[Wylug-help] Installing Linux + backing up data from windows

[Yiannis Gatsoulis]

Craig Hopkins wrote:
> Felix Ulrich-Oltean wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a friend who wants to install Ubuntu on a machine currently 
>> running Windows.  He needs to back up a few Gig of data onto DVDs.  
>> Can anyone recommend any suitable free (beer) software for doing 
>> this?  The dvd should then be readable as a normal dvd-rom i.e. 
>> without needing any special software to restore it.
> If he's running Windows XP, it comes with its own cd-recording 
> software, which can be turned on by going into the properties of the 
> drive and enabling cd recording
Or, boot with a live ubuntu cd and use the linux burning software for 
that... nautilus under gnome can burn dvds. I think all the partitions 
are automatically mounted when you boot with the live cd too...