How to create a full system backup

[Shaw, Marco]

> I need to create a exact copy of a RH9 system. This system has the
> following partitions: /root, /swap, and /.
> 
> What I would like was to somehow create a "ghost" of the disk, so I
> could disconnect the original IDE Drive, connect the "ghost" and the
> system work as normal.

All kinds of ways.  For exaple
Ghost for Linux:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4l/

g4u:
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

You can also do software mirroring with built-in raid tools.

Marco