Are there any free software available to: 1.backup a filesystem on red hat linux 9? 2.create a server image?

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partimage is a command line partition imageing utility and works well here. I use Mandriva, here is the description from the Mandriva Package Manager: Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX partition imaging utility: it saves partitions in the Ext2FS (the linux standard), ReiserFS (a new journalized and powerful file system), NTFS (Windows NT File System) or FAT16/32 (DOS & Windows file systems), file system formats to an image file. Only used blocks are copied. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and splitted into multiple files to be copied on amovibles floppies (ZIP for example), or burned on a CD-R ... - This allows to save a full Linux/Windows system, with an only operation. When problems (viruses, crash, error, ...), you just have to restore, and after several minutes, all your system is restored (boot, files, ...), and fully working. - This is very useful when installing the same software on many machines: just install one of them, creat|e an image, and just restore the image on all other machines. Then, after the first one, each installation is automatically made, and only require a few minutes. You should be able to get partimage using the package manager included with your Linux distribution, and if you check, I am sure you will find several backup solutions from which to choose. HTH, Ernie Registered Linux User 247790