OK, alpha test version!

http://robbiethe1st.afraid.org/Backu...0100919.tar.gz
This is an alpha version, and -will not- restore!
Mainly because there's a glitch in the restore-file-selection code, but...

Anyway, instructions for install are as follows:
1. copy the above file to your MyDocs directory
2. Open up a terminal, sudo gainroot, then type: tar xvzf /home/user/MyDocs/backupmenu-20100919.tar.gz /
3. After it extracts, type:
cp /opt/maemo/usr/bin/gnu/tar /usr/share/backupmenu/
4. If you have the regular version of backupmenu installed, disable it:
mv /etc/bootmenu.d/BackupMenu.item /etc/bootmenu.d/BackupMenu.item.bak


To disable this new version:
mv /etc/bootmenu.d/BackupMenuLauncher.item /etc/bootmenu.d/BackupMenuLauncher.item.bak
And reinstate the old one:
mv /etc/bootmenu.d/BackupMenu.item.bak /etc/bootmenu.d/BackupMenu.item


Note that this version uses tar archives of the files instead of an image. Thus the resulting images cannot be flashed with the maemo flasher.
I may end up releasing a "bootstrap" image that allows you to flash it, then run BackupMenu and restore your files.

Anyway, I'd like the fearless among you to try this out, make backups of your root and optfs's.
Also of note is a file inside the resulting tar archive: "tarstatus". This file has any errors that Tar encounters, and I'd like you to post yours here(if it contains anything). If it doesn't exist... Let me know that also.