Re: Help needed

["s. keeling" <keeling@nucleus.com>]

BALAJI :) <balaji.pcat@gmail.com>:
> 
>  I am using Debian Lenny, kernel version: 2.6.26-1-686.  I am very
>  new to linux.  Can you please let me know the steps for backing up
>  my linux PC (maybe to a CD) and later restoring from it when
>  required.  Also let me know if I can install any Open source S/W
>  that can do the above task (something like scheduled backup).

There are lots of options available.  I make sure I use partitions
correctly, then wrote a shell script that wraps afio (cpio clone)
using bzip compression backing up each ptn, then creates an .iso from
them all with genisoimage.

tar works too.  Then there's GUI type backup programs (ask someone
else about them).

Then I use wodim to burn the result to CD.  This's worked for about a
decade so far.  Never lost anything.  Restore ==:

-   afio -Z -P bzip2 -v -i /cdrom_mount_point/name_of_afio_archive_file


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