backup

[Markus Schönhaber]

John Heinen:

>  I know very ltitlle about backups except cpoying files to a cd/dvd. How
> would I backup ubuntu and other linuxs to such a drive? John

This page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem
contains a number of links to different backup solutions. If you're not
sure what to choose, SimpleBackup
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite
might be OK for a start.

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Regards
  mks