KaTeker is
backup on HD and CDKaTeker is
backup on HD and CD
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New: one click installation run out of the box new GUI simple powerful setup
Actual version 0.95 RELEASE_2005_03_27 change log
release is Alpha
KaTeker is a backup tool for Linux useful for small
companies and private people.
It saves data onto hard disks and
CDs, DVDs or other random access media.
KaTeker is designed to manage the backup of data of daily work.
KaTeker provides
saving data onto hard disk
saving the archives onto multiple media like CD
a graphical user interface
restoring files: finding the version of a file to restore and restoring is in most cases a task of less than 1 minute
a data base with information on the media and the data saved onto the media
incremental backup
periodical backup
supporting restore on crashed systems because using tar or dar archives in a mirrored directory structure
KaTeker provides not the backup of whole file systems and partitions.
This beta release of KaTeker is tested on SuSE Linux 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2 .
Extending, adapting and improving KaTekerKaTeker is open source, you can extend and adapt it by yourself. There are some improvements of KaTeker available:
new media like DVD, DVD-RAM, MO, flash cards, USB hard disk, other USB media
backup over network
saving several backups onto the same media
saving only files changed after a distinct date or installation
encrypting the archives
If you are interested contact kateker@dr-kuhlmann-software.de .
Open source softwareKaTeker is open source software under the GPL.
KaTeker uses cdlabelgen.
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 B. W. Fitzpatrick
Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Avinash Chopde
KaTeker uses cdrecord.
Cdrecord Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
DisclaimerKaTeker is experimental software. Use at your own risk.
If you apply or install the software you accept the disclaimer.
IntroductionKaTeker is a backup tool intended to save data up to some GByte. The data will be saved onto hard disk and then onto CDs, DVDs or other random access media. It is not intended to save data onto sequential media like tapes. KaTeker is designed to simplify the standard jobs of saving and restoring data. Backup jobs can be started automatically or manually. KaTeker provides a GUI and a command line interface.
KaTeker uses the standard Linux tools tar, cdrecord and dar if available. The backup data can be used without KaTeker. This is an important aspect when a system crashed and has be restored from bottom up. Furthermore the tar or dar archives are located in a directory tree similar to the data saved. The names of the archives describe the data in the archive.
KaTeker includes cdlabelgen from http://www.aczone.com/tools/cdinsert/#download.
KaTeker comes as a gzipped tarball.
DownloadBefore you download and install KaTeker you should read the requirements on your system.
KaTeker can be downloaded at Download.html.
Quick
startThere is a quick start instruction.
For those which got no time :-) it is possible to run KaTeker out of the box.
Unpack:
KaTeker_RELEASE_2005_03_27.tgz
Test:
KaTeker_RELEASE_2005_03_27/kateker
or
click
kateker.
Installation:
KaTeker_RELEASE_2005_03_27/click_install_KaTeker
or
click
click_install_KaTeker.
Documentation:
KaTeker_RELEASE_2005_03_27/index.html
InstallationKaTeker is Perl. KaTeker uses some Perl modules and other software. It is necessary to install these before running KaTeker.
You require perl5.6, Perl/Tk and some programs listed at other programs required.
Follow the installation instruction, please.
DocumentationUse this
table of contents to go get an overview of the
documentation shipped with KaTeker. The documentation is HTLM.
It will be used by KaTekers internal help too.
version 0.95 RELEASE_2005_03_27The release of KaTeker is described on a special release page.
Changes version 0.93 -> 0.95
run out of the box - no other has to be installed
new graphical user interface
improved configuration: setup almost automatically, improved graphical user interface
There is a change log available.
SuggestionsPlease don't hesitate to send suggestions to kateker@dr-kuhlmann-software.de
Error reportsPlease don't hesitate to send error reports to kateker@dr-kuhlmann-software.de.
If you find any error in this documentation please don't hesitate to send a hint to kateker@dr-kuhlmann-software.de.
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