> the backup files do not fit the packages versions. So I was kinda > wondering if there is such thing as a backup where to restore the whole > system (including OS itself) you'd put the backup CD in and let it restore > "installer like". So without having to install linux first. This might > also prove usefull later when I want to change the hdd of my server with a > faster one. For now I have 3 older/slower hdds and because of that I am > kind of limited with the partitions options. It would also be cool if I > could specify by backup to ignore the current partitions/hdds, so I could > restore all later on a single bigger hdd. So... Is there a way to make > such a backup or am I running after windmills? :)
I don't know of a CD based program, but there's 'g4u' -- ghost for unix, that does a pretty good job. It takes an entire disk image an uploads it to an FTP server. Works well for both Linux and Windows disks.
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