backup system before upgrade

[Joep L. Blom]

On 10/14/2011 05:52 PM, Default User wrote:
> Hello.
>
> What is the best way to do a full system backup of Ubuntu 11.4, in 
> preparation for upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10?  11.4 is just a single 
> partition (plus a swap partition, of course).  I want to back the main 
> partition up to another partition on the same hard drive.
>
> One way would be to boot the 11.10 live cd and then use the DD utility 
> from there, but wouldn't a single disk error mean the backup is useless?
>
> Is there a better way?  What are others doing to backup prior to 
> upgrading?
>
>
My favourite:  backuppc (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ) it is also 
in the repositories.
Joep