System Backup & Re: Disabling inetd

[Claus <cniesen@gmx.net>]

Thanks for all the help.  I disabled inetd and so far everything seems 
fine.  BTW, I ran all the services that I care about (such as qmail) from 
tcpserver instead inetd as suggested with the various docs.

Now to the next highly important thing, which I should have done long time 
ago - backups.  I want to backup my system to a CD-Rs.  The CD-R writer is 
in one of my Win98 Computer.  What's the best way to do this?  I was 
thinking of using tar and gzip, then ftping it to the Win98 and finally to 
burn it.  Is there a better way to do it (eg. dump)?  Can I do a full 
operating system restore? How about partial files?  What do you suggest?

   Claus