Debian: Need help with corrupted dpkg database

[Bob George]

"Kevin Brown" <kevin_brown@qwest.net> wrote:

> if you want the whole thing, scripts and all, you could use Norton Ghost.
I
> believe it supports the ext2fs.  Or move the hard drive into the other
systems
> and dd it to the other drives.

A bit more detail: What I'd like to be able to do is re-create the install
from new (i.e. on  a new system) using apt-get (download the latest of
everything). Something like a base install followed by "apt-get <
install-list", then just untar my scripts.

Thanks!

- Bob