[expert] /home/%user backup in multisession CD

2002-10-19 Thread Gonzalo Avaria
Hi all, i want to make one little question. Here it is... :) - I would like to make backups or my user folder on the home, that is, i want to make a multisession CD that i could go creating folders with the contents of my /home/gonzalo like every month or week. How can i do that?. I have a ASUS

Re: [expert] /home/%user backup in multisession CD

2002-10-19 Thread Michael Holt
I haven't used the multisession option myself (under linux), I've done it in the past under windows but it's not very efficient. Everytime you open and close a cdr it takes actually quite a bit of room on the disc http://www.roxio.com/en/support/cdr/multisession.html This is a windows

Re: [expert] /home/%user backup in multisession CD

2002-10-19 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 09:19 -0700, Michael Holt wrote: I haven't used the multisession option myself (under linux), I've done it in the past under windows but it's not very efficient. Everytime you open and close a cdr it takes actually quite a bit of room on the disc

Re: [expert] /home/%user backup in multisession CD

2002-10-19 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 11:07, Gonzalo Avaria wrote: Hi all, i want to make one little question. Here it is... :) - I would like to make backups or my user folder on the home, that is, i want to make a multisession CD that i could go creating folders with the contents of my /home/gonzalo like

Re: [expert] /home/%user backup in multisession CD

2002-10-19 Thread Michael Holt
I've also found that cd/rw's can be a risk - they do on a occasion, corrupt information. I have proof of that sitting on my desk. The problem is that you don't know ahead of time when that's going to happen, so I would make sure to use a more proven back up media on regular occasions (maybe

Re: [expert] /home/%user backup in multisession CD

2002-10-19 Thread Gabriel Phoenix
On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 15:06, Michael Holt wrote: I've also found that cd/rw's can be a risk - they do on a occasion, corrupt information. I have proof of that sitting on my desk. The problem is that you don't know ahead of time when that's going to happen, so I would make sure to use a