On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:04:59 +0000, Itsdale wrote:

> I used ark which comes on the 2008 package but I would like to try another
> one.This is on a standalone system just used in my home.
> Tia,Dale

What are you using for backup media?

If you are using a (removable) drive large enough for the job I'd backup
partitions with gparted...

Here's a nice ISO that makes a bootable CD...

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...43&package_id=
173828

or...

http://tinyurl.com/rk4qp

This is a good utility to have for a number of reasons.

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Ron Gibson wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:04:59 +0000, Itsdale wrote:
>
>> I used ark which comes on the 2008 package but I would like to try
>> another one.This is on a standalone system just used in my home.
>> Tia,Dale
>
> What are you using for backup media?
>
> If you are using a (removable) drive large enough for the job I'd backup
> partitions with gparted...
>
> Here's a nice ISO that makes a bootable CD...
>
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...43&package_id=
> 173828
>
> or...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/rk4qp
>
> This is a good utility to have for a number of reasons.
>
I might use gparted for a more permanent backup, say of my system
partitions.

For regular backups I am using rsnapshot (www.rsnapshot.org/) as recommended
on one of the RSS feeds. There isn't a Mandriva RPM, but the one available
from the site installs quite O.K. I reduced the backup frequency from the
default 4 a day to 2 a day. Having an IDE drive connected via USB creates
problems that I intend to post separately.

Doug.