So this is in the reopen queue http://askubuntu.com/questions/2724/best-way-to-clone-an-installation-copying-to-identical-hardware (should it be reopened? Are the answers in need of updating?
I wonder if the many questions we have (that I struggle to find) about making an iso of the current installation could be duped to this one? Could we edit it to make that work? Am I on the wrong track entirely with this idea?