Imaging System with Ubuntu + PartImage

This article concisely describes how to create a bootable usb drive that can clone and restore a hard disc. I just wanted to write this down because I lost quite some time making this work twice already.

1. Download and burn the Ubuntu Live CD v9.10 and boot from it.
2. Attach the usb drive and format it (using GParted from the admin menu) in two partitions:
   1. fat32 (a few gigs suffices), where the bootable OS will be installed.
   2. ext3 (the rest), room for the images.
3. Install the OS on the first partition and make bootable (admin menu -> create bootable usb drive)
4. Eject the cd and boot from the usb drive
5. Install PartImage: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install partimage. You must first enable some repositories to make this work, see http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/sources
6. You can now use PartImage to create and restore images.