On Sunday 22 June 2008 15:27:34 Les Mikesell wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >> I've had good results using Clonezilla for complete backup of OS+data. > > > > Is there any compression? Does it span multiple CDs if necessary? > > It does an image copy and knows enough about most filesystems to only > copy the used portions of the disk. Yes it compresses, no it doesn't > split - or write CD's directly. It lets you store the image in a > variety of places (network mount via samba, NFS, or ssh), local disks > which could be USB external, etc.). After the image is stored, you can > use a command line to convert the image to a bootable DVD image > containing clonezilla and the image. But it doesn't split and you have > to use some other utility to burn the DVD. It would probably work > pretty well to install clonezilla to boot from a large USB disk where > you could store images directly and restore from them. With usb sticks becoming so cheap that's a viable option, then. Thanks Anne