On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:44:09AM +0200, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 06:59:11AM +0200, Guido Hamacher wrote:
> > Am Dienstag 08 Oktober 2002 17:14 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer:
> > > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 09:49:53AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > Folks,
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to write a e2fs directory structure to CD?
> > > > Say I want to backup /www  on my linux e2fs system.
> > > > Then later on, just mount the cd as you would any other e2fs partition.
> > > > I use cdrecord, slack linux 8, 2.2 kernel I believe.
> > > >
> > > > I've looked thru the FAQs.
> > > >
> > > > Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > > You can burn any filesystem that Linux can read onto a CD. Or no
> > > filesystem at all.
> > > e.g. you can burn a .tar(.gz) file directly onto a CD.
> > 
> > Fine idea -- but how do I read a tar-file from CD?
> 
> SCSI:
> tar <options /dev/srX
> 
> IDE:
> tar <options> /dev/hdX
> 
> In my case
> 
> tar -zxvf /dev/sr2

I prefer readcd (comes with cdrecord).

Len Sorensen


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