I just want to tell you that the most recent version of
dump/restore (version 0.4b23) plus a tiny patch (see below)
enables you to pipe the output of dump directly into
cdrecord. This includes compression and splitting into
chunks which fit onto a CD. The compression is quite effective,
my 5.8 Gb root fs fits onto 2 CDs (0.65 Gb each) and
my /usr/local fs (over 9Gb) fits onto 7 CDs (0.7 Gb each).
For my 900 MHz Pentium III compression (flag -z6) is fast
enough for my CD burner (4x). I suppose it could deliver
data even fast enough for an (8x) burner.
You save time and money (less CDs)
Furthermore it supports incremental dumps.
Lateron, restore can directly read the (e.g.) /dev/cdrom
device. It's very comfortable; in its interactive mode
you can select simple files, directory-trees or the
full filesystem for recovery.
For those who don't have a streamer that's a appealing
solution.
WARNING: You DO NEED the patched version of restore on
your favourite rescue disk to restore things if your filesystem
containing restore has broken down.
I prefer timos_Rescue_Cd_Set-0.6.1 see http://rescuecd.sourceforge.net
A more complete readme and suggested shell scripts plus the patch
can be fetched from
ftp://ftp.igpm.rwth-aachen.de/pub/jarausch/Dump_On_CD/Dump_on_CD.readme
and
ftp://ftp.igpm.rwth-aachen.de/pub/jarausch/Dump_On_CD/dump-04b23CD.diff
Please don't forget a verify run on your freshly burnt CDs (see
Dump_on_CD.readme).
Caution: It has been working for me but it's by no means well tested.
Please Cc any bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to Joerg Schilling for cdrecord and to Stelian Pop for
(recent versions of) dump/restore
Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
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