-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi :) > > when trying to backup a "large" Linux near to the limit that can be > burned to a DVD-R or DVD+R the internet leaves many questions unanswered. > > It's essential to keep permissions for owner and group and the dates. I > guess only tar complies to this requirement, but I didn't do research > about this issue. > I noticed that a .tar.bz2 isn't much smaller than a .tar.gz, but it > could be a help when near to the limit of a DVD. First creating a > .tar.bz2 and then compressing the .tar.bz2 by 7z, resp. lzma2 will save > some bytes.
I would skip the bz2 part. Compressing directly with 7zip will be more efficient. <snip> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkuEOQQACgkQwRXgH3rKGfMmRwCfcXz/qlo/jh9WljaY8xL4tm6l W3cAnAkl/2+0jCcUtCi02AyBH2Uc3ing =HDQp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
