completely hosed that msg, but that have never stopped my system from booting. I also have the log file from Remastersys

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Source directory entry media already used! - trying media_1
Source directory entry etc already used! - trying etc_1
Source directory entry proc already used! - trying proc_1
Source directory entry var already used! - trying var_1
Source directory entry mnt already used! - trying mnt_1
Source directory entry dev already used! - trying dev_1
Cannot stat dir/file //home/specialist125/.gvfs because Permission denied, ignoringSource directory entry tmp already used! - trying tmp_1
Source directory entry sys already used! - trying sys_1
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Mount information
/dev/sdb5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lib/ureadahead/debugfs type debugfs (rw)
/dev/sdb6 on /home type ext4 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/home/specialist125/.Private on /home/specialist125 type ecryptfs (ecryptfs_sig=974881af89d21e29,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=6c29c333463bc3fb,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/specialist125/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=specialist125)
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Casper Script info
total 160
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  297 2008-11-11 09:10 01integrity_check
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  383 2008-11-11 09:10 05mountpoints
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  314 2007-09-21 07:40 05mountpoints_lupin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3962 2009-09-07 05:12 10adduser
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  535 2008-03-06 00:34 10custom_installation
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  340 2008-03-06 00:34 10ntfs_3g
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  400 2008-11-11 09:10 12fstab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  830 2009-07-17 06:17 13swap
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1431 2008-11-11 09:10 14locales
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  798 2009-09-07 05:12 15autologin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  577 2008-11-11 09:10 18hostname
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7529 2009-10-08 08:51 19keyboard
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  546 2009-10-21 03:25 20xconfig
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  668 2008-11-11 09:10 22gnome_panel_data
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  904 2008-11-11 09:10 22screensaver
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  577 2009-10-08 08:51 22serialtty
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  394 2009-03-10 07:01 22sslcert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  380 2008-11-11 09:10 23etc_modules
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2817 2008-11-11 09:10 23networking
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1594 2009-04-06 02:40 24preseed
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1962 2009-10-21 03:25 25configure_init
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9770 2009-10-21 03:25 30accessibility
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  759 2009-09-07 05:12 31disable_update_notifier
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  817 2008-11-11 09:10 32disable_hibernation
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  369 2008-11-11 09:10 33enable_apport_crashes
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  917 2009-04-06 02:40 34disable_kde_services
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  562 2008-11-11 09:10 35fix_language_selector
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  407 2008-11-11 09:10 36disable_trackerd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  592 2009-09-14 08:12 37kubuntu_netbook_installer_link
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  739 2008-11-11 09:10 40install_driver_updates
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  246 2008-11-11 09:10 41apt_cdrom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  377 2008-11-11 09:10 42disable_apparmor
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  929 2009-10-22 03:22 43disable_updateinitramfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1261 2009-10-21 03:25 44pk_allow_ubuntu
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  323 2008-11-11 09:10 45disable_guest_account
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  641 2009-10-21 03:25 46disable_services
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  983 2009-09-17 05:37 47unr_ubiquity
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/etc/remastersys.conf info
#Remastersys Global Configuration File


# This is the temporary working directory and won't be included on the cd/dvd
WORKDIR="/home/remastersys"


# Here you can add any other files or directories to be excluded from the live filesystem
# Separate each entry with a space
EXCLUDES=""


# Here you can change the livecd/dvd username
LIVEUSER="custom"


# Here you can change the name of the livecd/dvd label
LIVECDLABEL="Custom Live CD"


# Here you can change the name of the ISO file that is created
CUSTOMISO="custom$1.iso"


# Here you can change the url for the usb-creator info
LIVECDURL="http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys"

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/etc/casper.conf info
# This file should go in /etc/casper.conf
# Supported variables are:
# USERNAME, USERFULLNAME, HOST, BUILD_SYSTEM
 
export USERNAME="specialist125"
export USERFULLNAME="Live session user"
export HOST="specialist125"
export BUILD_SYSTEM="Ubuntu"
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/etc/passwd info
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh
libuuid:x:100:101::/var/lib/libuuid:/bin/sh
syslog:x:101:102::/home/syslog:/bin/false
messagebus:x:102:106::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
hplip:x:103:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false
avahi-autoipd:x:104:110:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
avahi:x:105:111:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
couchdb:x:106:113:CouchDB Administrator,,,:/var/lib/couchdb:/bin/bash
haldaemon:x:107:114:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hald:/bin/false
speech-dispatcher:x:108:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/sh
kernoops:x:109:65534:Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon,,,:/:/bin/false
saned:x:110:116::/home/saned:/bin/false
pulse:x:111:117:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false
gdm:x:112:119:Gnome Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/bin/false
postfix:x:113:120::/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false
clamav:x:114:122::/var/lib/clamav:/bin/false
polkituser:x:115:123:PolicyKit,,,:/var/run/PolicyKit:/bin/false
timidity:x:116:125:TiMidity++ MIDI sequencer service:/etc/timidity:/bin/false
specialist125:x:1000:1000:Specialist125,,,:/home/specialist125:/bin/bash
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/etc/group info
root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:specialist125
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:
lp:x:7:
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
man:x:12:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:specialist125
fax:x:21:
voice:x:22:
cdrom:x:24:specialist125
floppy:x:25:
tape:x:26:
sudo:x:27:
audio:x:29:pulse,timidity
dip:x:30:
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:
video:x:44:
sasl:x:45:
plugdev:x:46:specialist125
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:
users:x:100:
nogroup:x:65534:
libuuid:x:101:
syslog:x:102:
fuse:x:103:
lpadmin:x:104:specialist125
ssl-cert:x:105:
messagebus:x:106:
crontab:x:107:
mlocate:x:108:
ssh:x:109:
avahi-autoipd:x:110:
avahi:x:111:
netdev:x:112:
couchdb:x:113:
haldaemon:x:114:
admin:x:115:specialist125
saned:x:116:
pulse:x:117:
pulse-access:x:118:
gdm:x:119:
postfix:x:120:
postdrop:x:121:
clamav:x:122:
polkituser:x:123:
kvm:x:124:
timidity:x:125:
winbindd_priv:x:126:
specialist125:x:1000:
sambashare:x:127:specialist125
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Command-line options = backup
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[DarkChild]

You may not have broken packages in synaptic's eyes but could exist else where in the system. Other than removing the temp files and try again or doing a clean installation, I don't have anymore suggestions for you!!

Good luck.