[Nottingham] PC backup programme recommendation?

[Duncan John Fyfe]

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 18:55 +0000, Sarah Swindell wrote:
> I'd like to backup the linux bit of my hard drive. I've got a spare, smaller 
> hard drive I could put my data onto or a cd writer (which I'd prefer to use 
> as it doesn't involve me crawling under the desk to get to the eide/power 
> cables inside the PCs case).
> I've found a programme "Bacula" (great name) in Kpackage, but it seems to be 
> for backing things up across a network.
> Does anyone recommend me a nice programme to use? (preferably something I 
> can get using Kpackage which has a GUI)
> Cheers,
> Sarah
> PS I use Mepis, Debian based.

In alphabetical order...
backup2l     http://backup2l.sourceforge.net/
cdbackup     http://www.muempf.de/index.html
cdrw-taper (+amanda)  http://www.muempf.de/index.html
multicd      http://danborn.net/multiCD/
partimage    http://www.partimage.org/

I cannot recommend one because I don't use them (I use an external HDD
for backups).  

Have fun,
Duncan