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

[Stephen Patterson]

On 30 Jan 07, Felix Ulrich-Oltean (linux at felixu.com) 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.

I can't comment on DVDs but burnatonce[1] is a decent GPL'd cd burner for
windows (and like all the burning software on a proper operating system it 
wraps around cdrecord).

[1]  http://www.burnatonce.com/

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