Backup tool?

[John Dangler]

On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 15:33 +0200, Florian Diesch wrote:
> "Aron Lopes Petrucci" <aron at uel.br> wrote:
> 
> > Now I'd like to backup it, something like a snapshot. So, if it crashjes, I
> > can restore it in this position.
> >
> > I found some backup tools, but they are dinamic tools, wich record data in
> > some folder. It's not a good idea if the hardware crashes. I'd like
> > something wich records on CDs.
> >
> > Can anybody tell me about any util to do this?
> 
> ,----[ ~/bin/pkgdesc mondo ]
> | Package: mondo
> | Description: powerful disaster recovery suite
> |  Mondo is reliable. It backs up your Debian GNU/Linux server or workstation to
> |  tape, CD-R, CD-RW, NFS or hard disk partition. In the event of catastrophic
> |  data loss, you will be able to restore all of your data [or as much as you
> |  want], from bare metal if necessary. Mondo is in use by numerous blue-chip
> |  enterprises and large organizations, dozens of smaller companies, and tens of
> |  thousands of users.
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Mondo / Mindi also has alot of problems.  I tried for almost 2 months
(unsuccessfully) to get it to work on 2 other distro's.  When confronted
directly with some of the more basic functional errors, email responses
were vague and argumentative at best...  Unless something has really
changed with this package - don't rely on it.