Best Application to Backup / Restore Entire Ubuntu System ?

[Steve]

On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:02:55 -0000, Jozsef <jzfk9 at aol.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 11:48 +0000, Steve wrote:
>> On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:32:08 -0000, Jozsef <jzfk9 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 16:47 +0530, Swapnil Jain wrote:
>> >> i use mkcdrec, its a very good tool, creates a complete bootable  
>> backup
>> >> image on USB Flash disk, cdrom, dvdrom or a iso file to burn on disk.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Swapnil Jain
>> >> Indore, India
>> >>
>> >
>> > Did you try to restore your system from such kind of backup? And if  
>> yes,
>> > was it successful?
>> >
>> >
>> A very good question!  How many people actually test their backups?
>>
>> --
>> Steve
>>
>
> It's very easy to clone your HDD or partitions with Clonezilla, for
> example, but when you try to restore it and use it - it's not that good.
> That's why I'm asking because if I only have a nice backup - that's only
> half a way and it doesn't makes me feel I'm fine :)
>
>
I most admit I’ve been guilty of not checking to see if the backups work  
OK, only to discover later that some directory wasn’t getting backed up.   
Normally the one with the data that’s needed right now!

-- 
Steve