At 12:36 PM 4/10/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > For Linux, I simply tar the directories into savesets of CD size and write
> > them to another partition.  A little later I write them to CD.  Linux is
> > slim enough that CDs are feasible, even though I use one of my
> > Linux systems
> > as a file server for the Windoze systems.
>
>         I used to do the same with Linux, however these days the data I
> need to
>back up makes CDs a real pain (around 3-4GB), so I've switched to DVDRAM. An
>excellent format, it's like having a 4.3GB floppy drive! TTYL

Extra HDD + copy data files to DVD-ROM regularly & archive off site.

Best regards,

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