On Wednesday 29 May 2002 12:48, you wrote: > > > > > So how do you backup Linux OS's , write them to CD, and restore. > > > > Two solutions for you , John > > 1/ Mondo http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ > It is on your CD's but I think the latest version is better. It > will comoress and copy your image to multiple CDs > Very hihjly spoken of, but I'm afraid it is command line. > > 2/ drakbackup - It is in the rpm drakxtools on your CD > In a root terminal just type drakbackup and you get a nice little > GUI complete with a wizard. > I have no idea why this application is not in Mandrake Control > Centre. It was in there in Mandrake 8.2beta2, but somehow it got > taken out again. > > HTH > > derek Thanks Derek, I've found drakbackup and I am downloading right now Mondo.
One thing puzzles me though. I can see how these programmes can from the desktop so to speak create backup files , and I can see how they might write to disc from desktop, but I cannot see how one restores from CD still in the desktop. You are asking the system to write over it's own existance, so to speak. All other restore backup programmes I have ever worked with create a mini OS in memory of the basic hardware and load a small graphical programme into memory as well, to do the restore. Can someone please explain this to me. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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