On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 01:38:49PM -0400, Adam Aube wrote: > David wrote: > > > I'm trying to set up a backup system using CD's. > > > The idea was to, in the event of a total drive loss, to boot up a > > Knoppix CD, manually fdisk ( or whatever), the partitions, and untar the > > respective partitions back onto the HD. > > > However, even before I got the CD's constructed, it occurred to me that > > Knoppix has the CD mounted, and I have only one CD. > > > So I'm wondering what would be the best method? > > bootcd and System Imager have both been recommended on this list, and are > available from your local Debian mirror.
Yes. That makes sense. I'd seen several threads regarding backups, but seem to have missed everything in this line. > Given your needs (single personal system), bootcd might be the best choice - > System Imager seems to be designed more for large-scale imaging operations. True. It seems that I don't need anything all that elaborate. There's also amanda and a couple others, but from what I've been able to gather, they are perhaps overkill for a simple single-user system. Thanks for the pointer. I'll follow that lead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
