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| Phil Taylor... |
 Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:48 am |
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Can anyone recommend any good backup software that will do a complete backup
and restore?
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| Sheridan Hutchinson... |
| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:29 am |
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Phil Taylor wrote:
Quote: Can anyone recommend any good backup software that will do a complete
backup and restore?
Thanks
Frankly, in my experience it's difficult to describe any Linux based
backup software as 'good', if you're after disk cloning.
G4L is probably the best of the bunch for disk to disk backups.
Unfortunately I didn't find it reliable or particularly friendly or even
clever for that matter so I'm still forced to use the commercial and
closed-source Acronis True Image.
If you're after 'online' backup solutions to just copy files from one
machine/disk to another machine/disk then there are literally hundreds
of very good solutions. Check Google and your package repository for
suggestions.
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Regards,
Sheridan Hutchinson
Sheridan at (no spam) Shezza.org |
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| Jim... |
| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:08 pm |
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:48:42 +0000, Phil Taylor wrote:
Quote: Can anyone recommend any good backup software that will do a complete
backup and restore?
Thanks
Do you have mklivecd available? With this the application takes a
snapshot of your system and creates a live-cd from it.
Then if your system craps out you can simply pop your disc into any other
machine. Your choice to then use it as a live disc or install it.
CD or DVD your option. Likely a stronger option for home users rather
than business ones. |
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| Phil Taylor... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:02 am |
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I checked the available packages and it was not on the list. I would rather
make the backups and save it on shared drive, so if I need to restore the cd,
then I can just pop the disk in the drive, boot and recover the system.
Quote: From: Jim <chief_jim at (no spam) go.nospam.com
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:48:42 +0000, Phil Taylor wrote:
Can anyone recommend any good backup software that will do a complete
backup and restore?
Thanks
Do you have mklivecd available? With this the application takes a
snapshot of your system and creates a live-cd from it.
Then if your system craps out you can simply pop your disc into any other
machine. Your choice to then use it as a live disc or install it.
CD or DVD your option. Likely a stronger option for home users rather
than business ones. |
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| Jim... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:22 am |
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:02:18 +0000, Phil Taylor wrote:
Quote: I checked the available packages and it was not on the list. I would
rather make the backups and save it on shared drive, so if I need to
restore the cd, then I can just pop the disk in the drive, boot and
recover the system.
From: Jim <chief_jim at (no spam) go.nospam.com
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:48:42 +0000, Phil Taylor wrote:
Can anyone recommend any good backup software that will do a complete
backup and restore?
Thanks
Do you have mklivecd available? With this the application takes a
snapshot of your system and creates a live-cd from it. Then if your
system craps out you can simply pop your disc into any other machine.
Your choice to then use it as a live disc or install it. CD or DVD your
option. Likely a stronger option for home users rather than business
ones.
mklivecd will most likely be already installed if your distribution has
it. In a terminal type mklivecd or remasterme and see what happens |
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