partition backup

[Tyler Aviss]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Rajinder Yadav<devguy.ca-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Jamon
> Camisso<jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>>>
>>> I am looking for a partition backup for Linux, something like Norton
>>> Ghost, are there any good open source one?
>>> I would like one where I can boot off the CD to run the tool.
>>
>> Try the gparted livecd/usb and dd. Or any livecd/usb image for that matter.
>>
>> Jamon
>> --
> Jamon, thanks for the info, I was able to find the SystemRescueCD
> which provides exactly this.
>
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> Kind Regards,
> Rajinder Yadav
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On a Ubuntu liveCD you can also grab it from apt if you update your
sources to include universe. Just mentioning it because sometimes I've
had issues with SRCD not having the hardware drivers I might have
needed at a given time.
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