I don't know if many people would have a need to make an"image" of their AntiX install, but here are some options for doing this: CloneZilla and Seagate DiscWizard.

I'm setting up multiple AntiX systems in a classroom environment (usually 24 systems in a room). I have about six completely different hardware systems, but will usually have the same in one classroom. I have been using CloneZilla to make a backup of the first install on an Compaq 6715b laptop. I found this image worked on any of the 6xxx series laptops, so was able to use the same image without change. A weird quirk with the image was the wireless did not work after bootup unless I entered setup and selected Restore Defaults from Bios screen.

I did a fresh install of AntiX on a Compaq dc7700u desktop which I assumed would work on the older dc7600 and dc7100 models. Never got to try it though as something with the hardware prevented CloneZilla from working. Looking for other solutions I booted with Heren's Boot CD 15.2 and selected Seagate DiscWizard.

The image size for DiscWizard was much larger and took longer than Clonezilla, but allows creating an image when the other product wont load. Either way, using these two products will reduce the time needed to deploy AntiX on multiple computers on similar hardware.

Machines of the same make and model can often use different internal hardware; that might be the cause of the problem you experienced with wireless.

Chris

DTMaurice wrote: A weird quirk with the image was the wireless did not work after bootup unless I entered setup and selected Restore Defaults from Bios screen.

The solution to clear before restarting in the copyso that on restart not from eth0/wlan0 = eth1/wlan1 and applications will no longer have access to the network.

Ever tried gparted?

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You might consider running antiX live with home persistence. Any changes to the root file system won't survive a reboot but students can still save whatever they want in their home directories.

It is very easy to make a custom live image with the remaster-live tool. You can run live from a usb stick (LiveUSB) or a hard drive (Frugal Install).

The downside of this approach is that changes to the root file system get stored in RAM so if a student installs a bunch of stuff to the root file system then they can run out of RAM. But if the students don't have root access then that is probably not an issue.

One nice thing about using the live system is that all of the automatic hardware detection is in place so the same image can easily work on different computers.

I had great success duplicating my install w/all my customization tweeks and settings using antixsnapshot