I recently tried using DAR on my Gentoo machine. This program works great as it has a $#!7 load of options including compression. One of the greatest features of this program is that it can split up its output file into user definable sized chunks so you can easily put it onto your choice of media. If you are writing directly to say a DVD-RW, there is even an option to have the program detect when the disc is full and it will pause until you insert a blank one.
Michael Turcotte Information Systems City of North Bay 200 McIntyre St. E PO Box 360 North Bay, Ontario P1B 8H8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cityofnorthbay.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-newbie- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of smertz > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 7:59 PM > To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Linux Backup > > I have spent a great deal of time on simple things in Linux as I am new > over the last week (No better way to learn) But I don't want to > re-learn in case the proverbial Hard Drive dies, so what is a good way > to back up my system? On my 2 Windows XP machines I use Ghost 9. Is > there similar thing to copy a Linux drive? > > Or can I simply do something like an XCOPY from one drive to a second > one as a backup? > > I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant) > on a home Workgroup as a File and print server - If I ever get Samba set > up correctly. Any suggestions appriciated. > > Thanks > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
